KURAL 877 and SUN TZU
This Kural has two policy decisions. Tell not your difficulties to an untried friend. Show not softness unto your enemy. These precepts have an important place in statecraft as well…Continue Reading →
KURAL 740 AND CONFUCIANISM
Kural 740 which occurs in chapter 74 emphasises the importance of the ruler for the smooth functioning of the state.…
TRANSLATION OF KURAL AND OTHER TAMIL WORKS
Translation by definition always entails some loss of the original substance. Tamil classical literature has entered the mainstream world literature…
THE NEW AVATAR OF THE KURAL
Thiruvalluvar, the esteemed author of the Kural did not create anything fitting the description of a religion. But in recent times parts of the Kural are being used in solemn…Continue Reading →
THE MYSTERY OF THE KURAL AUTHOR'S BIRTH
KURAL SCHOLARS HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE KURAL WAS WRITTEN BY A SINGLE PERSON whose name, place and…
THE KURAL AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF TAMIL LITERATURE
CLASSICAL TAMIL LITERATURE originated in the Sangam age which falls approximately between 300 BC and 500 AD. The Sangam period…
THE VEDAS AND THE KURAL
Originally there was only one Veda, the Rig Veda. According to the scholars who made an in-depth study it was in an unwritten form and was preserved only by those…Continue Reading →
VALLUVAR THE LIVING POET, HE LIVES IN HIS VERSES
Valluvar is a poet, thinker and teacher. He is not a mystic philosopher, neither is he a messiah or prophet.…
ABOUT KURAL
The Kural is the most translated secular work in the world, which deals with ethics, morality and human values. Up…