I was honored and delighted to speak about the ancient Tamil wisdom aphorisms in THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural with Michael Benner on his Ageless Wisdom Mystery School Radio Show on […]
Interviews
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#DesiCraftChat: Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma on the inner journey of a literary translator
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 […]
THE KURAL Book Release: A Publication-Day Conversation with Archana Venkatesan
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 […]
Dashes Where Music Flows In: A Kural Conversation with Eric Lane Barnes
Letting Go and Listening to What Comes With writer, composer, and music director extraordinaire Eric Lane Barnes I was delighted to explore the music of compassion and the quantum physics […]
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber: Revered local poet and translator embraces a Tamil masterpiece
The translation of “The Kural: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural” has been years in the making. Elizabeth Shepherd wrote a wonderful article about the launching of my new translation of the classical Tamil […]