*Ph.D. Research Scholar (UGC-JRF), Department of Social Work, Pondicherry University, R.V Nagar, Kalapet, Puducherry-605014, India. Mob: +91 94421 32324
**Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Pondicherry University, R.V Nagar, Kalapet, Puducherry-605014, India. Mob: +91 9489145171
Online published on 12 January, 2016.
This article indigenizes the characteristics of good governance with special reference to Thirukural. Thirukural a sacred Tamil literary classical text is taken to link with the characteristics of Good Governance outlined by UNDP. The couplets of Thirukural are linked, intertwined and superimposed with the definitions and explanations of the Good Governance characteristics given by UNESCO. This paper also argues for home-made social work and also calls for indigenization of social work theory and methods to local contexts.
Social work, cultural competency, equity, indigenous knowledge, indigenization
