The High Commission of India, Kuala Lumpur is organising a lecture series called “Confluence: Samagam – Language Series” on prominent Indian languages spoken by the Indian community in Malaysia; mainly Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Malayalam, Hindi, Bengali, and Gujarati.
Madam Amrita Dash, the Counsellor (Community Affairs and Labour), High Commission of India, Kuala Lumpur informed during an online discussion on 10 June 2024 that the inaugural event on Punjabi language was conducted on 27 April 2024 and subsequently, a lecture series on Telugu language on 25 May 2024.
“We are
organising a lecture on Tamil language on Friday, 28 June 2024, 4:00 pm, at the
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Indian Cultural Centre, Kuala Lumpur,” she said.
There would be seven short lectures (8–10 minutes each) by prominent speakers. The lecture would be conducted in English and is open to the public. But preregistration is required.
Event: Language Series – Tamil Language
in Malaysia
Date: 28 June 2024 (Friday)
Time: 4.00 pm
Venue: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Indian Cultural Centre, Menara Sentral Vista, Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad,
Brickfields
Language: English
Among the topics to be covered are related to the development of Tamil language in Malaya/Malaysia after 1957, sustaining Tamil in Malaysia, the role of Muthamizh Padippagam, the role of Tamil writers associations, Tamil in fine arts, Tamil literature in translation, and Tamil calligraphy.
Among the speakers are Dr. Selvajothi Ramalingam (Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya), Mohanan Perumal (Malaysian Tamil Writers Association), Dr. Velu Perumal (Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia), and Uthaya Sankar SB (Kavyan Writers Association).
If you
would like to attend this event on behalf of Kavyan, please send your full name
and telephone
number to 011-11411952
(Uthaya) by 20 June 2024 (6:00 pm).