DMK brings back boards with Thirukkural verses in government buses The Transport Department has completed works for displaying boards with ‘Thirukkural’ couplets and their explanations in all government buses. Share Via Email | A+A A- Thirukkural couplets are now being pasted in MTC and other State run buses. A scene inside a bus in Broadway Bus Depot | DEBADATTA MALLICK Express News Service CHENNAI: After making the subject of federalism a focal point of politics recently by addressing the Government of India as Ondriya Arasu (Union government) instead of Mathiya Arasu (Central government), the DMK government has now taken many symbolic measures to infuse Tamil identity in public spaces.