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Item Code: IDE140by Ed. By. C. RajagopalachariPaperback (Edition: 2002)Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan ISBN 8172763751 Size: 7.2" X 4.7" Pages: 203 Weight of the Book: 170 gms |
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times since 2nd Jan, 2012CHAKRAVARTI RAJAGOPALACHARI, popularly known as "Rajaji" or "C. R.", was a great patriot astute politician, incisive thinker, and one of the greatest of Indians. As a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, as an ardent freedom-fighter, as Chief Minister of Madras, as Governor of West Bengal, as Home Minister of India and as the first Indian Governor-General of India he has rendered yeoman service to India and has left an indelible impress on our contemporary life.
Rajaji's books on Marcus Aurelius, the Bhagavad-Gita and the Upanishads are popular. In Mahabharata and Ramayana he displays his inimitable flair for story-telling and applying the moral of stories to the needs of modern times. In the present book Kural are given selections from living verses of the immortal Tamil Poet-Saint Tiru-Valluvar. The selections are made with the acumen native to Rajaji and are explained in English, which is his own. They are sure to enrich the reader's mind.
Rajaji passed away in 1972 at the age of 94.
| First Book | |
| DHARMA | 1 |
| THE GOOD HOUSEHOLDER | 3 |
| THE LIFE PARTNER | 4 |
| CHILDREN | 6 |
| A LOVING DISPOSITION | 7 |
| AN OPEN HOUSE | 10 |
| THE SOFT WORLD | 12 |
| GRATITUDE | 14 |
| RECTITUDE | 15 |
| SELF-CONTROL | 17 |
| THE REGULATED LIFE | 19 |
| UNLAWFUL LOVE | 21 |
| FORBEARANCE | 23 |
| DO NOT ENVY | 25 |
| DO NOT COVET | 27 |
| SPEAK NOT OF ILL OF OTHERS | 30 |
| AVOID WORTHLESS TALK | 30 |
| CONSCIENCE | 31 |
| SOCIAL CO-OPERATION | 33 |
| HELPING THE POOR | 36 |
| PUBLIC ESTEEM | 39 |
| COMPASSION | 40 |
| EAT NOT MEAT | 42 |
| PENANCE | 45 |
| IMPURE LIFE | 47 |
| TRUTHFULNESS | 50 |
| AGAINST ANGER | 52 |
| DO NOT CAUSE HARM | 54 |
| THE FLEETING WORLD | 55 |
| RENUNCIATION | 57 |
| TRUE KNOWLEDGE | 59 |
| RENOUNCING OF DESIRE | 60 |
| THE LAW OF KARMA | 62 |
| Second Book | |
| VIGILANCE | 69 |
| INDUSTRIOUSNESS | 71 |
| THE STRENUOUS LIFE | 72 |
| FORTITUDE | 74 |
| ON LEARNING | 76 |
| ON BEING UNLETTERED | 78 |
| TRUE KNOWLEDGE | 79 |
| KNOWLEDGE THROUGH LISTENING | 81 |
| ON FRIENDSHIP | 83 |
| FOLLY | 89 |
| GUARD AGAINST DECEIVERS | 91 |
| A WARNING | 92 |
| ON LUST AND WINE AND GAMBLING | 94 |
| ON THE ART OF HEALING | 96 |
| SELF RESPECT | 99 |
| GLORY | 100 |
| LOOKING AFTER THE TRIBE | 101 |
| NIGGARDLINESS | 104 |
| REPUNGNANCE TO EVIL | 105 |
| UNSCRUPULOUS MEN | 107 |
| ON AGRICULTURE | 108 |
| ON POVERTY | 111 |
| LABOUR | 112 |
| THE PROSPEROUS STATE | 113 |
| ACTION | 115 |
| JUDGING THE TIME | 119 |
| TACTICS | 121 |
| CHOOSING THE EXECUTIVE | 123 |
| GOOD MINISTERS | 127 |
| GOOD BIRTH | 128 |
| NOBILITY | 130 |
| JUST RULE | 131 |
| OPPRESSION AND MISRULE | 133 |
| PENALTIES | 134 |
| THE GOOD MINISTER | 136 |
| RESOLUTENESS | 138 |
| ON SPIES | 139 |
| THE ART OF PERSUATION | 142 |
| ASSEMBLY WORK | 144 |
| THE MORAL LAW | 146 |
| THE DANGERS OF THE PALACE | 148 |
| A PROSPEROUS NATION | 150 |
| FORTIFICATIONS | 151 |
| A WELL-FILLED EXCHEQER | 153 |
| EFFICIENCY IN ACTION | 155 |
| THE OFFENSIVE | 157 |
| THE ARMY | 160 |
| VALOUR | 162 |
| ABOUT ENVOYS AND MESSENGERS | 165 |
| ENEMIES | 167 |
| ON CITINZENSHIP | 169 |
| INDEX OF VERSES | 173 |
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