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Eyl> V‰ˇ Vue 2018Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony 2018

June 9, 2019

Scarborough Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada

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,ay; tpUJ tpoh 2018 • Lifetime Achievement Award 2018

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Founded in 2001, the Tamil Literary Garden is a Toronto based charitableorganization committed to promoting the development of literature andstudies in Tamil internationally. Its mandate includes awards, creative writing,scholarship to students, translations, book releases, Tamil theatre performances, conferences and workshops. It recognizes that despite therichness and significance of contemporary writing, very little has been doneto promote or to celebrate the authors who have made major contributionsto Tamil. Among its activities, the event that takes centre stage is a LifetimeAchievement Award, given annually to a writer, scholar, critic or editor, whoover a period of time has made very significant contribution to the growth orstudy of Tamil literature. The Lifetime Achievement Award ( also known as IyalVirudhu ) consists of a plaque and a cash prize of C$2500.

The Tamil Literary Garden also has instituted other awards: Awards for Fiction,Non-fiction, Poetry, Information Technology in Tamil, Translation andScholarship to an undergraduate enrolled in a Tamil studies program. It alsoorganizes Tamil Theatre performances (Naddu Koothu) and lecture series inconjunction with the Department of English - University of Toronto.

Tamil Literary Garden76, Legacy DriveMarkham, ON L3S 4B5CanadaTel: 905 201 9547Email:[email protected]: www.tamilliterarygarden.com

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Board of Directors


Manuel Jesudasan, Barrister & SolicitorPresident

Prof. Chelva KanaganayakamPast President

Appadurai Muttulingam - WriterSecretary

N.K. Mahalingam – Writer/ TranslatorTreasurer

Selvam Arulanandam – Editor/ WriterDirector

Usha Mathivanan – ConsultantDirector

Prof. A. J. V. ChandrakanthanPatron

Sivan Ilangko, CPA, CADirector

Thirumurthi Ranganathan(CEO, Digital Maxim)

Director



Guest of Honour

Tyler Richard is a poet, translator, and scholar of South Asian literature. He receivedhis BA in philosophy and South Asian studies from Harvard University, where he is cur-rently finishing his PhD in South Asian studies. When not working on his dissertation,Tyler also serves as the Lecturer in Sanskrit and Tamil Languages at Columbia Universityin New York City.

Tyler’s main research interest consists in exploring how different communities especial-ly those in South Asia have articulated and explored questions surrounding art, beauty,language, and literature. In particular, he studies literature and literary theory written inSanskrit and Tamil with an eye for comparison across time, space, and disciplinarymethod. At the moment, he is working on projects related to Bana’s Kadambari,Tolkappiyar’s Tolkappiyam, and Sanskrit gemology.

Last summer, Tyler was a visiting fellow at Tamil University, Thanjavur, where he studiedClassical Tamil grammar and poetry with the eminent scholars Ku.Ve. Balasubramaniamand A. Dakshinamurthy.

When he is not in New York or Tamil Nadu, Tyler spends his time back home on therange in Utopia.

Panel of Judges – Iyal AwardProf. Satchithananda Sugirtharaja – U.KTamil Magan - India Prof Sri Pirashanthan – Sri LankaThirumurthi Ranganathan – USASivan Ilangko – Canada

Panel of Judges – IT in TamilVenkat Venkataramanan - CanadaThirumurthi Ranganathan - USA

Panel of Judges – Student ScholarshipNedra Rodrigo - CanadaN.K.Mahalingam - CanadaBairavee Ranjith - Canada

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Lifetime Achievement Award - 9 June 2019Programme

Registration/Reception 5.00 – 6.00

Welcome – Patron 6.00 – 6.05

Introduction – President 6.05 – 6.10

Awards 6.10 – 6.45

Special Guest 6.45 – 6.50

Awards 6.50 – 7.30

Guest of Honour Tyler Richard 7.30 – 7.40

Special Recognition Awards 7.40 –7.50

Iyal Award to Imayam 7.50 – 7.55

Acceptance speech 7.55 – 8.10

Vote of thanks 8.10 – 8.15

DINNER 8.15 – 10.00

Citation readers

Sruthy Sriharan Aarabie Rajamohan

Nemia GnanabaskaranOviya Sritharan


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Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Imayam Sponsored by Vaithehi, Balamurugan and Apsara

Non-Fiction Award given in memory of Kirubaharan SinnaduraiRecipient: Umajee for ‘Kaaka Kothiya Kayam’fhf;fh nfhj;jpa fhak;

Sponsored by Dr.Thushiyanthy and Dr.S.Sriharan

A W A R D R E C I P I E N T S F O R 2 0 1 8

Fiction Award given in memory of Dr Gnanapragasam Mariathas Selvakone Recipient: Deebachelvan for ‘Nadukal’ eLfy;Sponsored by Mrs. Sathiajothi Selvakone

Poetry Award Recipient: Bogan Sankar for ‘Siriya Enkal Thungum Arai’

rpwpa vz;fs; Jhq;Fk; miwSponsored by Dr. V.Santhakumar, Lalitha and Jay Jayaraman

Translation Award (Malayalam to Tamil)Recipient: Era Murukan for ‘Peerangi PaadalkaL’ gPuq;fpg; ghly;fs;

Sponsored by CustomEyes – Dr. Sukanthy Bream


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Special Recognition Award given in memory ofRanjith SelvaRecipient: M. Navin Sponsored by Bairavee Ranjith

Information Technology in Tamil Award given in memory of Sundara RamaswamyRecipient: Ramasamy DuraipandiSponsored by Sura Memorial Fund Kalachuvadu Trust

Scholarship Award to Student for Outstanding Essay

Recipient: : Kalyani Rathakrishnan Sponsored by Dr M.A. Sanjayan

Translation Award given in memory of V. T. Ratnam(Tamil to English)Recipient: Dr. R. Karthigesu for ‘Beyond the Sea’flYf;F mg;ghy;Sponsored by Kumar Ratnam, Margie and Vincent de Paul

Special Recognition Award in honour of AllTeachers of the WorldRecipient: Thiru S.Thiruchelvam Sponsored by Monica and Manuel Jesudasan


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Sponsored by Dr. V. Santhakumar,Lalitha and Jay Jayaraman

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,yf;fpaj; Njhl;lk; ngUikailfpwJ.


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Information technology inTamil AwardGiven in memory of SundaraRamaswamy

Recipient: RamasamyDuraipandi

Sponsored by SuRa MemorialFund Kalachuvadu Trust

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cs;s ma;ak;ghisak; vd;w fpuhkj;jpy; 1967 Nk 7-Mk;

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nghUshjhuj;ij Nkk;gLj;j VNjDk; xU Ntiyf;Fr;

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nfhz;L ghujp Gj;jfhyak; 808 jkpo; vOj;JUf;fis Unicode-xUq;Fwp Kiwapy; ntspapl;L cs;sJ. 2016 Kjy;

www.tamilpulavar.org vd;fpw tiyjsj;ijj; Jtf;fp

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fzpik tpUij uhkrhkp Jiughz;bf;F toq;Ftjpy; jkpo;

,yf;fpaj; Njhl;lk; ngUik milfpwJ.

Translation Award - Tamil toEnglish given in memory ofV.T.Ratnam

Recipient:Professor RangasamyKarthigesu for ‘Beyond theSea’

Sponsored by Kumar Ratnam,Margie and Vincent de Paul

“Kadalukku Appaal” is a Tamil novelwritten by P. Singaram, who was born in Sivagangai, TamilNadu, in 1920. He moved to Penang at the age of eighteen,where he lived through the Second World War. KadalukkuAppaal (flYf;F mg;ghy;) is based on his experience as ayoung Tamil living and working in the multi linguistic anddiverse cultural Penang State in the aftermath of theSecond World War.

P. Singaram’s other well-known novel is “Puyalil Our Thoni”(A Boat in a Storm). Professor Rangasamy Karthigesu trans-lated Kadalukku Appaal into English, which is published as“Beyond the Sea”. Dr. Karthigesu himself is an acclaimedand award-winning writer who also devoted time and

energy to Tamil writing and published five novels, fiveshort story anthologies and two collections of literaryessays. Dr. Karthigesu, unfortunately, passed away beforethe ‘Beyond the Sea’ was published.

Dr. Karthigesu was a former professor of MassCommunication at the University of Science, Malaysia andheld a B.A. degree in Indian studies (Malaysia), Master ofScience in Journalism and a Ph.D. in Mass Communication(Leicester). Before venturing into academia, Dr. Karthigesuwas a well-known broadcaster with an illustrious careerwith Radio Television Malaysia.

Throughout this book, the translator tries to maintainSingaram’s voice as rigorously as possible and manages tokeep the beauty and vibrancy of the original prose. In thewords of Sunil A. Amrith, Chair, Department of South AsianStudies, Harvard University, “Dr.Karthigesu’s translation,(Beyond the Sea) is an apt new incarnation of a novel thatalongside its other achievements, bring the polyglot lin-guistic universe of Southeast Asia’s port cities.”

It is with great pleasure that the Tamil Literary Garden con-fers the Translation award for 2018 to RangasamyKarthigesu.


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Scholarship Award to Studentfor Outstanding Essay

Recipient :Kalyani Rathakrishnan

Sponsored by Dr. M.A.Sanjayan

The Tamil Literary Garden Scholarship was estab-lished in order to encourage and promote Tamil Studies inthe diaspora, particularly among the second generation.This year the students were requested to submit an essayon ‘What Symbolizes Tamilness for me?’ The response wasgood and the three judges took some time to decide onthe winner.

The decision was unanimous and the judges feltthat Kalyani Rathakrishnan showed a clear understandingof the subject matter, and brought in important personaland cultural content that expressed her view on what sym-bolized Tamilness. Her use of relevant Tamil sayings

seemed natural and blended seamlessly in the context ofthe essay. It also visually represented on the page what itmeans to live with this complex identity as a member of adiasporic community.

Kalyani was born and raised in Toronto. She iscurrently enrolled at the University of Toronto and hopesto pursue a career in actuarial science. She was taught tospeak, read and write Tamil since the age of 4, and is proudthat she is very fluent in it. She says she was also taught toembrace her culture and her mother language by her par-ents. She wants to practice a career as an actuarial whilstspreading the knowledge and lessons she had gainedthroughout the years of her life to the future generations,which includes encouraging young Tamils to practice theirmother tongue.

It is with great pleasure that the Tamil LiteraryGarden confers the Tamil Scholarship award for 2018 toKalyani Rathakrishnan.

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Special Recognition Awardgiven in memory of RanjithSelva

Recipient: M. NavinSponsored by Bairavee Ranjith

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,yf;fpar; rhjid rpwg;G tpUij mspg;gjpy; jkpo;

,yf;fpaj; Njhl;lk; ngUikailfpwJ.


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Special Recognition Award inhonour of All Teachers of theWorldRecipient:Thiru S. Thiruchelvam

Sponsored by Monica and Manuel Jesudasan

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jkpo; ,yf;fpar; rhjid rpwg;G tpUij

mspg;gjpy; jkpo; ,yf;fpaj; Njhl;lk;

ngUikailfpwJ.


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2005k; Mz;L ,ay; tpUJfle;j gy Mz;Lfshf gok; jkpo; E}y;fis Mq;fpyj;jpy; nkhopngau;j;jtUk;> fyp/Nghu;dpah

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Nritia ghuhl;b ,e;j tpUJ toq;fg;gl;lJ.

2006k; Mz;L ,ay; tpUJjkpo; ehlff; fiyf;fhfg; gy Mz;Lfs; ghLgl;L mij cyf kl;lj;Jf;F cau;j;jp > ehlfj;Jf;Fk;>

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jkpo; ,yf;fpa Nritia ghuhl;b ,e;j tpUJ toq;fg;gl;lJ.


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2012k; Mz;L ,ay; tpUJfle;j 35 Mz;LfSf;F Nkyhf gy ,yf;fpa tifg;ghLfspy; ,aq;fp> GidT ,yf;fpaj;jpd;

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Lifetime achievement award Sponsored by Vaithehi Muttulingam,CPA, CFA Vaithehi started her career as a publicaccountant withPricewaterhouseCoopers. Subsequently,she was a partner at the asset manage-ment firm of Arrowstreet Capital,Limited Partnership where she served asthe CFO,CCO and on the Board ofDirectors. Currently, she serves on theBoards of the Perkins School for the

Blind, Refugees International, Inc. andSiharum Advisors, LLC.

Vaithehi is committed to the promotion of Tamil literary studies on aglobal basis and has sponsored the life-time achievement award since theinception of Tamil Literary Garden.She lives in Boston with her husbandBala and daughter Apsara.

Special RecognitionAward sponsored byMonica and ManuelJesudasan

Manuel Jesudasan is aBarrister, Solicitor andNotary Public in theProvince of Ontario,Canada. He was

admitted as an Attorney at Law in Sri Lanka in1974; as a Solicitor of England and Wales in 1980and called to the Ontario Bar in 1994.Mr. Jesudasan manages a Law Firm, MJ Law (for-merly MJ Lawyers LLP) located in Scarborough.He was also a Senior State Counsel, Chief LandsOfficer and Legal Advisor to the Ministry ofNational Development of the Republic ofSeychelles for several years in early 80s.

He has held responsible positions in many organi-zations in Canada, including Secretary of theInternational Movement for Tamil Culture during

the time the 6th International Tamil CulturalConference was held in Toronto ConventionCentre in 1996, President, Centre for PerformingArts, President of the Jaffna St. Patrick’s CollegeAlumni Association–Canada. Currently, he isPresident of the Tamil Literary Garden.

Mr. Jesudasan has published two books in Tamil,‘Thonnuru Naadkalul’ and ‘Vayathu Pathinaru’ andregularly contributes articles in Tamil and Englishfor newspapers and magazine, including for TamilInformation, Thai Veedu and Monsoon Journal. Heis devoted in promoting the Tamil language inter-nationally.

Mrs. Monica Jesudasan is a legal secretary for MJLaw since 1994 and is responsible for the firm inthe area of Real Estate. She is a past President ofJaffna Holy Family Convent Alumni Association –Canada and currently its Vice Patron. A dedicatedsocial worker, Mrs. Jesudasan is devoted to pro-moting Tamil along with her husband.

Special Recognition Award is sponsored by Lalitha and Jay Jayaraman

Lalitha Jayaraman: A home-maker and international development professional devoted to the family, gender equality, hunger eradication,poverty reduction, and palliative/hospice care issues.Venkata Subramanian Jayaraman: A Chartered Accountant by qualification and profession, who happily strayed into the management ofeconomic and social development projects in poor and disturbed coun-tries.

Both worked for the UN for many years and are happily married and havetwo daughters and a son, and four grand children. They have deep interestin Tamil language and culture, religion, music, and dance.


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Information Technology in TamilAward is given in memory ofSundara Ramaswamy Sundara Ramaswamy began his literary career at the age of 20 bytranslating a Malayalam novel intoTamil. Following this ‘The Story of aTamarind Tree’, his first novel waspublished and was well received

as a work that extended the frontiers of Tamilnovel. This was translated into English, Hindi,Malayalam and Hebrew.His second novel "J.J. Some Notes" defied all thenotions prevalent in Tamil writing about formand language. It eschewed narration, brought ina tone of intense meditation on the quality ofhuman life and the problems of remaininghuman. The third novel Kulanthaikal, PenkalAnkal was written in an entirely new style andlanguage yet retaining a solid texture.

His poems are a severe questioning into one'sexistence, perceptions, conflicts and tireless butoften defeated search. Almost all ofRamaswamy's writings, though reaching limitedreadership, have sustained serious literary workin Tamil during the last fifty years. He has alsocontributed significantly to the disciplines of literary criticism and essays and has translatedpoems from English to Tamil.He was awarded the prestigious Kumaran AsanMemorial Award for his collection of poems andin 2001 the Tamil Literary Garden of Canada inassociation with the Centre for South AsianStudies of University of Toronto awarded the IyalVirudhu.

The above award is sponsored by SuraMemorial Fund Kalachuvadu Trust.

Dr. M. A. Sanjayan is a conservation scientist, writer, and television news contributor,specializing in the role of nature in preserving and enhancing human life. He is CEO at

Conservation International, a global conservation organization based in Washington DC.His scientific work has been published in journals including Science, Nature and

Conservation Biology and his expertise has received extensive media coverage, includingVanity Fair, Outside, Time, Men's Journal, The New York Times, The Atlantic, "CBS This

Morning",“NBC Today Show”, and the BBC. He has hosted and produced numerous docu-mentaries for the Discovery Channel, PBS and National Geographic. His multi part 2013

CBS Evening News report on elephant poaching was nominated for an Emmy in theinvestigative journalism category. He is a visiting researcher at UCLA and a distinguished

professor of practice at Arizona State University. He won the 2015 UCSC AlumniAchievement Award and the 2015 UCSC Global Oceans Hero Award. In addition he won

the FeTNA and Thamilar Thakaval awards. He is committed to the promotion of Tamilinternationally and has sponsored the Tamil Literary Garden activities from its inception.

Kirubaharan Sinnadurai was born in the Trincomalee district of Sri Lanka in the year 1960. Hewas a student in dentistry in the University when he died. Throughout his short life he was anardent supporter of Tamil language and culture and committed to its promotion on an interna-tional level. An award in Tamil has been set up in his memory. It is sponsored by Dr.Thushiyanthy and Dr.S.Sriharan.


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Sunflowers Furniture has continued to successfully serve the communityfor over twenty years. Margie and Vincent de Paul who are responsible for itssuccess have been recognized for their contributions not only within theTamil community, but also by the country at large. In 2008 the Governmentof Canada officially included the success story of Sunflowers Furniture intheir text book material for new immigrants. The story is cited as an exampleof how immigrants could successfully begin a new life in Canada.Over the years, the store has received several awards for its achievementsand has been featured in the Toronto Star numerous times. After twodecades, Sunflowers continues to support several fundraising events andlocal initiatives, remaining an integral part of the Tamil business community.Both Margie and Vincent are devoted to the promotion of Tamil languageand a Special Recognition Award is sponsored by them.

Ranjith Selva had a love for Tamil literature which came to fruition early in his life.Later when he worked in the Middle East, where he excelled in his banking careerhe expressed a strong desire with the launch of the Tamil Literary Garden in theyear 2001 to work closely with it in the promotion of its work on an internationalbasis. He was in the process of moving to Toronto when he took the initiative toreignite his love of Tamil literature and had made his contributions in variousways. Unfortunately, Ranjith passed away and his involvement with the TamilLiterary Garden ended before it truly began. A legacy that is Ranjith Selva is a lega-cy that is vibrant and exuberant in its presence. In his loving memory a sponsor-ship has been established by his daughter, Bairavee Ranjith to honour his com-mitment and passion for Tamil Literature that has longevity beyond just his life-time.

Dr. Sukanthy Bream graduated from University of Waterloo's prestigiousOptometry program in year 2009. She holds an Honors Degree in Bachelor of

Science in Biochemistry & Genetic Engineering from the McMaster University. Shewas in the Dean's Honors list in her undergraduate program and served as a

Research Candidate with several Scientists. She received extensive training in thetreatment and management of ocular pathology, with emphasis on

glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, cataracts and visual therapy. She is also dedicated to Child Visual Developmental issues. He clinic CustomEyes is equipped

with several latest and advance technologies in eye care. Her unparalleled believe in early detection and prevention of eye diseases made her toincorporate various pre-screening equipment in her practice to serve her patients.

She is an ambassador for "Eye See Eye Learn" program for the kids. Dr. Bream deliv-ers presentations in the community to promote eye care awareness on a voluntary

basis. Under her clinic CustomEyes, she donates a percentage of her income tohelp the orphan kids around the world. She is committed to the promotion of

Tamil language.


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Late Mr. V.T. Ratnam served in the world of journalism art for over 40 years in SriLanka. His life started as a beat-reporter with Eelanadu, Suthanthiran andThinakaran newspapers then continued as an Editorial Board member ofThinapathi daily until his demise in 1990. Mr. Ratnam also contributed heavily andwhole-heartedly towards the enhancement of Tamil culture and Hinduism. As a person who lived in a Colombo suburb cherished with Muslim neighbours, Mr.Ratnam never needed an address to receive mail or visitors. Even today, twenty-three years after his demise, children born after him would take visitors to his housejust by asking for “Iya’s veedu”. It's just a simple evidence for his true embracementof multiculturalism and communal integration. In his loving memory an awardhas been established by his beloved son Kumar Ratnam to honour his commitmentand passion for Tamil Literature.

Dr. Gnanapragasam Mariathas Selvakone was a Consultant Psychiatristphysician who practiced in three countries, Sri Lanka, UK and Canada, for overthree decades. He was an ardent Tamil nationalist who tirelessly advocatedfor Tamil causes until his early death at age 59 in 2001. During his lifetime, Dr.Selvakone spoke, lived and breathed ‘Tamil’ – it was his passion beyond hiswork and family. Dr. Selvakone wrote research articles on Tamil culture andpreserving one’s identity, particularly focused on Tamil parents and youth. Inmemory of this extraordinary soul, his family dedicates this award for Tamilliterature.

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Raja Mahendran B.Sc. Eng. (1983) a grad-uate of Peradeniya University in Sri lanka,has completed his P.Eng at University ofToronto in 1986 and worked as a consultantuntil 1993 and established a Tamil newspa-per ‘Vlambaram’ to meet the needs of thepeople. In 2003 he started a Real Estate Brokerage, ( HomeLife / GTA

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Raja and his wife Sathyabama have sponsored the events of Tamil LiteraryGarden since its inception.

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TamilOnline Foundation Inc. THENDRAL.

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traditional arts and cultural heritage. They havepledged support to the Tamil Literary Garden on anannual basis. Our thanks to the Directors of the organi-zation and especially to Thiru C.K.Venkatraman.


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Mu. Ponnambalam Writer - Sri LankaTheliwatte Joseph Writer - Sri LankaThamizhavan (Carlos Sabarimuthu)Head, Department of Tamil,Dravidian University - IndiaV.N. GiritharanWriter - Canada

R. Cheran Assistant Professor, University of Windsor - CanadaA.R. VenkatachalapathyAssociate Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies - IndiaV. ArasuHead, Department of Tamil, University of Madras - IndiaAravindanWriter - IndiaP.A. KrishnanWriter - IndiaAmbai (Dr C. S. Lakshmi)Writer - IndiaSyed Peer MohammedWriter - MalaysiaSitralega MaunaguruProfessor, Department of Tamil, Batticaloa Eastern University - Sri LankaM.A. NuhmanHead, Department of Tamil, University of Peradeniya - Sri LankaGeorge L. Hart Head, Department of Tamil, University of California at Berkeley - USAA. MuthukrishnanWriter - IndiaJayanthi SankarWriter - SingaporeP. KarunaharamoorthyWriter - Germany

L.Murugapoopathy Writer - AustraliaP.Ahilan Lecturer, University of Jaffna - Sri Lanka Professor R. S. Sugirtharajah University of Birmingham, U. K M. PushparajanWritet, poet, U. K A. KanthasamyWriter, CanadaYuvan ChandrasekarWriter – IndiaGnanam LambertDirector – CanadaP.WickneswaranDirector – CanadaMaalan NarayananEditor/ Director - IndiaSukumaranPoet, India

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SPONSORS

• Cavinkare• Ontario Trillium Foundation• TD Bank Financial Group• Toronto Arts Council• RBC Royal Bank• Fidelity Investments Canada ULC• Vaithehi, Balamurugan and Apsara• Sura Memorial Fund Kalachuvadu Trust• Thendral - TamilOnline Foundation• N.Gnanabaskaran• Dr.George L Hart• Dr. M.A.Sanjayan• Param Paramalingam• Mrs. Sathiajothi Selvakone• Lalitha and Jayaraman• Nandakumar Mailvaganam• Manuel Jesudasan• Rajanathan Rabendravarman• Raja Mahendran• Bairavee Ranjith and Kumuthini Ranjith• Jeganathan Balasundaram• V. Sorna Lingam• Dr.Thushiyanthy and Dr. S.Sriharan• CustomEyes – Dr. Sukanthy Bream• Yogi Tambiraja• Dr. Shan Shanmugavadivel• Palanivel Gomathinayagam• Margie and Vincent de Paul• Dr. Santhakumar & Associates• Simon Archer• Mr. and Mrs. Aseervatham• Kumar Ratnam• Thirumurthi Ranganathan

DONORS

• Ganesan Sugumar• P.Kayilasanathan• Kula Sellathurai• George Sakthivel• Tam Sivathasan• Ilaiyabharathy• Asan Buhari• Shyamohan Mailvaganam• Sumengale Mailvaganam• Nanthini Thilleswaran• Mekala Rajendra• Gajan Yogaratnam• Ramachandran Subramanian• P.Sriskanthan• Dr.M.Mahendran• Vive Rasiah• A. Kanthasamy• S. Ahileswaran• Selva Vettyvel• Dr. Brenda Beck• Logan Kanapathi• Ranjan Francis• C.R.Selvakumar• Ken Kandeepan• Canadian Tamil Congress• Pathmini Thiru• Bahir Vivekanand• Dr. Sundaresan Sambandam• Vallikannan Maruthappan• N.Murugadas



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