Marriage and mutton Curry Book Launch 4/10/2018

 

Singapore Writers Festival - Book Launch (Marriage and Mutton Curry)

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TV Live Interview with M. SHANmughalingam on Marriage and Mutton Curry

IIUM Writers & Literary Festival

Interview by Michelle Martin MoneyFM 89.3 ‘Marriage & Mutton Curry’ by M SHANmughalingam

With Michelle Martin Money FM89.3 (Singapore)

Marriage and Mutton Curry - Book Review (The Star 7/10/2018)

Author Datuk Dr M Shanmughalingam’s unique style of ‘fact-ion’ showcased in first anthology

The Star - 7/10/2018 ( Capturing the soul of a community)

https://www.star2.com/culture/2018/10/06/marriage-mutton-curry-book-review/

Bookstore orders for Marriage and Mutton Curry

Speech by His Royal Highness Sultan Nazrin Shah

Author's Book Launch gets Royal Treatment - The Star 6/10/2018

BERNAMA.com - 'Marriage and mutton curry' will whet your curiosity

Last update: 05/10/2018

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 (Bernama) – In the hands of a skilful storyteller, history comes alive and Datuk Dr M. Shanmughalingam seems to have accomplished this with his anthology of 15 short stories called Marriage and Mutton Curry.

Sultan Nazrin Shah of Perak, who has known the author since their Oxford University days, launched the book at Black Box in MAP@Publika yesterday.

In the foreword, the royal wrote: “… The individual lives and specific events that are described in these stories convey most effectively the growing pains and the joys of a young and developing Malaya, later Malaysia.

“The stories in this collection are set within the Jaffna Tamil community to which Datuk Dr Shan belongs.

“… While the stories appear on the surface to be about the Jaffna Tamil community – depicting the hopes, dreams and foibles of its members alongside its foods, cultural and religious practices, and even its names – the insights they provide on the human condition go well beyond the experiences of any one ethnic group.....

http://www.bernama.com/en/general/news.php?id=1650254