A verse on the power of speaking kindly and looking gently. From chapter 10, “Sweet Speech.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston
Tirukkural Verses, Interviews, and Reviews
From and about The Kural: Tiruvalluvar's Tirukkural.
The New York Review of Books on The Kural
I’m humbled and delighted and honored by David Shulman’s recent review of THE KURAL in the New York Review of Books, “Cosmic Oceans Squeezed into Atoms.” Along with Archana Venkatesan’s […]
Kural 701: Tiruvalluvar on Body Language
A verse on seeing and sensing the unsaid. From chapter 71, “Reading Faces.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston
Kural 475: The Kural on Humility and Strength
A verse on power and limits and the true weight of a feather. From chapter 48, “Knowing Strength.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, […]
Kural 92: The Kural on Offering Sweet Words with a Smile
A verse on the importance of sweet and compassionate speech. From chapter 10, “Sweet Speech.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston