Video | Nepal Tragedy: Can Ancient Tamil Tinai Philosophy Show Humanity a Way Forward?
The Nepal tragedy raises a larger question: Is humanity’s path forward more industrialisation—or a return to harmony with nature? Prof Nirmal Selvamony, author of Tinai Philosophy: The Indigenous Lifeway for the Anthropocene, says the answer may lie in an ancient Tamil philosophy of harmonious coexistence. Drawing from Tholkappiam and early Tamil Sangam literature, he explains…