Taking Tamil to the world: a tale of two translators
Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma credits Avvaiyar for reigniting his passion for writing through translating her works.
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Union Budget 2025: Nirmala Sitharaman and her penchant for Thirukkural
Thirukkural is not new in any budget speech for the people who hail from the Tamil land. Former union minister P. Chidambaram ...
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After Tirukkural, Japanese-American writer to translate Avvaiyar’s works to English
Pruiksma translated 60 of his favourite poems and published it as a book named Give, Eat and Live: Poems of Avvaiyar. Pruiksma is next working on a project to translate the entirety of Avvaiyar ...
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Tiruvalluvar temple in Mylapore to be reconstructed with granite; CM Stalin will lay foundation stone, says Minister
Statues of Avvaiyar, the Pandia King and poets of the Sangam era will be installed at the tank, he added. The idols of Sri Ekambareswarar, Kamakshi Amman and Karumariamman will also be renovated.