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 […]
Interviews
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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 […]
The South Asian Times: Translating Tamil classic Thirukkural for wider dissemination of its wisdom
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 […]
The Rain of Compassion: A Kural Conversation with Dr. Larry Ward
On poetry that reaches us wherever we may be With senior dharma teacher Dr. Larry Ward I was delighted to explore openness to all people, Thich Nhat Hanh’s Miracle of […]
SINGING CREATURES ON A LAND THAT SINGS: A CONVERSATION WITH THOMAS HITOSHI PRUIKSMA
I recently had a beautiful conversation with my friend and fellow translator A. Anupama about my forthcoming translation of THE KURAL. We explored Tamil poetry, the ins and outs of […]