6 Apr 2023

Social Capital Contributors for The Painted Cat


I am happy to be surrounded by crabs. Oh! Not from the cliché “Indian Crab” story. No, no, no. The “crabs” around me are social capital contributors. They are wonderful souls. They are helpful. They support me to reach the moon.

Friends and family members have come forward to assist in the publication of a collection of my short stories in English. Please click here for details about the transcreation project.


1. S.G. (Butterworth, Penang)

2. Murali Mohan (Pasir Gudang, Johor)

3. Veeraselvam Kuttiappan (Puchong, Selangor)

4. Sasitharan SG (Ayer Itam, Penang)

5. F.H. (Shah Alam, Selangor)

6. Zaheer Zechariah (Bukit Jelutong, Selangor)

7. Anuradha Chelliah (Banting, Selangor)

8. Dr. Arun Tharma Iswara (Sydney, Australia)

9. Prabhawathy Govindarajoo (Shah Alam, Selangor)

10. Devishi Prabha Sankari (Shah Alam, Selangor)

11. Saravanan Selanduray (Puchong, Selangor)

12. M. Mahendran (Bentong, Pahang)

13. Subramaniam Raman (Lunas, Kedah)

14. Gunaseelan Kumar (Bahau, Negeri Sembilan)

15. Chandran Krishnan (Simpang Ampat, Penang)

16. Hanusuya Gunasegran (Seremban 2, Negeri Sembilan)

17. Prem Kanna a/l Dorairaj (Rawang, Selangor)

18. Dr. Lalita Sinha (Simpang Ampat, Penang)

19. RPR (Shah Alam, Selangor)

20. Haritha Mukhan (Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur)

21. Anthony Louis (Andernach, Germany)

22. Gopala Krishnan a/l Sekharan Nair (Tasek Gelugor, Penang)

23. Dr. Swagata Sinha Roy (Kajang, Selangor)

24. Dr. Ann Lee (Kuala Lumpur)

25. Daphne Lee Mei-lin (Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur)

26. AK (Segamat, Johor)

27. Mahadevy (Bayan Lepas, Penang)

28. Nalina Devi Applanaidu (Sungai Petani, Kedah)

29. PS Lim (Petaling Jaya, Selangor)

30. SK (Puchong, Selangor)

31. M. Mahesvaran @ Mad Sentul (Kapar, Selangor)

32. Dr. Shyamala Dhoraisingam (Subang Jaya, Selangor)

33. Tharma Iswara Subramaniam (Subang Jaya, Selangor)

34. NG (Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur)

35. Sivasankar Narayanan (Setia Alam, Selangor)

36. Lalitha Subramaniam (Setia Alam, Selangor)

37. Krishnu Sanker Sivasankar (Setia Alam, Selangor)

38. Harveen Sankar Sivasankar (Setia Alam, Selangor)

39. Kuhan Sankar Sivasankar (Setia Alam, Selangor)

40. Priya Kulasagaran @ Priya K (Petaling Jaya, Selangor)

41. Sivapalan Selvadurai (Kajang, Selangor)

42. Martin Prasad Vengadesan (Kuala Lumpur)

43. Susan Loone (Jelutong, Penang)

44. EC (Kota Kemuning, Selangor)

45. Alexandar Anthony Dars (Ipoh, Perak)

46. VK Ezhilarasi a/p Velautham (Cheras, Kuala Lumpur)

47. Saras Manickam (Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur)

48. Tan Gim Ean (Kampung Kerinchi, Kuala Lumpur)

49. NM (Port Klang, Selangor)

50. Devan Ramakrisnan (Kulai, Johor)

51. Balamoorthy Perumal (Ampang, Selangor)

52. Luqman Mohd Hata (Rawang, Selangor)

53. Malini Lakshmi Bai (Cheras, Kuala Lumpur)

54. Thanusya Shanmuganathan (Petaling Jaya, Selangor)

55. Kughan Nadarajah (Quebec, Canada)

This name list will be updated until 15 June 2023. The social capital contributors’ names shall also be listed in the book. I thank each and every contributor for making it possible to publish my books.

Contributors for my previous booksPulau Pendatang (2015)  Nari! Nari! (2015)  Mandala Bicara (2016)  Ikan Patin dan Beruang Besar (2017)  Thirukkural dan Megha Duta (2018)  Ramayana dan Mahabharata (2019)  Vetalam dan Vikramaditya (2020)  Putaria (2020) Bhagavad Gita (2021) Kavya Sastra (2021) Suvarna Bhumi (2022) Khanda Puranam (2022) Katha Sarit Sagara (2023) Nari! Nari! (2023).