author, poet, teacher, and performer
Readings, Productions, Performances
I was honored and delighted to speak in Toronto for the annual awards ceremony of the Tamil Literary Garden. Paavannan and L. Murugapoopathy received lifetime achievement awards, and we also celebrated the work of Velmurugan Elango, Samraj, Sukirtharani, Sivasankari, and V. N. Giritharan.
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I’m deeply honored to be participating in the 11th World Tamil Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 21-23, 2023, in which I’ll be speaking about my English translation of the Kural: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural.
Watch on YouTube and turn on the captions for an English translation of this greeting in Tamil.
I invite you to learn more about my translation of the Kural as well as my translation of Avvaiyar, issued in a second edition in 2022 by Red Hen Press.
I was delighted to speak about the beauty in and of the Kural for the first anniversary of the National Library Board’s Tamil Cholai in Singapore.
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I was delighted to get to visit the Umar Pulavar Tamil Language Centre and speak with students about the Kural during my recent stay in Singapore for the 2023 Tamil Language Festival.
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For people who know Tamil, here’s a 2-minute glimpse into my recent appearance in Singapore for the 2023 Tamil Language Festival.
Click on the image below or visit: https://seithi.mediacorp.sg/singapore/japanese-american-speaks-tamil-660941
