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.....
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