There's many English translations, and Gopalkrishna Gandhi's is a recent one. There's another on this blog, though I'm not sure if the author is an academic/classicist. Project Madurai features GU Pope's translation, and that ubiquitous resource, Wikipedia, documents the history of English translations of the Kural.
These are the specific ones I've unearthed, and you can see the similarities between the non-Gandhi ones—Gandhi translation seems geared towards contemporary readers, and may be the best fit for the podcast. But the other two are open-access. I'll admit I have yet to read the Kural myself—always wanted to read it, given it's an important ethical text.
Thirukkural translations in English
There's many English translations, and Gopalkrishna Gandhi's is a recent one. There's another on this blog, though I'm not sure if the author is an academic/classicist. Project Madurai features GU Pope's translation, and that ubiquitous resource, Wikipedia, documents the history of English translations of the Kural.
These are the specific ones I've unearthed, and you can see the similarities between the non-Gandhi ones—Gandhi translation seems geared towards contemporary readers, and may be the best fit for the podcast. But the other two are open-access. I'll admit I have yet to read the Kural myself—always wanted to read it, given it's an important ethical text.