Even these many centuries after Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural first appeared, the book can still intrigue readers with its freshness and insight. To celebrate both the 17th annual Tamil Language Festival and the first anniversary of NBL’s Tamil Cholai, poet and translator Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma explores not only the surprising ways that Tiruvalluvar speaks about beauty, but also the distinct beauty of the Tirukkural itself and how that beauty itself is part of its teaching.