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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

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The Safety of Edges

Kural 76: The Kural on Love and Wrongdoing

December 6, 2022

A verse on having love and what love befriends.

76
It serves only virtue say those who don’t know—but love
Is friend to wrong too

அறத்திற்கே அன்புசார் பென்ப அறியார்
மறத்திற்கும் அஃதே துணை

From chapter 8, “Having Love.”

Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma
THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural
Beacon Press, Boston

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Kural 452: The Kural on Nature, Company, and Knowledge

November 29, 2022

A verse on the interconnections between nature, company, and knowledge.

452
The nature of earth alters water—the nature
Of company alters what we know

நிலத்தியல்பால் நீர்திரிந் தற்றாகும் மாந்தர்க்
கினத்தியல்ப தாகும் அறிவு

From chapter 46, “Freedom from Smallness.”

Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma
THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural
Beacon Press, Boston

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Kural 1157: The Kural on Love, Absence, and Longing

November 22, 2022

A verse on the anguish of separation.

1157
Do these bangles that slip from my wrists not say
This captain is sailing

துறைவன் துறந்தமை தூற்றாகொல் முன்கை
இறைஇறவா நின்ற வளை

From chapter 116, “Unbearable Absence.”

Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma
THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural
Beacon Press, Boston

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Tamil Featurette on Mediacorp Tamil News in Singapore

November 22, 2022

Mediacrop Tamil News in Singapore came to film the premiere of my new show, Riches of the Ear: A Celebration of Words and Wonder at the Singapore Writers Festival on Sunday, November 20, 2022. Here’s what they ran on the news later that evening.

Click on the picture below or visit https://seithi.mediacorp.sg/watch/tairaukakauralaai-maolaipaeyaratata-japapaanaiyara-629286.

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Kural 671: The Kural on Debate, Resolve and Discipline

November 15, 2022

A verse on true leadership and good governance.

671
Resolve is the end of debate—bad
To let resolve languish

சூழ்ச்சி முடிவு துணிவெய்தல் அத்துணிவு
தாழ்ச்சியுள் தங்குதல் தீது

From chapter 68, “Ways of Action.”

Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma
THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural
Beacon Press, Boston

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