An ever-falling muse

Among all natural elements, rain has remained one of poetry’s most enduring muses. Across cultures, it symbolises grief and grace, nostalgia and hope. Tamil poets sensed in rain a moral duality—its power to nourish and to annihilate. What is the eternal truth that the Thirukkural revealed about rains? Listen to this week’s episode.

An ever-falling muse
Among all natural elements, rain has remained one of poetry’s most enduring muses. Across cultures, it symbolises grief and grace, nostalgia and hope. Tamil poets sensed in rain a moral duality—its power to nourish and to annihilate. What is the eternal truth that the Thirukkural revealed about rains? Listen to this week’s episode.