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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

author, poet, teacher, and performer

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A Musical Kural . . .

September 11, 2025

I’m delighted to announce that Volume I of Amirthavarshini and Lydian Nadhaswaram‘s extraordinary project of setting all 1330 verses of the Kural to music has just been released. Here is […]

Thirukkural 1330 with Lydian Nadhaswaram and Amirthavarshini

April 3, 2025

One of the qualities of the Kural that I am always keen to point out is how playful and musical its language truly is. Indeed, that’s why I sang a […]

The Kural and Martin Luther King

March 28, 2025

Last month I had the honor of speaking alongside Dr. Aaron Bryant, museum curator at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, at the Anna Centenary Library […]

2025 Ancient Tamil Literature Promotion Award

March 5, 2025

I was deeply honored and humbled to receive the 2025 Ancient Tamil Literature Promotion Award from the Honorable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Mr. M. K. Stalin at the Chennai […]

Valluvan Tamil Academy, Virginia

August 10, 2024

It was a wonderful pleasure to speak and perform at the Valluvan Tamil Academy Annual Day celebration in Virginia in June. Here are a few pictures from the trip, including […]

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