Thirukkural in Spiritualism Row

The great German Philosopher Immanuel Kant said, “a Good will is Good in itself, not because of what it effects or accomplishes.” If Good will hinges on an external goal then it is like any other cause-effect chain, not ‘Moral’.

Tarun Vijay, former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha member from Uttarakhand, who went on a famous ‘Kural’ Yatra’ from Kanyakumari to Chennai in January 2015 to bring about greater awareness of ‘Thirukkural’, a great classic of Tamil literature authored by Saint-Poet Thiruvalluvar, demanding that it also be taught in North Indian schools, intended to be a goodwill ambassador. Notwithstandi...