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by M. Navin, Charles Nilbert (Translator)

Short story available to read online at the Asian Literature Project "YOMU" | The Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur Official Website.

“YOMU” is an online literary project whose objective is to communicate how Asia is doing “now,” in the midst of Covid, by introducing short stories and essays of writers currently active in seven countries consisting of Southeast Asian countries of Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam and India. The English and Japanese translations of each country’s works will be uploaded on to the Japan Foundation Asia Center’s website and transmitted to people throughout the world. From Malaysia a total of 4 writers who write in Malay, English, Chinese, and Tamil are participating.

In addition, we at the Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur have simultaneously undertaken a project to translate each of these Malaysian works into the other 3 languages under the supervision of our advisor, Mr. Amir Muhammad (FIXI), and this website is where you can read the stories.

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Published December 13, 2021

About the author

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 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).