Thiruvalluvar and his 1330 Tweets

I called up one of my friend yesterday and talked about half an hour or so. A heated argument on “less is better” took place. Somewhere she said “Twitter has a great number of followers just because it expresses anything within 140 characters most of the time  and it also happened in the olden days through Thiruvalluvar and his writings“. The idea raised from there for me to write about “ Thiruvalluvar and his 1330 tweets”.

Foremost I wanted to say who is thiruvalluvar. He was an author who wrote about 1330 verses which was called ’kural’ in just 7 words in each of them with 10 versus per subject which went to about 133 under 3 major sections. He is a notable Tamil scholar. He is said to be born anywhere between 2^nd BC to 8^th AD. The whole literature is called “Thirukural” which itself is translated to many other languages.

It is a book for all humanity and for all times. A world that lives by its teachings shall enjoy eternal peace, harmony, health, wealth, power, grace and bliss. The Thirukural contains treasures that lead to peace and harmony at home as well as the country. The Thirukural is a book written in the Tamil language more than two thousand years ago.

The great saints of the time were very fond of discussing ethical ideals. In the streets, in the taverns and public places, men gathered to apply their concentrated minds on the great question of what ought to be considered as good and right, and what as evil and wrong. Many religions flourished in South India during this time. Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism were the most popular. The caste system had not yet taken root. There was freedom of thought, ideas were readily and easily exchanged, and men were willing to listen patiently to points of view that differed from their own.

In a beautifully simple way, Tiruvalluvar wastes no time in talking about what is good and what is not. Goodness is purity of mind, and that which ought to be done. Vice is that which has to be avoided. A Strongly recommended must read. The ideas of the old age still stay to be true whether its thirukural or its ideology to communicate