author, poet, teacher, and performer
I recently had a wonderful conversation with Jenny Bhatt of Desi Books on the inner journey of translating the classical Tamil masterpiece on ethics, power, and love, THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural.
For the book launch of the Kural on January 11, 2022, the Elliott Bay Book Company and Tasveer hosted an online conversation between Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma and Archana Venkatesan, who wrote the marvelous introduction to the book.
You can watch a complete recording below!
My thanks to Archana Venkatesan for her wonderful and inspired questions, and to Elliott Bay and Tasveer for hosting this beautiful event.
World Literature Today shared two chapters from my new translation of THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural, released on Tuesday from Beacon Press: “The Glory of Rain” and “The Greatness of Letting Go.”
You can read the excerpts on their website:
https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/words-thought/tiruvalluvars-tirukkural-excerpt
Elizabeth Shepherd wrote a wonderful article about the launching of my new translation of the classical Tamil masterpiece on ethics, power, and love, THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural.
You can read the complete article here:
Suchitra Srinivas recently interviewed me for the South Asian Times on my new translation of the classical Tamil masterpiece on ethics, power, and love, THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural.
You can read the complete article here: