Thiruvalluvar’s Strategy for Success
Thiruvalluvar’s Strategy for Success Dr. R. Prabhakaran Introduction Numerous books on “self-help” written by eminent psychologists and others have analyzed the characteristics of people who are considered successful in one or more aspects of their lives. Also, excellent seminars are frequently conducted by very talented, motivational speakers who encourage their audience to emulate the successes of other successful people. These books and seminars have undoubtedly been beneficial to many people. Like the modern-day psychologists and self-help gurus, Thiruvalluvar [1] (or Valluvar for short), who lived about two thousand years ago in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, has analyzed several aspects of human life. He has proposed his own strategy for success in his magnum opus, Thirukkural [2] (or the Kural for ...