As May draws to an end, and Tamils remember their loved ones, killed as the armed conflict ended in 2009, we publish the last in our collection of selected Poems from the classical Tamil anthology, the Purananuru (the 400 Puram poems).
Song 192 - Kaniyan Poonkunran sings
Tinai – Potuviyal (General heroism)
Every Town a Home TownEvery town a home town
every man a kinsman.
Good and evil do not come
from others.
Pain and relief of pain
come of themselves.
Dying is nothing new.
We do not rejoice
That life is sweet
nor in anger
call it bitter.
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