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jkpo; ,yf;fpaj; Njhl;lk;Tamil Literary Garden
Eyl> V‰ˇ Vue 2010Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony 2010
June 18, 2011
Radisson Hotel, Toronto, Canada
jkpo; ,yf;fpaj; Njhl;lk; • Tamil Literary Garden
,ay; tpUJ tpoh 2010 • Lifetime Achievement Award 2010
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Founded in 2001, the Tamil Literary Garden is a Toronto-basedcharitable organization committed to promoting the developmentof literature in Tamil internationally. Its mandate includes creativewriting, translations, book releases, awards, conferences,workshops, and awarding scholarship to students for Tamil studies.
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jkpo; ,yf;fpaj; Njhl;lk;Tamil Literary Garden
jkpo; ,yf;fpaj; Njhl;lk; • Tamil Literary Garden
,ay; tpUJ tpoh 2010 • Lifetime Achievement Award 2010
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Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient S. Ponnuthurai
Sponsored by Vaithehi Balamurugan
Fiction Award given in honour of Professor KanapathipillaiRecipient S.Venkatesan for ‘Kaval Kottam’ novel
Sponsored by Dr Oppilamani Pillai
Non-Fiction Award given in honour of Mr.T.T. Kanagasunderampillai and the Tamil Teachers of the WorldRecipient R.S.Sugirtharajah for ‘PaNpaaddu poRkanikaL’
Sponsored jointly by Jay & Lalitha Jayaraman and R.Rabendravarman
AWA R D R E C I P I E N T S F O R 2 0 1 0
Fiction Award given in honour of Professor Kanapathipillai Recipient P.Karunaharamoorthy for ‘Pathungu Kuzhi’short story collection
Sponsored by Dr Oppilamani Pillai
jkpo; ,yf;fpaj; Njhl;lk; • Tamil Literary Garden
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Scholarship Award to a Student for Outstanding Essay
This award is given in memory of Ponniah SubramaniamRecipient Serothy Ramachandran
Sponsored by Bahir Vivekanand B.Sc, D.Ch
Information Technology in Tamil Award given in honour of Sundara RamaswamyRecipient Muthu Nedumaran
Sponsored by Sura Memorial Fund Kalachuvadu Trust
Poetry Award given in honour of Professor A.W. MailvaganamRecipient Thirumavalavan for ‘Irul Yaazhi’
Sponsored by Nandakumar Mailvaganam
Non-fiction Award given in honour of Kirubaharan SinnaduraiRecipient S.Theodore Baskaran for‘Innum PiRakkaatha ThalaimuRaikkaaka’
Sponsored by Dr.Thushiyanthy and Dr.S.Sriharan
Poetry Award given in honour of Professor A.W. MailvaganamRecipient Manushya Puthiran for ‘Adeethaththin rusi’
Sponsored by Nandakumar Mailvaganam
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Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient S. Ponnuthurai
jkpo; ,yf;fpaj; Njhl;lk; • Tamil Literary Garden
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Fiction Award given in honourof Professor Kanapathipillai
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Recipient : S.Venkatesan
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Non-Fiction Award given inhonour ofMr.T.T.Kanagasunderampillaiand the Tamil Teachers of theWorld.Recipient : R.S.Sugirtharajah
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Non-Fiction Award given inhonour ofMr.T.T.Kanagasunderampillaiand the Tamil Teachers of theWorld.Recipient :S.Theodore Baskaran
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Poetry Award given in honourofProfessor A.W.Mailvaganam
Recipient : Thirumavalavan
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Recipient Manushya Puthiran
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Information Technology inTamil Award given in honourofSundara Ramaswamy
Recipient :Muthu Nedumaran
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Scholarship Award to Studentfor Outstanding Essay
Recipient :Serothy Ramachandran
The Tamil Literary GardenScholarship was established inorder to encourage and pro-mote Tamil Studies in the dias-
pora, particularly among the second generation.Thisyear’s topic is ‘Media and Politics in Tamil Studies.’The essay presented this year was well – written andadjudged the best.
Serothy Ramachandran is a fourth year student atthe University of Toronto studying History, UrbanStudies, and South Asian Studies. In the future, shehopes to become a teacher at the high school level.Her research and education interests include explor-ing Tamil social and political history, along withissues pertaining to Tamil people in the Canadiancontext. This particular essay was written by her as
she had a keen interest in film and its ability to be anaccessible medium for the masses. Serothy enjoysreading about Tamil culture and involves herself invarious charitable, social, and educational eventswithin the Tamil community in Toronto.
The essay will be published in the next issue ofKalam magazine. It is with great pleasure that theTamil Literary Garden confers the Tamil scholarshipaward for 2010 to Serothy Ramachandran.
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Lifetime achievement award sponsored by Vaithehi Balamurugan, MBA, CPA, CFA
Vaithehi is a Certified Public Accountant , CFA charterholder, and Partner at Arrowstreet Capital,USA. She is committed to the promotion of Tamil language on an international basis and
sponsored the lifetime achievment award from the inception of Tamil Literary Garden.
Fiction award is given in honour of ProfessorKanapathipillai Born in 1903, he received his under-graduate and graduate education inColombo, Sri Lanka, Annamalai, TamilNadu, and the University of London,UK. Trained in Tamil, Sanskrit and Pali,he acquired considerable expertisein the field of epigraphy. After com-
pleting his doctoral studies under the supervision ofProfessor Turner, he joined the University of Colomboas lecturer in Tamil, and later became professor.When
the University of Peradeniya was established, hebecame the first Professor and Head of theDepartment of Tamil, a position he held until 1965. Fora brief period, he also served as Acting Vice-Chancellorat the University of Peradeniya. ProfessorKanapathipillai is known as a major scholar in epigra-phy and linguistics. In addition, he published widely asa novelist, short story writer, and playwright. His playswere performed to much acclaim in Sri Lanka. In addi-tion, he has written a monograph on the history ofSanskrit literature.
The above award is sponsored by Dr Oppilamani. After completing his education at RoyalCollege, and the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo, he proceeded to the United Kingdom, where he
received a postgraduate degree in Surgery. Having served as a surgeon for several years, henow works in Family Medicine in the UK. His
wide-ranging interests have taken him into diverse fields, and his current interests include,Sanskrit, Tamil Literature, Mathematics, and Philosophy.
Non-fiction award is given inhonour of Mr.T.T. Kanagasundarampillaiand the Tamil Teachers of theworld.Mr.T.T. Kanagasundarampillai wasborn on 24 August 1863 inTrincomalee. At the age of seventeenhe left for South India and graduatedin English language. He joined
Madras Saithapettai English Teachers’ Training Collegeas a lecturer. At the same time he served as a Tamilteacher at Madras Christian College andPachchaiappan College. He was the author of severalbooks. As he had mastered Sanskrit he translatedKishkintha Kandam and Sunthara Kandam of ValmikiRamayanam into Tamil. He paraphrased severalSangam works and brought many ancient Tamil literatures found in Olai in to print.
The above award is sponsored jointly by Lalitha, Jayaraman,Rabendravarman.
Lalitha Jayaraman: A home-maker and international development profes-sional devoted to the family, gender equality, hunger eradication, poverty
reduction, and palliative/hospice care issues.Venkata Subramanian Jayaraman: A Chartered Accountant by qualifi-
cation and profession, who happily strayed into the management of eco-nomic and social development projects in poor and disturbed countries.
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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Poetry Award is given in honour of Professor A.W. Mailvaganam
Having graduated at the age of19, he entered University ofCambridge in 1924 and studiedPhysics under 9 Nobel Prize win-
ners and founders of modern Physics. He alsohad the privilege of attending lecture by AlbertEinstein in Germany. On his return to Ceylon,after obtaining a first class honors Tripos and M.Aand Ph.D from the University of Cambridge wasappointed Professor of Physics at the Universityof Ceylon and subsequently, Dean of the Facultyof Science, Pro-Vice-Chancellor University ofCeylon. He had the privilege of being the first SriLankan Professor of Physics. For nearly 50 yearshe was associated with university teaching andserved as chairman on many academic councilsand commissions including the University GrantsCommission. He was awarded the honoraryDegree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) bythe University of Jaffna and Colombo. Also, washonored by Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II
with the O.B.E and by the President of Sri Lankawith the “Vidya Jyothi” awards. Served on thecommission appointed by The Ceylon GovernorGeneral to report on the feasibility of teachingScience, Medicine, Agriculture and Engineering inSwabasha. He was a member of the Council ofthe University of Jaffna and also translated toTamil, Educational Publications, and a number ofPhysics Text for examinations ranging from theAdvanced Level to B.Sc. Special. He also popular-ized the field of Science in the Tamil media bydelivering talks over the Radio and Tamil NewsMedia. He pioneered the Tamil UniversityMovement that led to the establishment of theUniversity of Jaffna and later Eastern Universityof Sri Lanka. In recognition of his contributions toPhysics, the academia in Sri Lanka has estab-lished the Mailvaganam Memorial Lecture eachyear at the Physics Lecture Theatre at theUniversity of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
The above award is sponsored by Nandakumar Mailvaganam.Having graduated with B.Sc (Eng) degree with honors in Sri Lanka ,completed
Post Graduate studies at Mc Master University, Hamilton, ON., Canada and receivedMasters degrees both in Mechanical and Chemical Engineering. He is also a
Professional Engineer of the Province of Ontario. Worked in the field of Fire Safetywith Office of the Fire Marshal (Ontario) from 1990 and retired from the Public
Sector in October 2006. He had the privilege of working with and under guidanceof Dr. Joshy Kallungal, an international figure in fire safety.
Mr and Mrs Nandakumar are both interested in the arts and committed to theadvancement of Tamil.
RAJANATHAN RABENDRAVARMANR. Ravi Varman, originally from Sri Lanka, arrived in Canada in June 1993. He is an
ardent supporter of Tamil language and culture and is committed to promote theactivities of the Tamil Literary Garden and has sponsored the award in the name of
Late Mr. Thambimuthu Kanagasundarampillai, an eminent Tamil scholar fromTrincomalee.
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Kirubaharan Sinnadurai was born in the Trincomalee district of Sri Lanka in the year 1960. He wasa student in dentistry in the University when he died. Throughout his short life he was an ardentsupporter of Tamil language and culture and committed to its promotion on an international level.An award in Tamil has been set up in his memory. This year the second non-fiction award is given inhonour of Kirubaharan Sinnadurai.
It is sponsored by Dr. Thushiyanthy and Dr.S.Sriharan.
Ponniah Subramaniam was a man who believed in the saying 'Today a reader,tomorrow a leader.' He encouraged reading among young people and was devotedto the cause of Tamil learning and culture and was a supporter of Tamil LiteraryGarden and what it stood for. A literary award in his memory is the most apt recogni-tion of him. This year the Scholarship Award to a Student for Outstanding Essay isgiven in honour of Ponniah Subramaniam..
It is sponsored by Bahir Vivekanand B.Sc, D.Ch.
Information Technology in TamilAward is given in honour ofSundara Ramaswamy Sundara Ramaswamy began his lit-erary career at the age of 20 bytranslating a Malayalam novel intoTamil. Following this ‘The Story of a
Tamarind Tree’, his first novel was published andwas well received as a work that extended thefrontiers of Tamil novel. This was translated intoEnglish, 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's
existence, 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 lit-erary 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.
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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
Realty Inc.) and a Property Developmentcompany with a partner.
Raja and his wife Sathyabama have sponsored the events of Tamil LiteraryGarden since its inception.
Mr. Manuel Jesudasan LL.B. of ManuelJesudasan & Associates, Barristers, Solicitors& Notaries Public is from Sri Lanka. He,Solicitor in England and Wales, and wascalled to the Law Society of Upper Canadain 1994. He is a general practitioner withmain interest in Criminal, Immigration, RealEstate and Estate Law. Mr. Jesudasan was aSenior State Counsel, Legal Advisor andChief Lands Officer in Seychelles. He haspublished two books in Tamil , ThonnuruNadkaLul and Vayathu Pathinaru and is
devoted to the promotion of Tamil on aninternational basis.
Monica Jesudasan – Mrs. Jesudasan is aLegal Secretary for the area of Real Estateand assists the Associates as an interpreterin Tamil.
Both Monica and Jesudasan have sponsoredthe Tamil Literary Garden events regularlyfrom the very beginning.
The award ceremony is sponsored by
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Vyramuthu Sornalingam has been asupporter of Tamil Literary Garden and itsactivities since its inception. He is commit-ted to the promotion of Tamil language, cul-ture and music.
He conducts regularly Isaikku Ethu Ellaimusic programmes that have become verypopular in Toronto. Mr. Sornlingam is a part-ner of Yarl Metal Fabrications Inc.
Mr. Gunaranjan and Mrs. ManoRanjan of Optimart are both committedto promoting the development of litera-ture in Tamil internationally. They sup-
port the activities of Tamil LiteraryGarden and sponsor the annual awardsevent.
Param Paramalingam is a Director of T.Choithram &Sons LLC, Dubai, UAE and is a renowned entrepreneurand philanthropist. He is committed to the promotion
of Tamil language and culture and has sponsored theTamil Literary Garden events yearly from the veryinception.
TamilOnline Foundation Inc. THENDRAL.
The mission of TamilOnline Foundation, Sunnyvale,California, USA is to provide assistance to Tamil com-munities (individuals/organizations) to study, preserveand advance Tamil language, education, sciences,
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 - USAChelianPoet - CanadaA. MuthukrishnanWriter - IndiaJayanthi SankarWriter - SingaporeP. KarunaharamoorthyWriter - GermanyL.Murugapoopathy Writer - AustraliaP.Ahilan Lecturer, University of Jaffna - Sri Lanka Professor R. S. Sugirtharajah University of Birmingham, U. K
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Advisory Board for Awards Panel
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SPONSORS
• Dr. K.O.Pillai• Sura Memorial Fund Kalachuvadu Trust• Param Paramalingam• Vaithehi, Balamurugan and Apsara• Lalitha and Jayaraman• Dr. M.A.Sanjayan• Nandakumar Mailvaganam• Manuel Jesudasan• Rajanathan Rabendravarman• Raja Mahendran• Ranjith and Kumuthini Selva• V. Sorna Lingam• Dr. George L Hart• Dr.Thushiyanthy and Dr.S.Sriharan• Bahir Vivekanand• Gunaranjan and Mano Ranjan• Thendral - TamilOnline Foundation• Dr.Shankary Kanaganayagam• BALACHANDRAN MUTHAIAH
PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION• TD Bank Financial Group• Yogi Tambiraja• Dr.Shan Shanmugavadivel• N.Murugadas• S.Kanakaratnam
DONORS
• Chelva Kanaganayagam• Selvam Arulanandam• N.K.Mahalingam• A.Muttulingam• Kula Sellathurai• Ganesan Sugumar• P.Kayilasanathan• Thava Yogarajah• George Sakthivel• Tam Sivathasan• Ilaiyabharathy• Asan Buhari• Karu Kandiah• Kumar Ratnam• Shyamohan Mailvaganam• Sumengale Mailvaganam• S.Bhrapakaran and Jyothi• Nanthini Thilleswaran• Mekala Rajendra• Gajan Yogaratnam• V.Ganeshanantham• Ramachandran Subramanian• P.Sriskanthan• Dr.M.Mahendran• Vive Rasiah• Jayanthi Shankar
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RECEPTION 6.00 – 6.45
PART 1
Welcome – Chairman 6.45 – 6.50
Introduction of Tamil Literary Garden - Patron 6.50 – 6.55
PART 2
Fiction Awards 6.55 – 7.05Non-Fiction Awards 7.05 – 7.15Poetry Awards 7.15 - 7.25Student scholarship Award 7.25 - 7.30
PART 3
Introduction of S.Ponnuthurai by Jeyamohan 7.30 – 7.45Iyal Award 7.45 -- 7.50Acceptance speech by S.Ponnuthurai 7.50 – 8.10Vote of thanks 8.10 – 8.15
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Programme
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