RESIDENTS and Tamil activists in Bukit Gambir, Penang, are furious over the vandalisation of SJK(T) Subramaniya Barathee’s signboard, Tamil dailies reported.
The school signboard is located near the sign for another school and a private company, but these were not touched.
Parents of pupils who spoke to the press said this showed targeted vandalism against a school which posts excellent results every year.
Penang Hindu Association deputy president K.P. Murugiah called on the authorities to immediately replace the damaged signboard with a proper wall-mounted one.
> A Swiss-born Canadian researcher has translated 14 South Indian and Sri Lankan Tamil short stories into German for publication, Makkal Osai reported.
Eveline Masilamani-Meyer, who studied Tamil in Tamil Nadu, India, also has a post-graduate degree in the worship of folk deity Sri Ankalamman.
While a doctorate researcher at Tamil University Thanjavur, Meyer wrote two books – a translation of the story of the deity Kathavarayan and a research piece on the folk deities of Tamil Nadu. She went on to teach the Tamil language at the University of Bern in Switzerland.
Meyer and her research student Nina Ragath then decided to translate some Tamil short stories into German to make them known to Germans, Austrians and the Swiss.
The book will be released by a German publishing house well known for publishing Indian literature and history, Meyer said.
● Found in Translation is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.
