Thiruvalluvar, who lived in the Tamil soil around two thousand years ago, had a very wide universal outlook about human life and society. Thirukkural, composed by Thiruvalluvar, is a unique literary work with a difference. It is neither an epic poem with a story and narrator, nor a dramatic composition with a plot and characters, nor a devotional piece centering on any particular godhead, nor a lyrical poem with emotional outburst....