M. Navin is a Malaysian Tamil writer with MA in Tamil Literature. His works speak the lives of Malaysian Tamils and their daily struggles and 39 books have been published to date. He established Vallinam, a magazine for alternative literary endeavors in 2007, which has gone digital in 2009. He supervised the publication of Parai, a compilation of research papers such as Malay/Chinese Literature, Riverine and Eelam Literature in 2014. He has also worked in various fields of the arts and has directed documentaries on 14 Malaysian-Singaporean personalities and worked in films such as Jerantut Ninaivugal and Maounam and screenplays for films such as Jagat (Malaysia), and Kabali (Tamil Nadu). He started the Yazl Publication for students of TamilM. Navin is a Malaysian Tamil writer with MA in Tamil Literature. His works speak the lives of Malaysian Tamils and their daily struggles and 39 books have been published to date. He established Vallinam, a magazine for alternative literary endeavors in 2007, which has gone digital in 2009. He supervised the publication of Parai, a compilation of research papers such as Malay/Chinese Literature, Riverine and Eelam Literature in 2014. He has also worked in various fields of the arts and has directed documentaries on 14 Malaysian-Singaporean personalities and worked in films such as Jerantut Ninaivugal and Maounam and screenplays for films such as Jagat (Malaysia), and Kabali (Tamil Nadu). He started the Yazl Publication for students of Tamil schools. He is the recipient of the Young Talent Award from the Malaysian state of Selangor (2010) and Special Recognition at Tamil Literary Garden of Canada Award (2019)....more