CHAKRAVARTI" RAJA GOPALA CHARI, 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, he was an ardent freedom fighter. In his capacity successively as Chief Minister of Madras, Governor of West Bengal, Home Minister and the first Indian Governor General of India he rendered yeoman service to the country and left an indelible impress on our contemporary life.

Rajaji’s books on Marcus Aurelius, the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads are popular. But in Mahabharata he displays his inimitable flair for telling stories and applying their moral to the needs of modem times.  In the present book Kural are given selections from the living verses of the immortal Tamil Poet-Saint Tiru-Valluvar.  The selections are made with the acumen native to Rajaji and are explained in the English which is his own.  They are sure to enrich the reader's mind.