tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14680352500157384492024-03-11T11:22:40.541+08:00Bahan Arkib dan RujukanMemuatkan bahan-bahan arkib Uthaya Sankar SB dan Kumpulan Sasterawan KavyanUthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comBlogger542125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-13654972160255986212023-12-17T23:00:00.002+08:002023-12-17T23:01:01.823+08:00Biodata Peserta Bengkel Penulisan Intensif di Taiping<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2Ebwgaa5QNU_vdl_KSYz-rpzjWugI_C8tAkPZBXV59I9Gh43UKAMDS-T9XLm2hyphenhyphens8_MsqCa1YVSAKj3h9GlzJyNcbPKFmjzioZHk6JgMmKgctxcsT4EYZ63MvsNnwooAuNX8lXyVqCLw5zB6HOx7ZpVtHVZomMz9szutk1cgjw5SMdewmkf5AWa_XYWA/s1024/231215a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2Ebwgaa5QNU_vdl_KSYz-rpzjWugI_C8tAkPZBXV59I9Gh43UKAMDS-T9XLm2hyphenhyphens8_MsqCa1YVSAKj3h9GlzJyNcbPKFmjzioZHk6JgMmKgctxcsT4EYZ63MvsNnwooAuNX8lXyVqCLw5zB6HOx7ZpVtHVZomMz9szutk1cgjw5SMdewmkf5AWa_XYWA/w400-h300/231215a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Berikut
biodata yang dihasilkan para peserta sewaktu menyertai <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/09/bpi231216.html"><span style="color: red;">Bengkel Penulisan Intensif di Taiping, Perak</span></a></span></b>
(15-17 Disember 2023). Peserta terdiri daripada penulis berpengalaman, penulis
baharu, penulis remaja, dan bakat muda (kanak-kanak).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">VK Ezhilarasi Velautham Krishnan</span></b> berasal dari
Segamat, Johor dan belajar di Maktab Perguruan Raja Melewar, Seremban, Negeri
Sembilan. Seterusnya, beliau mendapat ijazah sarjana muda pendidikan dari Universiti
Putra Malaysia (UPM). Pesara guru ini tinggal di Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. Beliau
suka menulis cerpen dan rencana berkaitan golongan remaja kurang bernasib baik
hasil pengalaman membantu golongan ibu bapa tunggal untuk menjaga anak-anak
mereka. Antara karya awal Ezhilarasi ialah rencana di majalah <i>Dewan Budaya</i> (April 2016) dan cerpen di
majalah <i>Dewan Siswa</i> (Februari 2020). Hasil karya beliau turut termuat dalam antologi
<b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://kavyan.blogspot.com/2019/06/busana.html"><span style="color: red;">Busana Bahasa</span></a></span></i></b> (2019) dan <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://kavyan.blogspot.com/2020/01/alh.html"><span style="color: red;">Landasan Hidup</span></a></span></i></b> (2020) serta di
portal <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://ekavyan.blogspot.com/search/label/Ezhilarasi"><span style="color: red;">Sastera Kavyan</span></a></span></b>. Ezhilarasi giat dalam
aktiviti Kavyan seperti <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/08/baba230902.html"><span style="color: red;">Baca di Anak Baba</span></a></span></b> (September 2023), <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/04/drama.html"><span style="color: red;">Bengkel
dan Persembahan Drama Pentas Megha Duta</span></a></span></b> (April-Ogos
2023), <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/09/bakat.html"><span style="color: red;">Bakat Seni dan Sastera Bangsa Malaysia</span></a></span></b> (Disember
2023). Bengkel penulisan yang disertai termasuk <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://kavyan.blogspot.com/2018/11/intensif.html"><span style="color: red;">Sesi Penulisan Intensif I</span></a></span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(Disember 2018), <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://kavyan.blogspot.com/2018/12/intensif2.html"><span style="color: red;">Sesi Penulisan Intensif II</span></a></span></b> (Mac 2019), <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/08/lepak2.html"><span style="color: red;">Lepak Menulis Rencana di Anak Baba</span></a></span></b>
(Oktober 2023), dan <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/09/bpi231216.html"><span style="color: red;">Bengkel Penulisan Intensif di Taiping</span></a></span></b>
(Disember 2023). Ezhlarasi merupakan <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/03/ahli.html"><span style="color: red;">Ahli Jawatankuasa Kavyan</span></a></span></b> mulai 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc;">Jeffry
Solomon Victor</span></b><span style="background: white;"> dilahirkan
di Ipoh, Perak</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;"> pada tahun 2002</span><span style="background: white;">. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">Beliau belajar di Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Baru
Putra, Ipoh dan kemudian di Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Miharja, Kuala Lumpur
sehingga Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM). Beliau </span><span style="background: white;">menamatkan pengajian peringkat diploma
dalam bidang sumber manusia dan kini menjadi tenaga pengajar di sebuah sekolah
swasta. Jeffry </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">terlibat secara aktif dalam program anjuran </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/03/ahli.html"><span style="color: red;">Kavyan</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US"> seperti<span style="background: white;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/04/drama.html"><span style="color: red;">Bengkel dan Persembahan Drama Pentas Megha Duta</span></a></span></b>
(April-Ogos 2023),<span style="background: white;"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/08/lepak.html"><span style="color: red;">Lepak Menulis Cerpen di Anak Baba</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (September 2023)</span>, <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/09/bakat.html"><span style="color: red;">Bakat Seni dan Sastera Bangsa Malaysia</span></a></span></b> (Disember
2023), dan <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/09/bpi231216.html"><span style="color: red;">Bengkel Penulisan Intensif di Taiping</span></a></span></b>
(Disember 2023). Karya Jeffry tersiar di portal <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://ekavyan.blogspot.com/search/label/Jeffry"><span style="color: red;">Sastera Kavyan</span></a></span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Thivyajayanthi Nair K Jayan</span></b> lahir di Seremban,
Negeri Sembilan pada tahun 1997 dan membesar di Segamat, Johor. Beliau belajar di
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Canossian Convent, Segamat sebelum berpindah ke Sekolah
Menengah Kebangsaan Ledang, Tangkak di mana perjalanan menulis beliau bermula. Beliau
belajar teknologi maklumat di Universiti Teknikal Malaysia (UTeM), Melaka. Thivyajayanthi
memenangi tempat keempat dalam Pertandingan Menulis Cerpen Bahasa Tamil anjuran
Persatuan Koperasi Kewangan dan Tanah Kebangsaan (NLFCS) pada tahun 2014. Kini beliau
menetap di Cheras, Kuala Lumpur dan bergiat aktif dalam program <span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">anjuran
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/03/ahli.html"><span style="color: red;">Kavyan</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US"> seperti<span style="background: white;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/04/drama.html"><span style="color: red;">Bengkel dan Persembahan Drama Pentas Megha Duta</span></a></span></b>
(April-Ogos 2023),<span style="background: white;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/08/lepak2.html"><span style="color: red;">Lepak Menulis Rencana di Anak Baba</span></a></span></b>
(Oktober 2023), <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/09/bakat.html"><span style="color: red;">Bakat Seni dan Sastera Bangsa Malaysia</span></a></span></b> (Disember
2023), dan <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/09/bpi231216.html"><span style="color: red;">Bengkel Penulisan Intensif di Taiping</span></a></span></b>
(Disember 2023).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Jessilyn Angel Jayadass</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> dilahirkan pada tahun 2008 di Kedah
dan dibesarkan di Johor Bahru, Johor. Beliau belajar di Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan
Cina Thai Hong dan Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Impian Emas, Johor. Pada Julai
2022, Jessilyn berpindah ke Cheras dan melanjutkan pelajaran di Sekolah
Menengah Kebangsaan Yaacob Latif, Kuala Lumpur. Remaja ini banyak terlibat
dalam program bahasa dan sastera anjuran <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/03/ahli.html"><span style="color: red;">Kavyan</span></a></span></b> seperti </span><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/04/drama.html"><span style="color: red;">Bengkel
dan Persembahan Drama Pentas Megha Duta</span></a></span></b> (April-Ogos
2023), <b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/08/lepak.html"><span style="color: red;">Lepak Menulis Cerpen di Anak Baba</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (September
2023), </span><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/09/bakat.html"><span style="color: red;">Bakat Seni dan Sastera Bangsa Malaysia</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Disember 2023), serta </span><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/09/bpi231216.html"><span style="color: red;">Bengkel Penulisan Intensif di Taiping</span></a></span></b> <span lang="EN-US">(Disember 2023). Karya
Jessilyn tersiar di portal <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://ekavyan.blogspot.com/search/label/Jessilyn"><span style="color: red;">Sastera Kavyan</span></a></span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Kirthigan Pandian</span></b> lahir pada tahun 2009.
Beliau mendapat pendidikan di Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Cheras dan Sekolah
Menengah Kebangsaan Yaacob Latif, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. Remaja ini terlibat
dalam pelbagai program bahasa dan sastera <span lang="EN-US">anjuran <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/03/ahli.html"><span style="color: red;">Kavyan</span></a></span></b>
seperti </span><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/04/drama.html"><span style="color: red;">Bengkel
dan Persembahan Drama Pentas Megha Duta</span></a></span></b> (April-Ogos
2023), <b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/08/lepak.html"><span style="color: red;">Lepak Menulis Cerpen di Anak Baba</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (September
2023), </span><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/09/bakat.html"><span style="color: red;">Bakat Seni dan Sastera Bangsa Malaysia</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Disember 2023), serta </span><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/09/bpi231216.html"><span style="color: red;">Bengkel Penulisan Intensif di Taiping</span></a></span></b> <span lang="EN-US">(Disember 2023). Karya Kirthigan
tersiar di portal <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://ekavyan.blogspot.com/search/label/Kirthigan"><span style="color: red;">Sastera Kavyan</span></a></span></b>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Pavitra Govalan</span></b> dilahirkan pada tahun 2012 dan
dibesarkan di Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. Beliau masih belajar di SJKT Jalan Cheras. Kanak-kanak
ini terlibat dalam pelbagai program <span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">anjuran </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/03/ahli.html"><span style="color: red;">Kavyan</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US"> seperti<span style="background: white;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/04/drama.html"><span style="color: red;">Bengkel dan Persembahan Drama Pentas Megha Duta</span></a></span></b>
(April-Ogos 2023), <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/09/bakat.html"><span style="color: red;">Bakat Seni dan Sastera Bangsa Malaysia</span></a></span></b>
(Disember 2023), dan <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/09/bpi231216.html"><span style="color: red;">Bengkel Penulisan Intensif di Taiping</span></a></span></b>
(Disember 2023).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Jerusha Carallyn Jayadass</span></b> dilahirkan pada
tahun 2012 di Kedah dan dibesarkan di Johor Bahru, Johor. Beliau berpindah ke
Cheras, Kuala Lumpur pada Julai 2022 dan merupakan pelajar Program Pendidikan
Khas Integrasi (PPKI) di Sekolah Kebangsaan Yaacob Latif. Kanak-kanak ini mengambil
bahagian dalam beberapa program <span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">anjuran </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/03/ahli.html"><span style="color: red;">Kavyan</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US"> seperti<span style="background: white;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/04/drama.html"><span style="color: red;">Bengkel dan Persembahan Drama Pentas Megha Duta</span></a></span></b>
(April-Ogos 2023), <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/09/bakat.html"><span style="color: red;">Bakat Seni dan Sastera Bangsa Malaysia</span></a></span></b>
(Disember 2023), dan <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/09/bpi231216.html"><span style="color: red;">Bengkel Penulisan Intensif di Taiping</span></a></span></b>
(Disember 2023).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Lihat juga —</span></b> [<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2012/10/senarai-cerpenis-kaum-india.html"><span style="color: red;">Biodata Sasterawan Kavyan</span></a></span></b>] – [<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2023/09/biodata.html"><span style="color: red;">Biodata Penulis Pelbagai Kaum</span></a></span></b>] – [<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/09/meja.html"><span style="color: red;">Biodata
Peserta Perbincangan Meja Bulat</span></a></span></b>]</span><o:p></o:p></p>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-81644428309934202822023-09-19T10:45:00.057+08:002024-01-17T11:01:14.057+08:00Senarai Penyumbang Dewi Pertiwi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXmbx9m8fxO1mBMjd0vbh3S2UaVu2SWTNGC3a3b3ystRhwq0FBjCSu5BIvwVbODTZbdFXf6Gk7KgmePfOCqJIQJEoHAu9I0FOpb3h2FbHVfjU0uYUe3OLebIpZKU9pBHd_ypgCP2H6T6fWXsAvu0_cbmFbnrXxPmXHda57UqAFeLTBz9nSbx2mlyFSeQf/s1024/Typing4%20231231B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXmbx9m8fxO1mBMjd0vbh3S2UaVu2SWTNGC3a3b3ystRhwq0FBjCSu5BIvwVbODTZbdFXf6Gk7KgmePfOCqJIQJEoHAu9I0FOpb3h2FbHVfjU0uYUe3OLebIpZKU9pBHd_ypgCP2H6T6fWXsAvu0_cbmFbnrXxPmXHda57UqAFeLTBz9nSbx2mlyFSeQf/w400-h400/Typing4%20231231B.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white;">“I want the book
and the project to be ‘our project’.” – Uthaya Sankar SB (</span><b><i><span style="background: white; color: red;"><a href="https://www.optionstheedge.com/topic/culture/author-uthaya-sankar-s-b-hopes-more-readers-will-get-enjoy-malaysian-literature-not"><span style="color: red;">The Edge</span></a></span></i></b><span style="background: white;">, 17 July 2023)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Atas sebab
dan tujuan itulah juga nama para penyumbang modal sosial disenaraikan di dalam
buku dan di blog. Saya mahu nama para penyumbang sentiasa diketahui dan
dihargai para pembaca.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Bagi projek
<b><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/09/2024.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">kumpulan esei <i>Dewi Pertiwi</i></span></a></b>, berikut nama penyumbang sehingga <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">31 Disember 2023</span></b> (11:30 malam):<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">1. Anuradha
Chelliah (Banting, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">2. Malini
Lakshmi Bai (Cheras, Kuala Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">3. Amir
Muhammad (Petaling Jaya, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">4. Sivasankar Narayanan (Setia Alam, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">5. Lalitha Subramaniam (Setia Alam, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">6. Krishnu Sanker Sivasankar (Setia Alam, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">7. Harveen Sankar Sivasankar (Setia Alam, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">8. Kuhan Sankar Sivasankar (Setia Alam, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">9. Prabhawathy
Govindarajoo (Shah Alam, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">10. Devishi
Prabha Sankari (Shah Alam, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>11. <o:p></o:p></span></span><a name="_Hlk133944121"><span lang="EN-US">Prem Kanna a/l Dorairaj</span></a><span lang="EN-US">
(Rawang, Selangor)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>12. <o:p></o:p></span></span>Palaniappan Periannan (Lahat, Perak)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 2.0pt; margin: 2pt 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">13. M. Mahendran (Bentong, Pahang)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>14. <o:p></o:p></span></span>Weng Poh Leng (Taman Cheras, Kuala Lumpur)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">15. EC (Kota Kemuning, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>16. <o:p></o:p></span></span>D. Ravi Prakash Devandran (Kuala Lumpur)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>17. <o:p></o:p></span></span>M. Mannar Mannan (Petaling Jaya, Selangor)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>18. <o:p></o:p></span></span>VK Ezhilarasi Velautham (Cheras, Kuala Lumpur)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>19. <o:p></o:p></span></span>Son Yeo Choy (Puchong, Selangor)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">20. S.G.
(Butterworth, Pulau Pinang)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">21. Mohd
Firdaus Muthaloo (Lahad Datu, Sabah)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US">22. <o:p></o:p></span>Sasitharan SG (Ayer Itam, Pulau Pinang)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US">23. <o:p></o:p></span>Tiru Mohan a/l P.S. Maniam (Batu Caves, Selangor)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>24. <o:p></o:p></span></span>Murugan Ramachandran (Menglembu, Perak)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">25. HSH (Shah Alam, Selangor)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>26. </span></span>Tang Ah Chai (Segambut, Kuala Lumpur)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>27. </span></span>Halini Paramanathan (Kepong, Kuala Lumpur)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>28. </span></span>Surendran Govindasamy (Setia Alam, Selangor)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>29. </span></span>Mohd Izwan bin Mohd Ali (Jasin, Melaka)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>30. </span></span>Saravana Kumar (Seberang Jaya, Pulau Pinang)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>31. </span></span>Sentamiloon MuPa.Selva24 (Shah Alam, Selangor)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>32. </span></span>Periasamy a/l Sinniah (Padang Jawa, Selangor)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>33. </span></span>Dr. Lalita Sinha (Simpang Ampat, Pulau Pinang)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>34. </span></span>K. Jivaneswary (Gelugor, Pulau Pinang)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>35. </span></span>Zaheer Zechariah (Bukit Jelutong, Selangor)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>36. </span></span>Shamila Arelene Ong (Rantau, Negeri Sembilan)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>37. </span></span>M. Mahesvaran @ Mad Sentul (Kapar, Selangor)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>38. </span></span>Mahamad Fauzi Ab Razak (Shah Alam, Selangor)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>39. </span></span>Irene Tan Ai Ling (Kota Bharu, Kelantan)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>40. </span></span>Anthony Louis (Andernach, Jerman)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>41. </span>Hafiz Hisan (Puchong, Selangor)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>42. </span>Subramaniam Raman (Lunas, Kedah)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Senarai
penyumbang modal sosial bagi projek buku sebelum ini — <a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2015/05/modal.html"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Pulau Pendatang</span></i></b></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"> </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">(2015)</span> <b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">—</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"> </span></span></b><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2015/09/modal.html"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Nari! Nari!</span></i></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"> </span></b></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">(2015)</span> <b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">—</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"> </span></span></b><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2016/10/sosial.html"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Mandala Bicara</span></i></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"> </span></b></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">(2016)</span> <b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">—</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"> </span></span></b><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2017/07/penyumbang.html"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Ikan Patin dan Beruang Besar</span></i></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"> </span></b></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">(2017)</span> <b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">—</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"> </span></span></b><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2018/05/modal.html"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Thirukkural dan Megha Duta</span></i></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"> </span></b></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">(2018)</span> <b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">—</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"> </span></span></b><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2019/06/rm2tk.html"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Ramayana dan Mahabharata</span></i></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"> </span></b></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">(2019)</span> <b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">—</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"> </span></b><a href="https://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2020/01/nandri_31.html"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Vetalam dan Vikramaditya</span></i></b></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"> </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">(2020)</span> <b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">—</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"> </span></b><a href="https://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2020/07/kasih.html"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Putaria</span></i></b></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"> </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">(2020)</span> <b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">— </span></b><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2021/03/bgmodal.html"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Bhagavad
Gita</span></i></b></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">(2021) </span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">—</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2021/07/tkavya.html"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Kavya
Sastra</span></i></b></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> (2021) </span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">—</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2021/10/tksb.html"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Suvarna
Bhumi</span></i></b></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> (2022) </span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">—</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2022/04/dana.html"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Khanda
Puranam</span></i></b></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> (2022) </span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">—</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Katha
Sarit Sagara</span></i></b></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> (2023) </span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">—</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2023/01/nari.html"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Nari!
Nari!</span></i></b></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> (2023) </span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue;">—</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2023/04/capital.html"><span style="color: red;">The Painted Cat</span></a></span></i></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> (2023).</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sila hubungi saya (Uthaya) menerusi <i>WhatsApp</i> <b>011–11411952</b> atau
e-mel <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="mailto:uthayasb@gmail.com"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">uthayasb@gmail.com</span></a></span></b> jika ada sebarang
pertanyaan.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-1751316260453368312023-09-19T10:30:00.088+08:002024-01-18T18:22:34.098+08:00Kandungan Kumpulan Esei Dewi Pertiwi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Se-uuXHdS2OZyjrPTNeMGFHsxJqX5SJf2b44bmMUDWttSoZvFhtizqCry4Ms328kHCMOXHvY5KzjV7UNrDGH8tfBmF11xZAONyA_wsySr4zwCWrIuQaLnZ2jMDb66Xv8gbNUhuSgLoWwvFBR5v-LywBW_nto6Pz11Na7GzV9Rn6AGnfcp7-S2kv_LWcD/s1024/Reading%20Buku%20Baca4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Se-uuXHdS2OZyjrPTNeMGFHsxJqX5SJf2b44bmMUDWttSoZvFhtizqCry4Ms328kHCMOXHvY5KzjV7UNrDGH8tfBmF11xZAONyA_wsySr4zwCWrIuQaLnZ2jMDb66Xv8gbNUhuSgLoWwvFBR5v-LywBW_nto6Pz11Na7GzV9Rn6AGnfcp7-S2kv_LWcD/w400-h400/Reading%20Buku%20Baca4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Kerja-kerja
memilih, menyaring, menyunting, menambah baik, dan menyusun kandungan <b><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/09/2024.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">kumpulan esei <i>Dewi Pertiwi</i></span></a></b> dimulakan pada <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">1 November 2023</span></b>.
Ada esei baharu dan ada juga esei lama, khasnya rencana yang tersiar di akhbar <i>Utusan Malaysia</i>. Kesemua esei ini belum dibukukan.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Setiap esei
dalam kumpulan ini dijamin mengandungi sekurang-kurangnya sedikit bahan atau
maklumat baharu yang boleh membantu menjadikan pembaca lebih berilmu.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiril3rRzn3v5Tp9JVz5JPNibYXo9hrMsTba6TQX2pYXTl7hy7HZQ_S9eUcHdJQtolya5_h1gc_nkr2TdJqRvgrxS17NRQ-Fjec2y-MmdBbGERFygesTSUYYX2gVeGDV7SwzvSVvXIY_mH8xQyzu73EjdcGAZpLB_yvZr1w7myDjiWLG4A7jqjIfNuM4X2U/s1024/Rizab2%20240101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiril3rRzn3v5Tp9JVz5JPNibYXo9hrMsTba6TQX2pYXTl7hy7HZQ_S9eUcHdJQtolya5_h1gc_nkr2TdJqRvgrxS17NRQ-Fjec2y-MmdBbGERFygesTSUYYX2gVeGDV7SwzvSVvXIY_mH8xQyzu73EjdcGAZpLB_yvZr1w7myDjiWLG4A7jqjIfNuM4X2U/w320-h320/Rizab2%20240101.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">1. Apabila saya
membaca pelbagai dokumen, buku, kertas kerja, dan bahan arkib berkaitan <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Tanah Rizab
Melayu</span></b>, memang ada hal-hal yang rumit untuk difahami orang awam. Malah,
ada semacam kelonggaran pada bahagian tertentu yang mungkin memberi kesan
kepada pelaksanaan Enakmen Tanah Rizab Melayu serta membuka “ruang” bagi
penyelewengan tanah rizab (simpanan) oleh pihak tidak bertanggungjawab. <b>Dua</b> rencana ditulis untuk membimbing
orang Melayu menimba ilmu demi mempertahankan hak sebelum terlewat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSGnANMiGHEoQ_jQ_Saquxc5b7FvTK8e6Ss6D_UG3qaw9b3NtQXvleI62ekLEvezOdcWg1FqLgfZ5mRRJp_hjBC3uLoAUkPbutf1QGjaIw6NdyZoi9YRdjgdydgYlKrzxGGPnRIKE9bguDbuz51KCpAL0wBKFIYtqbqegyFiKZA2BaLDhEM3EughxI3kk/s1024/Gengster6%20240101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSGnANMiGHEoQ_jQ_Saquxc5b7FvTK8e6Ss6D_UG3qaw9b3NtQXvleI62ekLEvezOdcWg1FqLgfZ5mRRJp_hjBC3uLoAUkPbutf1QGjaIw6NdyZoi9YRdjgdydgYlKrzxGGPnRIKE9bguDbuz51KCpAL0wBKFIYtqbqegyFiKZA2BaLDhEM3EughxI3kk/w320-h320/Gengster6%20240101.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">2. Sementara
kumpulan samseng kaum Cina dan Melayu berperanan melindungi kaum sendiri, <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">gengster kaum India</span></b>
pula menjadi samseng yang memeras dan mengumpul wang daripada kaum sendiri. Ada
individu menjadi ahli kongsi gelap pada usia 13 tahun dan ramai yang mati sebelum
mencapai umur 21 tahun. Topik ini turut dikupas untuk membantu kita memahami
masalah gengsterisme yang semakin meruncing dalam komuniti India.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vpgLbuyW3Qly-jezgcuTbq1wRXCZgnJD4Kyyw8TEGaTBCxPs6qY4YrgHl3ZpdruQQmqDvo-js-QEciuA801cdVFQ5TNnk6f7QBf7lvNQwRuLc4kS4L3gic-HF4ClCO_3RHQVemvm4qo-iFSpVPn1w71prKXCCqOcnKUn32o6fEkoFBwUiyL718Of0dNW/s1273/Utus%20211211d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1273" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vpgLbuyW3Qly-jezgcuTbq1wRXCZgnJD4Kyyw8TEGaTBCxPs6qY4YrgHl3ZpdruQQmqDvo-js-QEciuA801cdVFQ5TNnk6f7QBf7lvNQwRuLc4kS4L3gic-HF4ClCO_3RHQVemvm4qo-iFSpVPn1w71prKXCCqOcnKUn32o6fEkoFBwUiyL718Of0dNW/s320/Utus%20211211d.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">3. Rumah milik <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Kapitan Chung Keng Kwee</span></b> di Jalan
Berek, Taiping, Perak sudah bertukar menjadi kedai barangan antik. Saya
melawatnya pada 2 Disember 2021 sempena ulang tahun ke-200 kelahiran Kapitan Cina
itu dan berpeluang mendengar pelbagai maklumat dan trivia menarik yang tiada
dalam buku teks sekolah. Maka, dikongsi dalam buku ini untuk membantu orang
ramai mengetahui sejarah dan kisah sebenar yang mencorak sejarah Malaysia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMAd2HjCkjUsG03MN1_Je3TkV9C0u11N1sz2eu3iY2nPI_5Yw-Hfb-oQM870k0MAGjSua42WKKw230WAdOitS-uqIRAwtP56uo_HpIS13I76mxAvkRz4Xmbz5FLnvWs6XVBe_GXLV734rCoCz6tAxJow7Wx6Sgq5TKPLYPfvfRGbdSlM_HrAQG0aiWlhDs/s1024/Kuyil1%20231231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMAd2HjCkjUsG03MN1_Je3TkV9C0u11N1sz2eu3iY2nPI_5Yw-Hfb-oQM870k0MAGjSua42WKKw230WAdOitS-uqIRAwtP56uo_HpIS13I76mxAvkRz4Xmbz5FLnvWs6XVBe_GXLV734rCoCz6tAxJow7Wx6Sgq5TKPLYPfvfRGbdSlM_HrAQG0aiWlhDs/w320-h320/Kuyil1%20231231.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">4. Dalam seni dan sastera India, <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">burung <i>kuyil</i></span></b> yang bersuara merdu
sentiasa dijadikan simbol cinta sejati. Sebenarnya, burung berbulu hitam ini
adalah penjenayah dan pembunuh kejam, serta ibu bapa yang langsung tidak bertanggungjawab.
Data dan maklumat dari pelbagai sumber kajian ilmiah turut digunakan untuk
menulis rencana ini.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYe7gHKh9m84-MgsvZQXhz_7ahx8o4bK31oPlg0-tQbUEzmZwaTTuYED_AX7H9ruQ02QXqWerVZxp8GHj9KhbvsbjRoG_9pOo3CB4SEE3gldK6AfU9_SGwCGeuXULW7ekfgZ3Qpl85Um2KifVFAIhYU3ybN39n3Z_ehrrJSQvvbjzfKX2DlnxQBgBEjbKu/s1286/Utus%20220226%20promo2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="1255" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYe7gHKh9m84-MgsvZQXhz_7ahx8o4bK31oPlg0-tQbUEzmZwaTTuYED_AX7H9ruQ02QXqWerVZxp8GHj9KhbvsbjRoG_9pOo3CB4SEE3gldK6AfU9_SGwCGeuXULW7ekfgZ3Qpl85Um2KifVFAIhYU3ybN39n3Z_ehrrJSQvvbjzfKX2DlnxQBgBEjbKu/w312-h320/Utus%20220226%20promo2.jpg" width="312" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">5. Gelaran atau label <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Jaati Bukkan</span></b>
dianggap sesuatu yang menghina dalam kalangan penutur bahasa Tamil di Malaysia.
Generasi muda pada masa kini sudah hampir tidak mengenali frasa itu kerana
semakin jarang digunakan. Sebuah rencana dalam buku ini menghuraikan makna
sebenar serta asal-usul gelaran berkenaan.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKbYzV0Wb43kTdX3S_R9XHTOq0oM-HWUSEp5tA6o2VcaKhwYhPBvHe5PUu8anYENgMJ-J9nQxNOVqK4Ieea56wAJMleBqPd_75Dzfjj05LKatqfxCQT7Luh7RPBcrPik11dxvULSXfMBcWuVampF5DUxps1rgVuao2Iiw3xX4CAyv2Yd2P9LhqJfD1eKa/s1024/Janda%20Balu1%20231226.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKbYzV0Wb43kTdX3S_R9XHTOq0oM-HWUSEp5tA6o2VcaKhwYhPBvHe5PUu8anYENgMJ-J9nQxNOVqK4Ieea56wAJMleBqPd_75Dzfjj05LKatqfxCQT7Luh7RPBcrPik11dxvULSXfMBcWuVampF5DUxps1rgVuao2Iiw3xX4CAyv2Yd2P9LhqJfD1eKa/w320-h320/Janda%20Balu1%20231226.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">6. Bolehkah seorang gadis
India-Hindu berkahwin dengan adik lelaki kepada ibunya? Bagaimana pula dengan
adik lelaki kepada bapanya? Apa pula reaksi masyarakat sekiranya seorang <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">balu</span></b>
atau <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">janda</span></b>
mahu <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">berkahwin</span></b>
semula? Pertanyaan ikhlas seorang rakan dihuraikan menerusi sebuah rencana demi
manfaat semua.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhp178GzFaTSh4wZtTAmZp7MD3g8WkOpVDFTR5DlJtroOCdSnpLbVcDmctPzqxatpauB_LH_KRy4BSZJhOlKxqdfXOPbQv4oYJJqMjaKlrrk4Mwrz5siJnGk_3oeyTpkY48AwirqInIVvO_EBC6uHYH8MxQThSxr2V6rsMXpMgJChEiEhqPOtxHxaf6i_/s1024/Flying1%20231231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhp178GzFaTSh4wZtTAmZp7MD3g8WkOpVDFTR5DlJtroOCdSnpLbVcDmctPzqxatpauB_LH_KRy4BSZJhOlKxqdfXOPbQv4oYJJqMjaKlrrk4Mwrz5siJnGk_3oeyTpkY48AwirqInIVvO_EBC6uHYH8MxQThSxr2V6rsMXpMgJChEiEhqPOtxHxaf6i_/w320-h320/Flying1%20231231.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">7. Kata <b><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">purana</span></i></b>
sering disamakan dengan epik dan teks suci agama Hindu. Sebuah rencana ditulis untuk
menghuraikan ciri <i>purana</i>, epik,
hikayat, dan kisah pengembaraan dalam karya tradisional. Diterangkan juga beza
antara <i>Skanda</i> <i>Purana</i> (Sanskrit) dan <i>Kanda</i>
<i>Puranam</i> (Tamil).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3X6Cv9abzpAzh6Gv-75RvP_4d_8SVXRXLEOwizQsi1NBFfTnN9ZchcxXy3HV0cAAqceIaiYLXo_etLV7J18CLEDxqxC9hrDDaxukNNd1eQ0TjPTqVzYjLzwx_EVKVp882GmqaT7iY58gFuYSoLpkfzZel6QkLbzG0GLeJfJ9MNBYke21J5Yhp41pbSzc/s1380/Veshti1%20240101B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1380" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3X6Cv9abzpAzh6Gv-75RvP_4d_8SVXRXLEOwizQsi1NBFfTnN9ZchcxXy3HV0cAAqceIaiYLXo_etLV7J18CLEDxqxC9hrDDaxukNNd1eQ0TjPTqVzYjLzwx_EVKVp882GmqaT7iY58gFuYSoLpkfzZel6QkLbzG0GLeJfJ9MNBYke21J5Yhp41pbSzc/w320-h237/Veshti1%20240101B.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">8. Pelbagai majlis dan upacara
kebudayaan India dan agama Hindu tidak lengkap tanpa pakaian tradisional
seperti <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">sari</span></b>
bagi wanita dan <b><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">veshti</span></i></b> bagi lelaki. Walau
bagaimanapun, mengapa tidak ada kilang pengeluaran sari dan <i>veshti</i> di Malaysia? Topik ini turut
dibincangkan untuk renungan para pembaca.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrLaJEhMTlsTdgUIqNLPeYdDqajzaf9xIH0DkIpxaNeVqenyNO-jJ-QX31ZZMCoGSMfWXBzbcmAs4ypCNhYt4sWqIxPkOuUapyaN-YMzD_aHi1fWk9IJyJ5yXOwazNhonPau0L5pqsPkQHoGYOI2BlTfDz7uCLMZAIil9v_AWxsiZAptylLBGPTYAfAR0/s1268/Utus%20220604%20Promo2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="1268" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrLaJEhMTlsTdgUIqNLPeYdDqajzaf9xIH0DkIpxaNeVqenyNO-jJ-QX31ZZMCoGSMfWXBzbcmAs4ypCNhYt4sWqIxPkOuUapyaN-YMzD_aHi1fWk9IJyJ5yXOwazNhonPau0L5pqsPkQHoGYOI2BlTfDz7uCLMZAIil9v_AWxsiZAptylLBGPTYAfAR0/w400-h326/Utus%20220604%20Promo2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">9. Saya pernah menghubungi sekitar
300 rakan kaum India tetapi hanya seorang mengenali serta memiliki <b><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">nettipattam</span></i></b> atau <b><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">aana
patta</span></i></b> sebagai hiasan. Maka, aspek budaya komuniti Malayali ini
diterangkan secara ringkas menerusi sebuah rencana untuk menambah pengetahuan
masyarakat pelbagai kaum di Malaysia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUskU-wKM9criQH1URgpSgEnN3DOyLdyDIcr1IDLjldijAV-DSPSZIz_9V1qB77wtn6rYSicXDTuozerrRj2tMn8OJlQbOMxeMc7ormVJ0kcV6k1PoPEZmNN0hFj0wJbbMdti_u1rriP-gfIS5EqdnFr2DF-qYgCdnXf-_8gvRogW77Dcs9CvCyLd5wlZB/s1293/Hlm%20213%20Foto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="1293" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUskU-wKM9criQH1URgpSgEnN3DOyLdyDIcr1IDLjldijAV-DSPSZIz_9V1qB77wtn6rYSicXDTuozerrRj2tMn8OJlQbOMxeMc7ormVJ0kcV6k1PoPEZmNN0hFj0wJbbMdti_u1rriP-gfIS5EqdnFr2DF-qYgCdnXf-_8gvRogW77Dcs9CvCyLd5wlZB/w400-h266/Hlm%20213%20Foto.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">10. Laporan Barnes (1951) mendapat
reaksi kaum Cina menerusi Laporan Fenn-Wu (1951), lalu lahirlah Ordinan Pelajaran
(1952) yang menjadi asas kepada Laporan Razak (1956) dan Dasar Pelajaran
Kebangsaan (1971) yang terus menjadi rujukan sehingga kini. Tidak adakah
sebarang bantahan dan cadangan kaum India terhadap <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Laporan Barnes</span></b>? Fakta dan data
yang “disembunyikan” daripada buku teks <i>Sejarah</i>
di sekolah boleh dibaca dalam kumpulan rencana ini.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQhx56P1Adlhj-3ACZMv0xT0uFkaoEZe5p3yjiG7KLgXzvmWcktreCp25DLjmHGMDlderWKsKg_Rt3r5MLYHXiVhJ11guLB-fhWmHjziz26sRluTxu6orYMKSyM5pL-_MooiPTQaqTYOjR4fAvMYi2uEQblaaogcwE0fVA8fCVPb7Ztc9pcrCflMyE75a/s1024/Cerita3%20240102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQhx56P1Adlhj-3ACZMv0xT0uFkaoEZe5p3yjiG7KLgXzvmWcktreCp25DLjmHGMDlderWKsKg_Rt3r5MLYHXiVhJ11guLB-fhWmHjziz26sRluTxu6orYMKSyM5pL-_MooiPTQaqTYOjR4fAvMYi2uEQblaaogcwE0fVA8fCVPb7Ztc9pcrCflMyE75a/w320-h320/Cerita3%20240102.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US">11. </span>Dalam situasi sekarang,
ibu bapa sibuk dengan kerja. Anak-anak pula lebih mesra dengan gajet dan
peranti, sekali gus kurang interaksi dengan datuk dan nenek. Warga emas pula
mungkin makan hati kerana tidak berpeluang berkongsi <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">cerita rakyat</span></b> dengan cucu. Pada
masa sama, benarkah cerita rakyat dianggap generasi muda sebagai ketinggalan
zaman?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibvIzXNwHxKgMxMF-KQJjqKEVnfgBoxMeLmbuwrI2vHHf3rfU5xtlfZPGtDaVzx_W9YI0umRX6JvpFbXSDoEvXJggfPkPqzVkqe8qONK0YGXJLHBYm6eDK3mcZdNWySsLEDN7AQiyE9JYZXZN45g1CMy8iGZgBeaB_o9E-dKuj-BUT039Tgo4f8-zHjtqR/s1024/Suvarna3%20240102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibvIzXNwHxKgMxMF-KQJjqKEVnfgBoxMeLmbuwrI2vHHf3rfU5xtlfZPGtDaVzx_W9YI0umRX6JvpFbXSDoEvXJggfPkPqzVkqe8qONK0YGXJLHBYm6eDK3mcZdNWySsLEDN7AQiyE9JYZXZN45g1CMy8iGZgBeaB_o9E-dKuj-BUT039Tgo4f8-zHjtqR/w320-h320/Suvarna3%20240102.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">12. Gelaran <i>Golden Chersonese</i> (Semenanjung Emas), <i>Suvarnadvipa</i> (Kepulauan Emas), <i>Suvarnapura</i> (Bandar Emas), dan <b><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">Suvarnabhumi</span></i></b> (Tanah Emas) pernah digunakan
apabila merujuk kepada suatu kawasan yang masih tidak dapat dipastikan lokasinya
secara tepat dan khusus. Saya cuba membawa pembaca menimba ilmu dari beberapa
sumber tentang nama yang unik ini.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrEwKLavzNzw54-E9nV3K4n4Ruwjj0sVXfYdGM_ands0VVISVADKAbtYFBruxTi-Xjdd35F7IIu6QaAcxQq2ycpTRKMS-u7rJy1gQpW1uhmPvQ6FMKCgatVKHPYl3KBeRiGfS0VJQ0Ffuvyd1TNV3jdMDwUQGCHtw4PYLmrkk1r9QccQ_eNfq9eqfLOPu5/s1259/Utus%20230225%20Promo2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="1259" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrEwKLavzNzw54-E9nV3K4n4Ruwjj0sVXfYdGM_ands0VVISVADKAbtYFBruxTi-Xjdd35F7IIu6QaAcxQq2ycpTRKMS-u7rJy1gQpW1uhmPvQ6FMKCgatVKHPYl3KBeRiGfS0VJQ0Ffuvyd1TNV3jdMDwUQGCHtw4PYLmrkk1r9QccQ_eNfq9eqfLOPu5/w320-h287/Utus%20230225%20Promo2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">13. Malachi
Edwin Vethamani menghasilkan buku <i>A Bibliography
of Malaysian Literature in English</i> (2016), selain terus prolifik
menghasilkan pelbagai buku lain. Pada Februari 2023, saya berbual dengan beliau
untuk mendapatkan gambaran sebenar tentang penglibatan kaum India dalam
penulisan <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">karya</span></b>
<b><span style="color: #0000cc;">bahasa
Inggeris</span></b>. Rencana ini membuka jendela untuk mengenali satu kelompok penulis
yang berjuang sendirian tanpa sebarang pengiktirafan kerajaan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtVUlme492sOGQ0Tdrk5KR0ovfpXlwOfv3UY9IXZJscO8KUUitb4r9e7VmUKElfkiqRcw4PQ-O6RNB1CdFsdgds_xgdG2gusgTJdZW798dbgkgW-9qs6AhRPvZQeP-RbiZGbs0OUrYzd59ZlHnGW0q9fU1lo6Jf2fTjw5QKD0XvnAQt4XfQgT3wAo7sks/s1024/Plagiat1%20231226.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtVUlme492sOGQ0Tdrk5KR0ovfpXlwOfv3UY9IXZJscO8KUUitb4r9e7VmUKElfkiqRcw4PQ-O6RNB1CdFsdgds_xgdG2gusgTJdZW798dbgkgW-9qs6AhRPvZQeP-RbiZGbs0OUrYzd59ZlHnGW0q9fU1lo6Jf2fTjw5QKD0XvnAQt4XfQgT3wAo7sks/w320-h320/Plagiat1%20231226.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US">14. Pada November 2021, <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Wacana Minda</span></b>
@ Mohamad Asri Husin didedahkan sebagai <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">penciplak</span></b> <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">tegar</span></b> yang “mencuri” puisi dan esei orang lain
tanpa rasa malu. DBP yang menyiarkan karyanya membisu seribu bahasa manakala <b>Presiden
PENA</b> menyalahkan masyarakat kerana “menafikan hak penciplak”. Saya berkongsi
pandangan dan kritikan berhubung perkara ini.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qOCBNOo1xK1Hiakb9BtEujfDK6yOVqr2G3oah0qGGjTNHGJhIhBuccxYcqy9TIaJOzHNozMY4EcQgzlNaiyn9ohQtIqwRIgVetDhcUcpOaxZdOIImPqkvuaE5Y8OiuyUubCCqIqE_rdW3gR8fnUsKP-z87IKrqwFUmKKjb5FMHHXObeLvUYxWYbensp6/s1024/Blindness1%20240103.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qOCBNOo1xK1Hiakb9BtEujfDK6yOVqr2G3oah0qGGjTNHGJhIhBuccxYcqy9TIaJOzHNozMY4EcQgzlNaiyn9ohQtIqwRIgVetDhcUcpOaxZdOIImPqkvuaE5Y8OiuyUubCCqIqE_rdW3gR8fnUsKP-z87IKrqwFUmKKjb5FMHHXObeLvUYxWYbensp6/w320-h320/Blindness1%20240103.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">15. Saya berpeluang mendengar dahulu
versi audio novel <b><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">Blindness</span></i></b> karya penerima
Hadiah Nobel Kesusasteraan, Jose Saramago sebelum membaca buku dan kemudian
menonton versi filem. Suatu pengalaman yang memang unik dan menarik. Catatan
lama itu dimasukkan dalam buku ini kerana pada masa kini memang ramai orang
berpeluang mendengar buku dalam bentuk audio.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GUeTMx0njmU23pIzStQiz0Rl8-Q2bc7MG8TMLUdCpGyqGSul1RcTdHeadpzGPPEHazNznz6vD_dFCZRwCCwQdjkxrt3JwnYick_oCa6ojJYEQW_61dJ20MImwHCudLheZcsh8Vr3WHJhn66nfMu2TC0UNPr3vybsOJlur1G9LVqILy4UIDC6XQk2nZNM/s1024/Cina2%20231226.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GUeTMx0njmU23pIzStQiz0Rl8-Q2bc7MG8TMLUdCpGyqGSul1RcTdHeadpzGPPEHazNznz6vD_dFCZRwCCwQdjkxrt3JwnYick_oCa6ojJYEQW_61dJ20MImwHCudLheZcsh8Vr3WHJhn66nfMu2TC0UNPr3vybsOJlur1G9LVqILy4UIDC6XQk2nZNM/w320-h320/Cina2%20231226.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">16. Seorang
lelaki kaum Cina datang sebagai “pendatang, imigran, <i>sin kheh</i>, orang luar” yang tunduk kepada penduduk tempatan (Melayu).
Hasil perancangan penuh licik, dia akhirnya menjadi “orang penting, ayam
tambatan, pakar runding syarikat dengan Inggeris”. Mesej tersirat dalam
kumpulan cerpen <b><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">Bendera Putih</span></i></b> (2015) dikupas
tanpa berselindung.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdY5rJGVKk6XZnkKnk4yovJ-oqbrf8mQHryhP2UR8aQy-B8C1bqY8Oe24a06ix2wzEyTWIGQjBOKf-_7_-rg2yraQuKKWHhCuTw6XZ57qZemHtB-pnG_F_o7sxuAoReOSknsGL-1eeFAyh-Ay_oPeRxvVFOSwxoQrMV26waVwmyzSXbQEgBwdAeESAA9Dq/s2438/The%20Words4B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="2438" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdY5rJGVKk6XZnkKnk4yovJ-oqbrf8mQHryhP2UR8aQy-B8C1bqY8Oe24a06ix2wzEyTWIGQjBOKf-_7_-rg2yraQuKKWHhCuTw6XZ57qZemHtB-pnG_F_o7sxuAoReOSknsGL-1eeFAyh-Ay_oPeRxvVFOSwxoQrMV26waVwmyzSXbQEgBwdAeESAA9Dq/w400-h196/The%20Words4B.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">17. Memang
seronok apabila berpeluang membaca buku atau novel yang bercerita pula tentang
dunia seorang penulis. Menerusi sebuah rencana dalam buku ini, saya menggunakan
kerangka intertekstual untuk mengulas
pengalaman menonton filem <b><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">The Words</span></i></b>
yang berkisar tentang sebuah novel berjudul <i>The
Words</i>. Begitu juga pengalaman menonton siri <i>A Young Doctor’s Notebook</i> berasaskan buku <b><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">A
Country Doctor’s Notebook</span></i></b> oleh Mikhail Bulgakov. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_mGIVECx3nqGGtYsyX1EwKhG3jncZ6J_6Z-7PxWTPMCetCO8dZ_0rd8lyJ5A5kQ_HPo62L-2r6ltl6tmW9iKPk-olbqcsTuLSvX5MrXxzQvyk5Fj5myi3wNRjk_JGHKZotvR7D83zqac0c5KFQnGXo-hAhmDFl22WkyNyYY6Umn0mYAf5M4smaFxsdl5/s1024/Baila3%20231226.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_mGIVECx3nqGGtYsyX1EwKhG3jncZ6J_6Z-7PxWTPMCetCO8dZ_0rd8lyJ5A5kQ_HPo62L-2r6ltl6tmW9iKPk-olbqcsTuLSvX5MrXxzQvyk5Fj5myi3wNRjk_JGHKZotvR7D83zqac0c5KFQnGXo-hAhmDFl22WkyNyYY6Umn0mYAf5M4smaFxsdl5/w320-h320/Baila3%20231226.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">18. Lagu “Surangani”,
“Chinna Maamiye”, dan “Dinggiri Dinggale Minachi” terus diminati generasi demi
generasi dan dipaparkan dalam beberapa filem sejak tahun 1950-an. Sejumlah
artis Melayu juga mempopularkan lagu-lagu itu di Malaysia sejak dahulu. Sejarah
lagu <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Baila</span></b>
bermula di Ceylon (Sri Lanka) pada tahun 1630-an. Pelbagai maklumat disajikan
dalam sebuah rencana yang ditulis khusus mengenai lagu-lagu Baila.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuf9ru4j1XeYGknxMOpFJO0tzmlanfft6bdTH6aYAyw_TObULjjhckx8r4nsubdBk5jN_DBwnNxjX4FP7REuwK1NiW_DYEbwYUgpdx-I0NPDeV-5ql_rhQiaATQUCgdabqWFDglKTYtg8iXzuyFrh-QnEubfDtDl2ygM4i3vqtCykUNmvaXWQCYkGw0Ok/s1024/Asura7%20240104.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuf9ru4j1XeYGknxMOpFJO0tzmlanfft6bdTH6aYAyw_TObULjjhckx8r4nsubdBk5jN_DBwnNxjX4FP7REuwK1NiW_DYEbwYUgpdx-I0NPDeV-5ql_rhQiaATQUCgdabqWFDglKTYtg8iXzuyFrh-QnEubfDtDl2ygM4i3vqtCykUNmvaXWQCYkGw0Ok/w320-h320/Asura7%20240104.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">19. Dalam
cerita rakyat dan hikayat di negara-negara Asia Tenggara, kita sering bertemu
watak raksasa, gergasi, dan bota. Kesemuanya berasal daripada watak-watak <b><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">asura</span></i></b> dalam epik, mitos, dan <i>purana</i> Hindu. Siapakah golongan <i>sura </i>dan <i>asura</i> ini? Adakah mereka benar-benar
jahat dan zalim seperti sering digambarkan? Semoga rencana ini boleh membantu
kita mendapatkan pencerahan minda.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqymtVhw-RFSrKo8SfEDxHtkQD3DTLr7AQDols9Y58obX2l760WajSHc9m-wEmhh8_WyoCJovL4ewTu_6IIdtcmvdJt0rftTJwoVkD_bz7FW_E_TGTh6P81ljf-BvIeiNThvKfYJfMUCa1oHhbFxK-FGdImSaRfMGsZ0F7jyEgZXqbyww3GIhPCzGaPqcw/s1024/Wahyu4%20240104.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqymtVhw-RFSrKo8SfEDxHtkQD3DTLr7AQDols9Y58obX2l760WajSHc9m-wEmhh8_WyoCJovL4ewTu_6IIdtcmvdJt0rftTJwoVkD_bz7FW_E_TGTh6P81ljf-BvIeiNThvKfYJfMUCa1oHhbFxK-FGdImSaRfMGsZ0F7jyEgZXqbyww3GIhPCzGaPqcw/w320-h320/Wahyu4%20240104.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">20. Apakah ada <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">wali</span></b>
dan <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">nabi</span></b>
dalam Hinduisme? Adakah kandungan kitab <i>veda</i>
di<b><span style="color: #0000cc;">wahyu</span></b>kan
Tuhan atau rekaan para maharishi semata-mata? Pasti ada sebab ajaran Hindu yang
merupakan agama tauhid terawal digelar Sanathana Dharma dan Vaidika Dharma. Diulas
menggunakan Bahasa Malaysia yang mudah demi manfaat para pembaca.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsREaUDJHgi-4mDHmHWygvlxDOYkql-lIyBldwzzOxxOhHPjvemrEqHVXNYN_bVPtcTZPjTWBiMt_4asMhjnwFlAf0w8H1ddadzKsZju7Jw2YXGeqKlfrgx17gbNq8HZxbzNIl3H-aVWOeFqEjcUIYC7WxIjfQtKtGYQ0tM8Zz22KYIqgmNpUCyvlpvcJV/s1024/Kannagi1%20231226.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsREaUDJHgi-4mDHmHWygvlxDOYkql-lIyBldwzzOxxOhHPjvemrEqHVXNYN_bVPtcTZPjTWBiMt_4asMhjnwFlAf0w8H1ddadzKsZju7Jw2YXGeqKlfrgx17gbNq8HZxbzNIl3H-aVWOeFqEjcUIYC7WxIjfQtKtGYQ0tM8Zz22KYIqgmNpUCyvlpvcJV/w320-h320/Kannagi1%20231226.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">21. Salah satu
daripada <i>Aimperukapiyam</i> (“Lima Karya
Besar”) dalam sastera klasik Tamil ialah <b><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">Silappatikaram</span></i></b>
(“Kisah Gelang Kaki”). Karya ini antara lain mengangkat tema perlunya pemimpin
menegakkan keadilan atau <i>dharma</i>.
Kisah klasik ini – khasnya perwatakan <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Kannagi</span></b> – wajar diketahui, dihayati, dan dijadikan
panduan hidup orang ramai. Rencana ini cuba membantu menambah pemahaman.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwIEGIlMJjy76arhhHTyAPrMV_BHNxFV16UxOJIXMzqITckIAJG8ldlPHH2e_ruNEHeHpY5w7Qdkm_dYr40XtYVHf5HWJo95IcnfljZQ3w-Dy9O0QRA0lwVXBgTzJLQsWIYJLRc4cL1L_cC0N_VYWnW8kE7v60o5TwA8dAOIiINqCbOLMSFSUt4cGajBL/s1024/Mining2%20231224.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwIEGIlMJjy76arhhHTyAPrMV_BHNxFV16UxOJIXMzqITckIAJG8ldlPHH2e_ruNEHeHpY5w7Qdkm_dYr40XtYVHf5HWJo95IcnfljZQ3w-Dy9O0QRA0lwVXBgTzJLQsWIYJLRc4cL1L_cC0N_VYWnW8kE7v60o5TwA8dAOIiINqCbOLMSFSUt4cGajBL/w320-h320/Mining2%20231224.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">22. Tidak lama
dahulu, saya berpeluang membaca dengan penuh minat buku <b><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">Mining
in Malaya</span></i></b><i> </i>(1940) yang
memperincikan realiti penglibatan kaum Melayu, Cina, dan India dalam perlombongan
bijih timah di Malaya. Kandungan buku ini tidak diajar di sekolah. Maka,
rencana berasaskan buku berkenaan pasti membantu pembaca generasi muda menimba
pelbagai ilmu baharu.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97ePxi0nveYH8_s7UaJvReo6GMp4OzaUw47xb7QbKBVcDWKYFP9cEGMBBkWLu_M7AhHSCByaYVZurtlfi6yKkwWuaK0411kThS_WkL_kZlkaXbfhUcS6d46AsBp9YONpU2aMlaX2Qn40q2v2xJYpOklz6Dwqe1S9CNi0sJcqtdjJzOqaculEy87OrqkS6/s1024/Ciplak1%20231226.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97ePxi0nveYH8_s7UaJvReo6GMp4OzaUw47xb7QbKBVcDWKYFP9cEGMBBkWLu_M7AhHSCByaYVZurtlfi6yKkwWuaK0411kThS_WkL_kZlkaXbfhUcS6d46AsBp9YONpU2aMlaX2Qn40q2v2xJYpOklz6Dwqe1S9CNi0sJcqtdjJzOqaculEy87OrqkS6/w320-h320/Ciplak1%20231226.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">23. Cerpen “Carpe
Diem” oleh <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Lee
Keok Chih</span></b> @ Adrique Lee didapati diciplak daripada cerpen “Apa Yang
Kau Cari” oleh Azman Hussin. Dia juga didapati menciplak karya dari China dan
Taiwan untuk disiarkan di akhbar Cina di Malaysia. Saya menghubungi penulis ini
pada November 2021 untuk mendapatkan pengesahan. Pandangan beberapa rakan
mengenai budaya <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">ciplak</span></b>
dan <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">plagiat</span></b>
dimasukkan dalam buku ini.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoicMfJtrNtyf9pGK7IQlOsP08QiKxHMLlkVIlVV2aNB9kSJgMnAZEuzo132errL6tceyp1qrcDZzHXHsi55bUwJtavvxLIAPNJfZgu-nFOfCvuTj9WybME9Q8x5MexsbNDclB4m26Xc7r6xA5KgW69HE9CLp5S0sBUBR2hWjoP3DEMYbQQiBCKgyd_Dw/s1492/Hlm%20107%20Foto.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1396" data-original-width="1492" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoicMfJtrNtyf9pGK7IQlOsP08QiKxHMLlkVIlVV2aNB9kSJgMnAZEuzo132errL6tceyp1qrcDZzHXHsi55bUwJtavvxLIAPNJfZgu-nFOfCvuTj9WybME9Q8x5MexsbNDclB4m26Xc7r6xA5KgW69HE9CLp5S0sBUBR2hWjoP3DEMYbQQiBCKgyd_Dw/s320/Hlm%20107%20Foto.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">24. Filem <b><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">Ponniyin Selvan</span></i></b> (2022) menarik minat orang
ramai untuk menyelami novel sejarah yang ditulis oleh <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Kalki</span></b> pada tahun 1950-an. Kalki
dianggap perintis sastera moden Tamil dan antara pengarang berwawasan yang terus
diraikan. Keunikan karya dan gaya penulisan beliau wajar diketahui khalayak
pelbagai kaum di Malaysia. Maka, sebuah rencana lama dikemas kini untuk
dimasukkan dalam buku ini.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUcT7FCwQLf1plf8rj-CdbgOAjT0vb_DXtsbOWvg1FXyN8kc9Ce9ghcBb20N2wrgg3XaeQM2fiicq5KOsGzChrE8B-JKQ1ywRnWpzsa_PpMR7GqQquBbmnCGgoPhXeqObLcj9GgvGu6qIhYPcG_U3txCdBbjUmnujZcKCYAQIJGt26tEcmog4Y4dDqSUi/s1024/Belanda3%20240106.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUcT7FCwQLf1plf8rj-CdbgOAjT0vb_DXtsbOWvg1FXyN8kc9Ce9ghcBb20N2wrgg3XaeQM2fiicq5KOsGzChrE8B-JKQ1ywRnWpzsa_PpMR7GqQquBbmnCGgoPhXeqObLcj9GgvGu6qIhYPcG_U3txCdBbjUmnujZcKCYAQIJGt26tEcmog4Y4dDqSUi/w320-h320/Belanda3%20240106.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">25. Belanda
pernah menjajah Melaka selama hampir 180 tahun, manakala Indonesia pula dijajah
selama 350 tahun. Maka, tidak hairanlah kata “<b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Belanda</span></b>” digunakan dalam
pelbagai frasa dan peribahasa di Malaysia dan Indonesia. Pasti ada trivia dan kisah
menarik di sebalik setiap penggunaan itu yang wajar diketahui generasi muda.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVpU1C8a1kuXYseheRE0b0NvB90fcafOoOaewqaq4q3Xtd87S0MHVhH2InsKOy-XXtgF5CIb1Lv6GQFyYGS39CWYgWRm1wJj5AR9u8hQVurFrqz3jQN3pCWguABRhujO06ByjYykuqVlwKhHDf_Lwm47atcLaj02oNlaMrIjzYY43naPbdEa2YP-5-nWS6/s1024/Sanskrit1%20240101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVpU1C8a1kuXYseheRE0b0NvB90fcafOoOaewqaq4q3Xtd87S0MHVhH2InsKOy-XXtgF5CIb1Lv6GQFyYGS39CWYgWRm1wJj5AR9u8hQVurFrqz3jQN3pCWguABRhujO06ByjYykuqVlwKhHDf_Lwm47atcLaj02oNlaMrIjzYY43naPbdEa2YP-5-nWS6/w320-h320/Sanskrit1%20240101.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">26. Bahasa <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Sanskrit</span></b>
yang berusia lebih 4,000 tahun sering dikatakan sudah pupus dan tidak digunakan
lagi. Sebenarnya, selagi masih ada manusia menggunakan Bahasa Malaysia dan
Bahasa Indonesia, selagi itulah bahasa Sanskrit tetap hidup dan bernyawa. Huraian
berserta contoh dikemukakan menerusi <b>tiga</b>
rencana dalam buku ini untuk membuktikan hujah saya.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3IDqlHIkDkHOlYHQ0Zfk0MH-o0Znzh81BpZovKHbCKfx077CokR3_yXJYd6azhreIoCnbBT-2bptRTapgw0IXm95RXEv_7FzfcorVlX8RcGx8CWY-Jrmk6ZnPjjHaNh1V5chJFDuDajQcDlu_zra509bT7CSi0Kfl7-PQfTluxPqby99b8VbbnNSoBMA/s1580/Utus%20221224%20Promo4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="841" data-original-width="1580" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3IDqlHIkDkHOlYHQ0Zfk0MH-o0Znzh81BpZovKHbCKfx077CokR3_yXJYd6azhreIoCnbBT-2bptRTapgw0IXm95RXEv_7FzfcorVlX8RcGx8CWY-Jrmk6ZnPjjHaNh1V5chJFDuDajQcDlu_zra509bT7CSi0Kfl7-PQfTluxPqby99b8VbbnNSoBMA/w400-h213/Utus%20221224%20Promo4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">27. Politikus
Melayu gemar memetik kisah <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Si Kitol</span></b> dan <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Raja Mendeliar</span></b>, dua watak Keling
yang membawa kepada kejatuhan Melaka dalam <i>Sejarah</i>
<i>Melayu</i>. Sebenarnya, ada tokoh
saudagar Tamil seperti <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Naina Chattu</span></b> dan <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Suryadeva Nayinar</span></b> yang menguasai
perdagangan di Melaka sebelum dan selepas penjajahan Portugis. Ketahuilah kisah
mereka dengan membaca buku ini.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Qd3v70HBEGFishJ8xhP0Z6r2nvk95ZjLLGEMLRBvxLJp_PO-MjOEETWCWEBix7SCUgpmVh28JN4L51sT-ct87g31y9-aupltwK5CV86HkhkCkfs1qVQIwsOD_P_VQ4N6g6fpIgJi_1iff-klryG0scFn128-pzMPn-xZaskWKjgsvisXWzWEOLJR0f8_/s1024/Hang%20Tuah4%20231224.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Qd3v70HBEGFishJ8xhP0Z6r2nvk95ZjLLGEMLRBvxLJp_PO-MjOEETWCWEBix7SCUgpmVh28JN4L51sT-ct87g31y9-aupltwK5CV86HkhkCkfs1qVQIwsOD_P_VQ4N6g6fpIgJi_1iff-klryG0scFn128-pzMPn-xZaskWKjgsvisXWzWEOLJR0f8_/w320-h320/Hang%20Tuah4%20231224.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">28. Saya pernah
menulis sebuah rencana bertajuk “<b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Hang Tuah Hanya Mitos?</span></b>” pada tahun 2016. Kini,
selepas meneliti lebih banyak hujah daripada kedua-dua pihak, serta
perkembangan “Projek Bongkar Misteri Hang Tuah”, saya kemas kini rencana itu
dan meletakkan tajuk yang lebih tepat: “<b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Hang Tuah Tidak Wujud!</span></b>”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxIlcXtQQ3GPGcaIlAoD5TaRUBH8AhmfVNx57NQ7L7uCUj3Loo6UVMinLL04QT-MxpXxFkJWNyNsSa7qwnL6c9p4xaq2wwxLedEr0KFIQV5VYxYWXRL5cd0e6ofOul2VVzuKDfBEbeTrV3cBlOAtoBrrmbEFSh0Z9DUeMYOIFT_lS8VW_09y_oXkwfFrM/s1024/Melayu6%20240101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxIlcXtQQ3GPGcaIlAoD5TaRUBH8AhmfVNx57NQ7L7uCUj3Loo6UVMinLL04QT-MxpXxFkJWNyNsSa7qwnL6c9p4xaq2wwxLedEr0KFIQV5VYxYWXRL5cd0e6ofOul2VVzuKDfBEbeTrV3cBlOAtoBrrmbEFSh0Z9DUeMYOIFT_lS8VW_09y_oXkwfFrM/w320-h320/Melayu6%20240101.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">29. Saya sentiasa
cuba menyelongkar pelbagai maklumat dan fakta yang kurang diketahui tentang
sejarah silam orang <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Melayu</span></b>. Pembacaan buku pelbagai bahasa oleh
penulis pelbagai bangsa amat membantu memberi perspektif baharu dalam usaha
menimba ilmu. Sebahagian maklumat menarik hasil pembacaan sebuah buku tulisan <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Nicholas
Belfield Dennys</span></b> pada 1894 dikongsi demi berkongsi ilmu dengan orang
ramai.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpjRVhjerDAorf4rliDMtTCw-SFa70BIsfhsHkGw08AEVHGLdZQRmsI72TCgw3cl1qUkxuPMVJ9o3xQhvY4zld5A_iPiyiXwBTbbzGAhTxBSZiuFmzV6I_GnEQBP_rYAnYKl2sn6SJ4mooOeyjZilf5fE2Djqf4dUaM_OenX56G0HecbcjqVv_LGxjigV/s1024/Janda%20Balu2%20231226.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpjRVhjerDAorf4rliDMtTCw-SFa70BIsfhsHkGw08AEVHGLdZQRmsI72TCgw3cl1qUkxuPMVJ9o3xQhvY4zld5A_iPiyiXwBTbbzGAhTxBSZiuFmzV6I_GnEQBP_rYAnYKl2sn6SJ4mooOeyjZilf5fE2Djqf4dUaM_OenX56G0HecbcjqVv_LGxjigV/w320-h320/Janda%20Balu2%20231226.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">30. Golongan <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">janda</span></b>
(bercerai), <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">balu</span></b>
(kematian suami), dan <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">andartu</span></b> (anak dara tua) masih dipandang rendah
dalam masyarakat India dan dipinggirkan dalam pelbagai acara seperti majlis
perkahwinan dan upacara keagamaan. Sembilan rakan terlibat dalam perbincangan
berkaitan topik ini. Semoga dokumentasi hasil perbincangan itu dalam bentuk
bertulis menarik minat masyarakat untuk membincangkan isu berkenaan secara
lebih terbuka.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOoQFJRT8o9qii0ZVRE1mvkatRj8PPIEOvC-ASi5ULEwdNz5XEGq1VOY4IleDcqwERAXAbxi-9ILljj_Khwg972GIEsu5ObsivToOim76f2m-SjUQJM4xazaBIAdSTq8c0Dnzk-PMPcMREoaMAaCg5bJXMbaNfFTxEN9D3LS29Gibyz5M7M3WcSi5yAAGK/s1024/Tamil1%20231229.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOoQFJRT8o9qii0ZVRE1mvkatRj8PPIEOvC-ASi5ULEwdNz5XEGq1VOY4IleDcqwERAXAbxi-9ILljj_Khwg972GIEsu5ObsivToOim76f2m-SjUQJM4xazaBIAdSTq8c0Dnzk-PMPcMREoaMAaCg5bJXMbaNfFTxEN9D3LS29Gibyz5M7M3WcSi5yAAGK/w320-h320/Tamil1%20231229.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">31. Saya
mengikuti perkembangan sastera dan <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">penulis Tamil</span></b> di Malaysia secara dekat sejak
tahun 1993. Ada begitu banyak rencana, ulasan, dan kritikan yang ditulis
berdasarkan pengalaman, pemerhatian, dan pergaulan saya dalam “dunia” sastera
Tamil. Sementara kerajaan menyalurkan dana yang agak lumayan, Persatuan Penulis
Tamil Malaysia dikatakan masih mengharapkan bantuan dan “perlindungan” daripada
Kerajaan Tamil Nadu, India. Bacalah <b>tiga</b>
esei berkaitan dalam buku ini.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigx31Sgfth8N-xEKiLiseHrzGXPc2DVFrm8LhajUgRAbDfJWoH9G2LZbTrplBaJwCPm1Ig9NGUH8fc9CwrpVdynz2aE2DQgX9yIJ3eVbuP7JRiErzSm_33lyKbmkZkwBqdIcHZ2Ukgv0HZ3VvlIxOIQvuG6Sgoa61dqlUF_qlVxNfS8s-zpFFbeAPt5eTL/s1920/Yavakrida%20Promo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigx31Sgfth8N-xEKiLiseHrzGXPc2DVFrm8LhajUgRAbDfJWoH9G2LZbTrplBaJwCPm1Ig9NGUH8fc9CwrpVdynz2aE2DQgX9yIJ3eVbuP7JRiErzSm_33lyKbmkZkwBqdIcHZ2Ukgv0HZ3VvlIxOIQvuG6Sgoa61dqlUF_qlVxNfS8s-zpFFbeAPt5eTL/w320-h180/Yavakrida%20Promo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">32. Dalam dunia
politik tempatan dan antarabangsa, kita tahu tentang nasib golongan politikus
yang tidak dapat mengawal <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">nafsu seks</span></b> – termasuk seks songsang – sehingga
membawa kepada kehancuran karier politik. Sebenarnya, perkara seperti ini
bukanlah sesuatu yang baharu. Kisah <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Yavakrida</span></b> dalam epik <i>Mahabharata</i> dihuraikan secara mudah dalam sebuah rencana sebagai
pengajaran kepada generasi muda.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5DaqEUaZy1sunLjptqTxxUYc3Kh5n05C7hkKUCKWmetXQysT0m6VGtVQ8rGE9A_gfSWwD4JYkNSJR8I54dugSHmcx3hEhE2Je6dUTNoOoiRcfs2Lo63K0NHFKPWn4SulCrEA1qbOcsORZ_bP6B0QkMEEaOPw564Nvs137KbBBvAKDnxymMkCUtstY4_B/s1024/Krishna2%20231231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5DaqEUaZy1sunLjptqTxxUYc3Kh5n05C7hkKUCKWmetXQysT0m6VGtVQ8rGE9A_gfSWwD4JYkNSJR8I54dugSHmcx3hEhE2Je6dUTNoOoiRcfs2Lo63K0NHFKPWn4SulCrEA1qbOcsORZ_bP6B0QkMEEaOPw564Nvs137KbBBvAKDnxymMkCUtstY4_B/w320-h320/Krishna2%20231231.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">33. Watak <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Krishna</span></b>
dalam epik Hindu terkenal dengan <i>Raslila</i>
dan <i>Krishnalila</i>. Selain terlibat dalam
tarian penuh mengasyikkan bersama-sama Radha dan para wanita seperti
digambarkan dalam <i>Bhagavata Purana</i>
dan <i>Gita</i> <i>Govinda</i>, Krishna juga mempelopori budaya melarikan gadis disukai. Sepupunya,
<b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Arjuna</span></b>
pula ada pengalaman menarik dalam percintaan dengan wanita tomboi yang perkasa.
Anda akan tahu dari mana Bollywood dan Kollywood mendapatkan inspirasi!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOWOarCq7BYhSbvy4i269LIXrB5_QD4uoie0ITK0Lm73jH7rIAsB6l8yQ27Sr_v9VTzeSoQ5AToEs_nJK_vWhsKd-hXGSBAaCK29Cy15_wNEefrhgY0SOgZLRx2vG4r60bEfQ949N1fkD2En3GC8jFdmpOTD4vLYne4n3yzDdBRKUMuYnT17QqAOBnpwq/s2077/Foto%20Michael%20Soosai%20Promo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="2077" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOWOarCq7BYhSbvy4i269LIXrB5_QD4uoie0ITK0Lm73jH7rIAsB6l8yQ27Sr_v9VTzeSoQ5AToEs_nJK_vWhsKd-hXGSBAaCK29Cy15_wNEefrhgY0SOgZLRx2vG4r60bEfQ949N1fkD2En3GC8jFdmpOTD4vLYne4n3yzDdBRKUMuYnT17QqAOBnpwq/w400-h176/Foto%20Michael%20Soosai%20Promo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">34. <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Michael Soosai</span></b>
merupakan “penjenayah paling dihendaki” di Malaysia sehingga Januari 2021. Beliau
dilaporkan pernah memalsukan kematiannya pada September 2003. Michael Soosai menelefon
saya dari India pada 1 Februari 2023. Rupa-rupanya, selain daripada Bukit Aman,
beliau juga memantau perkembangan saya. Bacalah kisah menarik ini.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerNmg-4URnIuo8jnDvFqpv9ce8WCJakcOBp4oS-w1OBnvnStb3I8fsUPp6fOuWdqC5CPk8J6lIE3kgWPbnCrmcG1klDtkdAnSgS771ARt0w6dXaB7uQc7mK2DeLe2Sy2w070XviA9Z25W6CyYxDrCcYt7-d6ujOXiYQZwcZ69ffa8OS1Y_DeGSanyXWFD/s1024/Amelia2%20231226.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerNmg-4URnIuo8jnDvFqpv9ce8WCJakcOBp4oS-w1OBnvnStb3I8fsUPp6fOuWdqC5CPk8J6lIE3kgWPbnCrmcG1klDtkdAnSgS771ARt0w6dXaB7uQc7mK2DeLe2Sy2w070XviA9Z25W6CyYxDrCcYt7-d6ujOXiYQZwcZ69ffa8OS1Y_DeGSanyXWFD/w320-h320/Amelia2%20231226.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">35. Jika anda
melancong ke Taiping, Perak, jangan lepaskan peluang berswafoto di hadapan
mural <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Amelia
Earhart</span></b>—sebelum ia diubah atau dipadam terus bagi membetulkan
kesalahan fakta sejarah. Apakah kisah di sebalik mural ini yang mendapat
pengiktirafan <i>Malaysia Book of Records</i>
pada Disember 2019? Sebagai anak kelahiran Taiping, saya rasa bertanggungjawab untuk
menulis tentang isu ini.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPekreFBJdhNZVui6q9HAPinVLYpMkATY-D9j14AA4vGxtdwP6OKX4EM416h4zCf-eXKJfZia4avY2Qf3f9qLggvC0TwgAqx5dcVFl4xZocwmag2LVv51zGC9eZFMM8ZPqbJzxF56GZXgfa3CxEw7iAw69V3m5Xryt067WkFm0OJeESkmVwOnanWRe-Js/s1024/Marrakesh8%20240111.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPekreFBJdhNZVui6q9HAPinVLYpMkATY-D9j14AA4vGxtdwP6OKX4EM416h4zCf-eXKJfZia4avY2Qf3f9qLggvC0TwgAqx5dcVFl4xZocwmag2LVv51zGC9eZFMM8ZPqbJzxF56GZXgfa3CxEw7iAw69V3m5Xryt067WkFm0OJeESkmVwOnanWRe-Js/w320-h320/Marrakesh8%20240111.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">36. Ramai
(termasuk Anwar Ibrahim?) tidak sedar bahawa Malaysia sudah menandatangani <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Perjanjian
Marrakesh</span></b> pada 31 Mac 2022. Sepatutnya, sudah tidak ada masalah
untuk Kerajaan Perpaduan/MADANI, Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia (PNM), serta
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) membuka akses bahan bacaan kepada golongan cacat
penglihatan. Namun, apabila tidak ada “niat” untuk membantu OKU, pastilah tidak
ada apa-apa yang akan dilakukan golongan “buta hati”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcs4BZlzrPRHkzoTK7jGfBL2NmK2oviY6UtFdCmRA574zS2MYBYG9AGJykeFUCi0QFOV2gRnEcrCGrvMYg2uonp4TS9QupbFiDY8SN7q3nD6wg1vs54p-R6RJGJTogU3_q0rk1BwayUOPSNDee2n-QeEsGrnljTXIzukBE5vUjLaSwtsAteQTekES920q/s1024/Punjabi4%20231230.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcs4BZlzrPRHkzoTK7jGfBL2NmK2oviY6UtFdCmRA574zS2MYBYG9AGJykeFUCi0QFOV2gRnEcrCGrvMYg2uonp4TS9QupbFiDY8SN7q3nD6wg1vs54p-R6RJGJTogU3_q0rk1BwayUOPSNDee2n-QeEsGrnljTXIzukBE5vUjLaSwtsAteQTekES920q/w320-h320/Punjabi4%20231230.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">37. Pada April
2008, orang <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Punjabi</span></b>
beragama Sikh marah dan kecewa apabila Menteri Besar Perak tidak mampu
membezakan antara orang Punjabi dan Bengali. Sebenarnya, kekeliruan itu masih
wujud sehingga kini dalam komuniti. Elok juga kita mengetahui punca kekeliruan,
selain mendidik diri supaya tidak mengulangi kesilapan—walaupun Karpal Singh menganggap
ia isu remeh-temeh sahaja.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSh3XXRWmaSB3HLuj9BkSPXxsClctQU1kzIs-TtlbCHaUmOQOyetxsge9e9Ohi_d0CWHq-1BexqsHBcktLCB3HDQFxu_KjMO0gHVZ-L5yVtsAugo9XvhPvbZ4HPX01WniIejMMglBXxOeTZUNYcZbQguAeaoP6OYOWHKBeyWZyoZerA1G8BB-CN7o42OyI/s1601/Utus%20230408%20Promo2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1093" data-original-width="1601" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSh3XXRWmaSB3HLuj9BkSPXxsClctQU1kzIs-TtlbCHaUmOQOyetxsge9e9Ohi_d0CWHq-1BexqsHBcktLCB3HDQFxu_KjMO0gHVZ-L5yVtsAugo9XvhPvbZ4HPX01WniIejMMglBXxOeTZUNYcZbQguAeaoP6OYOWHKBeyWZyoZerA1G8BB-CN7o42OyI/w400-h272/Utus%20230408%20Promo2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">38. Dalam usaha
mengenali dan memahami budaya, identiti, dan jati diri komuniti <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Bengali</span></b>,
saya berbual dengan seorang rakan daripada komuniti itu—selain mengunjungi beliau
untuk menikmati sajian khas berasaskan ikan mengikut tradisi Bengali. Perkongsian
maklumat mengenai komuniti “minoriti dalam minoriti” ini penting dalam usaha
meraikan kepelbagaian dan memupuk perpaduan Bangsa Malaysia.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip2gLNJP7eRve0PpmNOSjyZIEsv-uOMn9LvjyACtc9AH3Xd1jYPfZvLvkhQu-LufTv2-T1xT6yOwrhrURg5jtiXOZtW9Xr1nbBX4Kvhleu_X7cb_poA6EB-KxZX7dEgILm91Ks6e7-TWWqshb0LFj6L8xOIMJTDhydKXxAsvH6bwnOcGlYNCQiZM-AXlgR/s2046/Kalinga6%20240104B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="2046" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip2gLNJP7eRve0PpmNOSjyZIEsv-uOMn9LvjyACtc9AH3Xd1jYPfZvLvkhQu-LufTv2-T1xT6yOwrhrURg5jtiXOZtW9Xr1nbBX4Kvhleu_X7cb_poA6EB-KxZX7dEgILm91Ks6e7-TWWqshb0LFj6L8xOIMJTDhydKXxAsvH6bwnOcGlYNCQiZM-AXlgR/w400-h200/Kalinga6%20240104B.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">39. Pandangan
negatif terhadap “Keling” dan “<b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Kalinga</span></b>” masih wujud—akibat kejahilan kita.
Sama ada di India atau di Filipina, Kalinga adalah komuniti yang berbangga dengan
sejarah, tradisi, budaya, dan jati diri. Saya membaca pelbagai buku, jurnal,
dan akhbar untuk berkongsi maklumat dalam sebuah rencana demi manfaat bersama.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDse8C1Drjptm0IYzfSDDJGt4k0sypjZGo70RmcZ3KsRAdAV3X4RXPPxYSQbPsPEp5F0X7Cyn3GKwtTUHGf4Sm4bT66Q6VDfw9gw3U-Qvx1ikCs9mPTII3vEZ2-bq7ZKrEfe-0NY6zw76aTNQfa0Oa4YIiHTYRhDg27jv1rjELa8EuX912r9ni7whvcfdN/s1024/Bhasa2%20240101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDse8C1Drjptm0IYzfSDDJGt4k0sypjZGo70RmcZ3KsRAdAV3X4RXPPxYSQbPsPEp5F0X7Cyn3GKwtTUHGf4Sm4bT66Q6VDfw9gw3U-Qvx1ikCs9mPTII3vEZ2-bq7ZKrEfe-0NY6zw76aTNQfa0Oa4YIiHTYRhDg27jv1rjELa8EuX912r9ni7whvcfdN/w320-h320/Bhasa2%20240101.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">40. Peribahasa “<b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Bahasa
Menunjukkan Bangsa</span></b>” dan slogan “<b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Bahasa Jiwa Bangsa</span></b>” sering digunakan dengan
andaian bahawa “bangsa” merujuk kepada keturunan, etnik, atau ras. Untuk
memahami makna sebenar slogan dan peribahasa itu, kita perlulah kembali kepada
istilah asal—<i>bhasa</i>, <i>jiva</i>, dan <i>vamsa</i>. Anda pasti akan belajar sesuatu yang baharu menerusi rencana
ini.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgcnyoEfIhMn_znk3hEil5-3pxEMdD4cGWQvoc5zl-T4Bq8dk4lYGzYhTqnmP4lipLJS4bvvKrImQhepZjOtoC2nmYZD35OvVDDBX93Kaegw2Q8M3BuMwidAK6fE4GPwlQbh1jijhX1ld6aQence-XUBDstnrxz6F7xSslkQ9ve_LTY6_lDqzOp3sXIy6/s1296/Tang%20Ah%20Chai%20Promo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1033" data-original-width="1296" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgcnyoEfIhMn_znk3hEil5-3pxEMdD4cGWQvoc5zl-T4Bq8dk4lYGzYhTqnmP4lipLJS4bvvKrImQhepZjOtoC2nmYZD35OvVDDBX93Kaegw2Q8M3BuMwidAK6fE4GPwlQbh1jijhX1ld6aQence-XUBDstnrxz6F7xSslkQ9ve_LTY6_lDqzOp3sXIy6/w320-h255/Tang%20Ah%20Chai%20Promo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">41. Jika
berkunjung ke <i>Facebook</i> milik <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Tang Ah Chai</span></b>,
kita dapat melihat dan membaca pelbagai perkongsian tentang budaya India dan
Hindu ditulis menggunakan bahasa Cina. Beliau sebenarnya menjadi “duta” yang
membantu masyarakat Cina mengenali budaya, jati diri, amalan, adat, dan
pemikiran masyarakat India di Malaysia. Wajarlah saya mendokumentasi sumbangan
beliau dalam buku ini.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_GqDgkIW2e9FIn3IKJjt5fnBz2mBZhFGde-r1YANFLyYqBOYxp1fwpxq6jIIOOHCahClzN-sJTzNM-j22T0UBR0trt8XGZcwUWdKa3q0bIp8OsZmA4Cy4LCq4I-JZFce1qbwmRc-ArWx0YB9Qk7iUoBG80VhvGqCwJ0BjB1JFi_C2sGvB4tlwtBKkTSc/s1282/Utus%20231104%20Promo2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="1282" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_GqDgkIW2e9FIn3IKJjt5fnBz2mBZhFGde-r1YANFLyYqBOYxp1fwpxq6jIIOOHCahClzN-sJTzNM-j22T0UBR0trt8XGZcwUWdKa3q0bIp8OsZmA4Cy4LCq4I-JZFce1qbwmRc-ArWx0YB9Qk7iUoBG80VhvGqCwJ0BjB1JFi_C2sGvB4tlwtBKkTSc/w320-h258/Utus%20231104%20Promo2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">42. Karya
sulung <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Lai
Choy</span></b> tersiar di akhbar pada Mac 1956, sewaktu berumur 15 tahun.
Kini, pada usia 82 tahun, beliau masih aktif menghasilkan karya Bahasa Malaysia
dan Cina, selain melakukan terjemahan silang, serta menyusun kamus ekabahasa,
dwibahasa, dan tribahasa. Saya melihat beliau sebagai jambatan penghubung
Melayu-Cina.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1qKZA8PbowyC8myd5uanewObEMyKM4q13MH9CgF48u4zuTCHINW5h13G-U5iu5L6YUsQMx992HoiffZcmXMiDTxhXQeHcfc_79u6qhfsgKHDEleqreh1OnsvRiY-R5YqJcWR360sWiU6V_sLRhUuD5DFDN31gxx9mAK1vRrgmOA37ikVjaNQPrga0Ogd/s1566/Utus%20221231%20Promo2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="1566" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1qKZA8PbowyC8myd5uanewObEMyKM4q13MH9CgF48u4zuTCHINW5h13G-U5iu5L6YUsQMx992HoiffZcmXMiDTxhXQeHcfc_79u6qhfsgKHDEleqreh1OnsvRiY-R5YqJcWR360sWiU6V_sLRhUuD5DFDN31gxx9mAK1vRrgmOA37ikVjaNQPrga0Ogd/w320-h202/Utus%20221231%20Promo2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">43. <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Palaniappan
Periannan</span></b> terlibat dalam penterjemahan karya Tamil sejak tahun
1970-an. Walaupun beliau tidak lagi aktif dalam bidang itu sejak tahun 2016, sumbangan
pada masa lalu wajar dihargai dan didokumentasi. Saya berjaya menghubungi
beliau dengan bantuan Dr. Sivabala Naidu pada Disember 2022, lalu menulis
sebuah rencana hasil perbualan telefon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguhAFWoSDi3bJnBGu3S-ULUQsUqH89utRXSHWdZzFNrR2hvAVwp8-YDydneeQBQO6mgaQvZxavWkOkkznrqjbxTagN7a0JDhihhISLtPbfNg0o-3ikfKd1mXibsWxTpjHkRGBO6P9iKn7yHefZJCsxL3cURN9MfFf12U-O5iZx55JJfpqgdb-fVDo0B57c/s1024/SJKT7%20240111.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguhAFWoSDi3bJnBGu3S-ULUQsUqH89utRXSHWdZzFNrR2hvAVwp8-YDydneeQBQO6mgaQvZxavWkOkkznrqjbxTagN7a0JDhihhISLtPbfNg0o-3ikfKd1mXibsWxTpjHkRGBO6P9iKn7yHefZJCsxL3cURN9MfFf12U-O5iZx55JJfpqgdb-fVDo0B57c/w320-h320/SJKT7%20240111.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">44. Pada tahun 2011,
sekitar 55% kanak-kanak kaum India belajar di <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">SJKT</span></b>. Menjelang tahun 2023, hanya
45% belajar di SJKT. Malah, kini hampir 140 SJKT hanya ada kurang daripada 30
murid. Apabila saya mengemukakan cadangan dan kritikan pada tahun 2016, saya dituduh
“pengkhianat”. Namun, saya tetap bersuara berdasarkan fakta kerana saya tidak
mahu sekolah Tamil mengalami nasib sama seperti sekolah Malayalam dan Telugu di
Malaysia. Bacalah <b>dua</b> rencana
berkaitan topik ini.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRE5wtJLha8KXr22HGenD8BlNz9EOJa31G6nhtilR_VOOkINXZ2Rw5XfutdZ2PHIs6p6WiEYCojm3gShXUDZTcWaIZqPMjJSYoRh-62QtXdW8mlfa_YRd4uwdsW1UcDFQb708mmWn-KiR5bbsvRG2B9O-H-aSzR8PPEQVTrScCDHgvfwXWLpba1rudYkqL/s1024/Kari4%20240107.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRE5wtJLha8KXr22HGenD8BlNz9EOJa31G6nhtilR_VOOkINXZ2Rw5XfutdZ2PHIs6p6WiEYCojm3gShXUDZTcWaIZqPMjJSYoRh-62QtXdW8mlfa_YRd4uwdsW1UcDFQb708mmWn-KiR5bbsvRG2B9O-H-aSzR8PPEQVTrScCDHgvfwXWLpba1rudYkqL/s320/Kari4%20240107.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">45. Masakan kari
kepala ikan kurang enak tanpa <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">daun kari</span></b>. Begitu juga pelbagai masakan lain
yang berasal dari Benua Kecil India, khususnya India Selatan. Kehadiran herba
ini kurang disedari kepentingan dan manfaatnya. Sebuah rencana ditulis khusus
untuk memperkatakan pelbagai hal mengenai daun kari yang kini menjadi ramuan
masakan penting di seluruh dunia.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8Koj8adyX4-6LPGbz2CdW5S51vHga8ROVBCj8Yxbv3i1cqaCBdJFw4X0XJb7AN6M2PKUiwFr4W1kN5FplpwAw-uBHcEIVSGc3mXzvsFuBAsPpD6GHZOdX5PSTYG6hyphenhyphenOgXw20HEwVNz9OHo-2GzhpGonSR701wZi3fM1vXuWaCHCKsYuQkfssXnZTXX18/s1024/Indianisasi6%20240104.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8Koj8adyX4-6LPGbz2CdW5S51vHga8ROVBCj8Yxbv3i1cqaCBdJFw4X0XJb7AN6M2PKUiwFr4W1kN5FplpwAw-uBHcEIVSGc3mXzvsFuBAsPpD6GHZOdX5PSTYG6hyphenhyphenOgXw20HEwVNz9OHo-2GzhpGonSR701wZi3fM1vXuWaCHCKsYuQkfssXnZTXX18/w320-h320/Indianisasi6%20240104.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">46. Sementara
politikus serta Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) rakus meminjam istilah bahasa
Inggeris untuk memperkasa kosa kata bahasa kita, jangan terkejut jika
perkataan-perkataan itu sebenarnya dipinjam pula daripada bahasa-bahasa di
Benua Kecil India. Proses <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Indianisasi</span></b> <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">bahasa Inggeris</span></b> turut
diperkatakan dalam buku ini.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGK7qrUOD6sD5w8THT0f9y24isd9mG7ueMPmK43ZeNRoJ9Pd3d9s35t45pRLbctTiREldCAPLqpJuO1dMJ7B9i3nqO8RysNcflYOQT6oSrnnbMYpkdrGxxGuxNBTYgylAPNqIyIsYKLre82w9ovQ8vfC8QRjl74NuY27RTF_kiIi6q-2hIBBJJfR1f2Zeo/s1295/Utus%20230617%20Promo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1295" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGK7qrUOD6sD5w8THT0f9y24isd9mG7ueMPmK43ZeNRoJ9Pd3d9s35t45pRLbctTiREldCAPLqpJuO1dMJ7B9i3nqO8RysNcflYOQT6oSrnnbMYpkdrGxxGuxNBTYgylAPNqIyIsYKLre82w9ovQ8vfC8QRjl74NuY27RTF_kiIi6q-2hIBBJJfR1f2Zeo/w400-h260/Utus%20230617%20Promo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">47. Kali
pertama saya tahu mengenai “<b><span style="color: #0000cc;">caping</span></b>” adalah apabila membaca novel <i>Sudara</i> (1994) oleh Arena Wati. Saya
berminat untuk mengetahui lebih lanjut tentang budaya yang sudah hampir pupus
dalam masyarakat Melayu. Tanpa diduga, saya belajar pula dari mana datangnya budaya
memakai caping bagi kanak-kanak. Sesungguhnya, kita belajar benda baharu setiap
hari. Semoga anda juga belajar sesuatu dengan membaca buku ini.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZGIs8DxmWfyvy-0tl4TFvlpr6LEsRAGFQr4PPIUoOsGAnNacnYO0VuzJuUDmlAapMXzbSKIiauMICx6YCswgD6TfKIqGhQ48kK7Pi9beLfTJG2b-eZVrntzQEFFxovJ-MktDTeP25Ryp7qQvHRn9GcYGKXVHmpPupmbU16Axrrv-7-DUP_JWIG0pZBv3/s1024/Melayu7%20240101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZGIs8DxmWfyvy-0tl4TFvlpr6LEsRAGFQr4PPIUoOsGAnNacnYO0VuzJuUDmlAapMXzbSKIiauMICx6YCswgD6TfKIqGhQ48kK7Pi9beLfTJG2b-eZVrntzQEFFxovJ-MktDTeP25Ryp7qQvHRn9GcYGKXVHmpPupmbU16Axrrv-7-DUP_JWIG0pZBv3/w320-h320/Melayu7%20240101.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">48. Saya sering
dikecam kerana berani menyelongkar pelbagai isu berkaitan sejarah, budaya, dan asal
usul orang Melayu di Malaysia. Saya tidak mahu keunikan identiti dan jati diri orang
Bugis, Jawa, Minangkabau, Boyan, Mandailing, Banjar, Kerinci, Melayu, dan sebagainya
terhakis, lalu hilang terus. Saya membaca tentang orang <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Jawa</span></b> dan berkongsi maklumat
dalam sebuah rencana.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSGtHB1wjJSKK4acFjbE-Xrrxu2OIiK6nBLJwoYYijGMC5VwNs5YKEmeCrLmwQyNDPqNs6b0wn05bI9k6MEZJp3zPNZQCsA6K23mqLV1-XT8HoQw4oWFm7mAUGICom9rp365eVcYATBuF8YA23UvWG85NS_UHIMuYm4FVzJj1-fhIjGTdYl0Yema_NBYl/s1024/Roti2%20231230.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSGtHB1wjJSKK4acFjbE-Xrrxu2OIiK6nBLJwoYYijGMC5VwNs5YKEmeCrLmwQyNDPqNs6b0wn05bI9k6MEZJp3zPNZQCsA6K23mqLV1-XT8HoQw4oWFm7mAUGICom9rp365eVcYATBuF8YA23UvWG85NS_UHIMuYm4FVzJj1-fhIjGTdYl0Yema_NBYl/w320-h320/Roti2%20231230.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">49. Rasa ingin
tahu menjadi asas kepada kebanyakan rencana yang saya tulis. Misalnya, sejak
kecil, saya tertanya-tanya mengapa <b><i><span style="color: #0000cc;">Ipoh Bakery</span></i></b>
terletak di Taiping (tempat kelahiran saya) dan bukannya di Ipoh. Begitu juga
dengan “<b><span style="color: #0000cc;">roti
benggali</span></b>” yang dijual oleh orang India-Muslim dan bukannya orang
Bengali atau Punjabi. Jawapan dan maklumat yang dikumpul dikongsi pula dalam
buku ini supaya kita boleh sama-sama tahu.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAjCw8qPsP2rqHK-OtHdKz_xeOu6joBB2j9iq9UOD8Vgtii5A1wcStwcSeEJKxzILrzXKDUPXZh1B3D5STWwSxAFxPmFTK7JZxPffo3ir_zjS6-JMo0Vz90PDcn3YHFA9h2oDITotWDkP-xzBDytwsoEDPKbF9Duz5JubdCE-8PLBxKjeZkdWka-5REE0R/s1591/Utus%20230902%20Promo2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1217" data-original-width="1591" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAjCw8qPsP2rqHK-OtHdKz_xeOu6joBB2j9iq9UOD8Vgtii5A1wcStwcSeEJKxzILrzXKDUPXZh1B3D5STWwSxAFxPmFTK7JZxPffo3ir_zjS6-JMo0Vz90PDcn3YHFA9h2oDITotWDkP-xzBDytwsoEDPKbF9Duz5JubdCE-8PLBxKjeZkdWka-5REE0R/w320-h245/Utus%20230902%20Promo2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">50. Tahukah
anda? <i>Kamus Dewan</i> pernah meletakkan
salah satu definisi “<b><span style="color: #0000cc;">jakun</span></b>” sebagai “sangat mudah kehairanan
apabila ternampak sesuatu yang baru kerana belum pernah melihatnya dahulu”.
Perkataan “<b><span style="color: #0000cc;">sakai</span></b>”
pula masih diberi makna “orang suruhan, hamba, pengikut, orang yang di bawah
perintah, orang bawahan yang boleh disuruh-suruh”. Dalam buku ini, dihuraikan
tentang “Sakai” di Jepun dan Amerika Syarikat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Harap
maklum bahawa ada topik yang terdiri daripada dua atau tiga buah rencana. Maka,
jumlah keseluruhan ialah <b>57 rencana</b>.
Susunan di atas tidak mengikut urutan dalam buku.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-78631516435036241042023-09-19T10:15:00.016+08:002023-11-22T00:00:40.130+08:00Pengantar: Pandangan Rakan-rakan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWZ3A3QJop_qCp2kFl46tBo6MCsC00V2qd8V5lMBW_YqXQ2vGC60NJecR673pHjxTC2rTQOlR9NAJRzvdl2h8_OZi5Q0UPMprgH3CEoQcIPsSRJCPQ7j2ZbvB8OhMP31lH63EIj34nrDHw1PObObLtdy-LELD9jiM60V1LNVTOOKWQLFwExcHTCT6nTFS/s1920/Logo%20Pengantar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWZ3A3QJop_qCp2kFl46tBo6MCsC00V2qd8V5lMBW_YqXQ2vGC60NJecR673pHjxTC2rTQOlR9NAJRzvdl2h8_OZi5Q0UPMprgH3CEoQcIPsSRJCPQ7j2ZbvB8OhMP31lH63EIj34nrDHw1PObObLtdy-LELD9jiM60V1LNVTOOKWQLFwExcHTCT6nTFS/w400-h300/Logo%20Pengantar.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Bahagian “Pengantar”
pada <a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/09/2024.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><b>kumpulan esei terbaharu</b> </span></a>memuatkan
pandangan rakan-rakan – khasnya penyumbang modal sosial – tentang kumpulan esei
terdahulu, iaitu <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2020/05/topik.html"><span style="color: red;">Malaiur
Manikam</span></a></span></i></b> (2015), <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2016/08/esei.html"><span style="color: red;">Mandala
Bicara</span></a></span></i></b> (2016), dan <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2021/07/esei22.html"><span style="color: red;">Suvarna Bhumi</span></a></span></i></b> (2022).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Individu
yang berminat perlu menulis komen atau reaksi sepanjang <b>50-100 perkataan sahaja</b> dalam <b>satu
perenggan sahaja</b> menggunakan <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2010/03/bahasa-malaysia.html"><span style="color: red;">Bahasa Malaysia</span></a></span></b>. Komen mestilah mengenai
kandungan buku <i>Malaiur Manikam</i>, <i>Mandala Bicara</i>, dan/atau <i>Suvarna Bhumi</i>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Wajib
disertakan nama penuh, tempat tinggal (bandar dan negeri). <i>Contoh</i>: Balamurali Kesavan (Klang, Selangor)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sila kirim
ke e-mel <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="mailto:uthayasb@gmail.com"><span style="color: red;">uthayasb@gmail.com</span></a></span></b>
atau <i>WhatsApp</i> <b>011-11411952</b> selewat-lewatnya pada <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">21 November 2023</span></b> (9:00 malam).
Komen atau reaksi anda mungkin disunting supaya lebih padat dan lebih jelas.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-17712021541947618242023-09-15T12:00:00.013+08:002023-11-03T12:22:54.272+08:00Contoh Biodata (sebagai panduan)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYEGgpj0kLHJ2QTbTLDeRtN9DubftiXXrJby4Dm9-0ESz81bqI5UdKSu6eVuZUx7epzbrg0xye4nk7QLkBXIWWo6Jh5MgsHqzy-z1N724kOAKmYRa5c1NyPw-9BRsi4rpC51UHYFukgVZVSobA9msBRSYlhAxI5CdYMMppd2x9X5Ae83ILIA9h1n_aGFaw/s1890/Logo%20Biodata.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1890" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYEGgpj0kLHJ2QTbTLDeRtN9DubftiXXrJby4Dm9-0ESz81bqI5UdKSu6eVuZUx7epzbrg0xye4nk7QLkBXIWWo6Jh5MgsHqzy-z1N724kOAKmYRa5c1NyPw-9BRsi4rpC51UHYFukgVZVSobA9msBRSYlhAxI5CdYMMppd2x9X5Ae83ILIA9h1n_aGFaw/w400-h320/Logo%20Biodata.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Berikut dipaparkan beberapa biodata sebagai panduan kepada sesiapa yang
mahu menulis biodata profesional dalam Bahasa Malaysia. Foto di atas hanya
sebagai hiasan.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Malini Lakshmi Bai</span></b> lahir dan
membesar di Kuala Lumpur. Pada tahun 2012, beliau menyambung pengajian tinggi
dalam jurusan Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sastera (Kepujian) Bahasa Inggeris di Universiti
Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR). Beliau meminati bidang kesusasteraan sejak bangku
sekolah. Pada tahun 2009, Malini mewakili sekolah dan daerah dalam beberapa
forum pelajar, pertandingan debat, dan syarahan. Kini, beliau berkerjaya
sebagai guru bahasa Inggeris dan penyelia di sebuah pusat pembelajaran bahasa. Malini
juga menggalas jawatan penolong setiausaha dalam Pertubuhan Sasterawan Kaum
India (<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/03/ahli.html"><span style="color: red;">Kavyan</span></a></span></b>).
Hasil karya beliau termuat dalam antologi <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2022/06/ald.html"><span style="color: red;">Lakaran
Diri</span></a></span></i></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(2022) dan di
portal <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://ekavyan.blogspot.com/search/label/Malini"><span style="color: red;">Sastera Kavyan</span></a></span></b>. Karya bahasa Inggeris pula
diterbitkan di laman <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.eksentrika.com/eksentriks/malini-lakshmi-bai/"><span style="color: red;">Eksentrika</span></a></span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">M. Mahendran</span></b>
dilahirkan di Bentong, Pahang. Beliau berkecimpung dalam bidang penulisan cerpen
Bahasa Malaysia dan Tamil sejak tahun 1987. Cerpen<s> </s>Mahendran termuat
dalam antologi seperti <i>Menara</i> (1988), <i>Menara 4</i> (1991), <i>Tanpa
Mengira Warna</i> (1993), <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2010/01/vanakam-antologi-cerpen-bahasa-malaysia.html"><span style="color: red;">Vanakam</span></a></span></i></b>
(2002), <i>Segugus Aksara Sealur Kasih</i> (2003), <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2019/06/busana.html"><span style="color: red;">Busana
Bahasa</span></a></span></i></b> (2019), <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2020/01/alh.html"><span style="color: red;">Landasan
Hidup</span></a></span></i></b> (2020), <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2020/08/apa.html"><span style="color: red;">Peluru
Aksara</span></a></span></i></b> (2020), dan <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2022/06/ald.html"><span style="color: red;">Lakaran
Diri</span></a></span></i></b> (2022). Kumpulan
cerpen <i>Mimpi dan Impian</i> (2013) merupakan terjemahan dalam Bahasa
Malaysia yang dilakukan oleh beliau untuk penulis veteran Tamil, mendiang M.
Ramaiah. <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2018/01/belikarupaya.html"><span style="color: red;">Karupaya</span></a></span></i></b>
(2018) adalah kumpulan cerpen sulung Mahendran dalam Bahasa Malaysia manakala <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://youtu.be/L_NpMNWvRLg"><span style="color: red;">Thalaivar</span></a></span></i></b> (2021) kumpulan cerpen Tamil. Mahendran salah seorang
pengasas Kavyan pada tahun 1999 dan beliau dipilih memegang jawatan pengerusi Pertubuhan
Sasterawan Kaum India (<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/03/ahli.html"><span style="color: red;">Kavyan</span></a></span></b>) pada
tahun 2023.<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc;">Anuradha
Chelliah</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><span style="background: white;">berasal dari Banting,
Selangor. Beliau mendapat pendidikan rendah dan menengah di Banting. Beliau
meneruskan pengajian dalam jurusan Sarjana Muda Pembangunan Manusia dan
seterusnya Pengajaran Bahasa Inggeris Sebagai Bahasa Kedua (TESL) di Universiti
Putra Malaysia (UPM). Anuradha aktif menulis sejak 2016 dalam Bahasa Malaysia
dan Bahasa Inggeris. Karya beliau boleh dibaca di <i>The Star</i>, <i>Iris Magazine</i>, <i>Anak Sastra</i>, <i>Shakti – The Epitome of Power,</i> dan <i>ALS 2021: Anthology of Poems</i> (2021). Karya Anuradha juga termuat
dalam antologi</span> <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2019/06/busana.html"><span style="color: red;">Busana
Bahasa</span></a></span></i></b> (2019), <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2020/01/alh.html"><span style="color: red;">Landasan
Hidup</span></a></span></i></b> (2020), <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2020/08/apa.html"><span style="color: red;">Peluru
Aksara</span></a></span></i></b> (2020), dan <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2022/06/ald.html"><span style="color: red;">Lakaran
Diri</span></a></span></i></b> (2022). <span style="background: white;"> Cerpen beliau
turut termuat dalam <i>Meredah Kabus</i> (2021),
<i>Serpihan Memorabilia 2020 - Suara</i>
(2021), <i>Patah Tumbuh</i> (2021), <i>Kisah Musim Wabak</i> (2021), dan <i>Anekdot Peribahasa Yang Tersurat Yang
Tersirat</i> (2022). Puisi beliau boleh dibaca dalam <i>Antologi 3S Hari Guru Hatiki Terharu</i> (2021), <i>Antologi Sajak Momen, Antologi
Sajak Siluet Cinta Ayah Bonda</i> (2022), dan <i>Siri Warisan Budaya - Teluk Belanga dan Periuk Belanga</i> (2023).
Anuradha merupakan bendahari Pertubuhan Sasterawan Kaum India (<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/03/ahli.html"><span style="color: red;">Kavyan</span></a></span></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veralona
Mollon Perrin</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> lahir
di Kudat, Sabah pada 8 April 1988 dan membesar di daerah Tuaran. Beliau
bersekolah di SM St. John, Tuaran sebelum melanjutkan pengajian dalam bidang
undang-undang di Brickfields Asia College, Kuala Lumpur. Selepas 10 tahun menetap
di Lembah Klang, beliau kini bermastautin di negara Perancis bersama suaminya,
Mathieu Perrin. Veralona meminati muzik dan serta karya-karya humor dan satira.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Liew
Meng Seng</span></b><span lang="EN-US">
dilahirkan ke Jinjang Selatan Tambahan, Kuala Lumpur. Beliau belajar di SJKC
Jinjang Selatan, SJKC Mun Choong, SM Raja Abdullah, dan SM Maxwell, kemudian
meneruskan pengajian di Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) dalam jurusan
kejuruteraan mekanikal. Liew Meng Seng pernah berkhidmat selama sedekad sebagai
jurutera di sebuah kilang pembuatan pendingin hawa kereta di Shah Alam. Beliau
berkecimpung dalam karya falsafah sejak mengikuti kursus ditawarkan Bulatan
Omicron kelolaan SKY, lalu melanjutkan pengajian peringkat sarjana dalam bidang
kesusasteraan Cina kontemporari dengan mengemukakan tesis berkenaan <i>Iliad</i> oleh Homer. Karya Liew Meng Seng
pernah tersiar di akhbar <i>Nanyang Siang
Pao</i> dan <i>Keadilan</i> versi Cina.
Selain Bahasa Malaysia, beliau mempelajari tulisan Yunani kuno, Devanagari, dan
Farsi. Sejak 2013, Liew Meng Seng menulis artikel pendek untuk disiarkan di
blog <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://xuewenji-my.net/category/%e9%95%bf%e6%9c%9f%e4%bd%9c%e8%80%85/%e5%88%98%e6%98%8e%e6%98%9f/"><span style="color: red;">Xue Weng Ji</span></a></span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thanusya Shanmuganathan</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> merupakan graduan sarjana muda
sastera dari Universiti Malaya (UM). Beliau sudah menghasilkan novel berjudul <i>Tak Sengaja Cinta</i> (2014), <i>Cik Cemerkap vs Encik Selfie</i> (2016), <i>Savithri</i> (2021), dan <i>Hanya Kau Untukku</i> (2022) menggunakan nama
pena Meera Natasya. Thanusya juga aktif menulis skrip, cerpen, esei, dan sajak.
Beliau aktif dalam Koperasi Penulis Nasional (KOPENA) dan Pertubuhan Sasterawan
Kaum India (<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/03/ahli.html"><span style="color: red;">Kavyan</span></a></span></b>),
serta merupakan pengasas <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://bukuagni.ordersini.com/bukuagni"><span style="color: red;">Agni MN Media Resources</span></a></span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Vk Ezhilarasi Velautham</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> seorang pesara guru yang suka
menulis cerpen dan rencana berkaitan golongan remaja kurang bernasib baik. Antara
karyanya ialah rencana dan cerpen yang diterbitkan dalam majalah <i>Dewan Budaya</i> dan <i>Dewan</i> <i>Siswa</i>. Hasil karya
Ezhilarasi turut termuat dalam antologi <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2019/06/busana.html"><span style="color: red;">Busana
Bahasa</span></a></span></i></b> (2019) dan <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2020/01/alh.html"><span style="color: red;">Landasan
Hidup</span></a></span></i></b> (2020).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc;">A.R. Shah</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> seorang pencerita antara-media yang membesar bermain di antara
rumah-rumah papan bersama anak-anak muda pelbagai kaum dan agama di sebuah
kampung yang kini tinggal sejarah, iaitu Kampung Kerinchi, Kuala Lumpur. Dalam
tempoh hampir sedekad bergelar penulis, karya kreatif dan eseinya dalam bahasa Malaysia
dan Inggeris terbit di <i>Berita Harian</i>,
<i>Dewan Sastera</i>, <i>SeniKini</i>, <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.thevibes.com/authors/a.r-shah"><span style="color: red;">The
Vibes</span></a></span></i></b>, <i>Cukaria</i>,
<i>Thukul Cetak</i>, <i>Matahari Books</i>, <i>Gerak Budaya,</i>
dan pelbagai media lain. Selain bekerja sebagai penolong penerbit dalam sektor filem
dan televisyen, Shah juga sebahagian daripada kolektif artis-kawan Projek Rabak
yang meraikan kemanusiaan. Kumpulan cerpen <i>PPR
Kg. Laut Dalam</i> (2023) merupakan buku persendirian sulung beliau. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc;">Rupa Subramaniam</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> seorang
seniwati, kurator, dan pengarah kreatif. Antara</span><span lang="EN-US"> karya seninya yang menjadi tular
ialah <i>This Body is Mine</i> (2017). Karya
itu dipamerkan di Balai Seni Negara, World Humanities Conference di Belgium, dan
di London sempena Hari Wanita Sedunia. Rupa turut menghasilkan projek <i>Antidote</i> (2018) dengan menemu bual dan
melukis pada tubuh 30 wanita dalam masa 30 hari semasa residensi seni di Rimbun
Dahan. Beliau menerbitkan dokumentari web mengenai penyebaran imej intim tanpa
persetujuan (2020). Karya terbarunya ialah jurnal kolaj bertema “imej tubuh
yang sihat” menggunakan seni dan dipanggil <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://eastasia.innovationforchange.net/libraries/story/draw-your-way-home/"><span style="color: red;">Draw Your Way Home</span></a></span></i></b> (2023). Rupa menerima
pelbagai pengiktirafan bagi kerja seninya termasuk anugerah Top 40 Under 40
dari <i>Prestige</i> (2020), Amazing Women
dari <i>Marie Claire</i> (2019), dan Tokoh
Wanita dari majalah <i>FEMALE</i> (2019).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Koh Yok Hwa</span></b> berketurunan Teochew dan
dilahirkan di Yong Peng, Johor pada tahun 1963. Beliau mendapat pendidikan
rendah di SJKC Yong Peng 1 dan pendidikan menengah di SMK Yong Peng, SM Teknik
Johor Bahru serta Sekolah Tinggi Kluang. Pada tahun 1984, Koh Yok Hwa melanjutkan
pengajian di Fakulti Ekonomi dan Pentadbiran, Universiti Malaya (UM). Beliau
menetap di Kepong mulai 1991 dan memulakan kerjaya sebagai penerbit buku
menerusi Gemilang Publishing Sdn Bhd. Koh Yok Hwa memperolehi ijazah sarjana
pentadbiran perniagaan (MBA) dari Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) pada
2021. Pada 2022, beliau menerima ijazah sarjana pengajian media dari UM. Beliau
aktif menyumbangkan rencana untuk <i>Utusan
Malaysia</i>. Karya beliau juga termuat dalam antologi <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2020/01/alh.html"><span style="color: red;">Landasan
Hidup</span></a></span></i></b> (2020) dan <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2022/06/ald.html"><span style="color: red;">Lakaran
Diri</span></a></span></i></b> (2022).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">K. Pragalath</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> lahir di Perak, membesar di Kedah,
dan kini menetap di Kuala Lumpur. Beliau berkecimpung dalam dunia kewartawanan;
bermula di <i>Malaysiakini</i> sebagai wartawan
bahasa Inggeris dan pernah berkhidmat di beberapa laman berita lain. Kini, Pragalath
di <i>Harapan Daily</i> sebagai penyunting berita
Bahasa Malaysia. Dalam bidang kesusasteraan, beliau berjinak dengan penulisan
cerpen dan sudah menghasilkan beberapa cerpen. “Dana dan Darah” diterbitkan di <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.eksentrika.com/cerpen-darah-dan-dana-oleh-k-pragalath/"><span style="color: red;">Eksentrika</span></a></span></i></b>. Pragalath turut
berkecimpung dalam bidang penterjemahan. Karya terjemahan pertama ialah “An
Epic Ride” yang diterbitkan dalam kumpulan cerpen <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/02/english.html"><span style="color: red;">The Painted Cat</span></a></span></i></b> (2023).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">Chia Chen Eng</span></b><span style="color: #4472c4; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";"> </span>dilahirkan di Muar, Johor.
Beliau menamatkan pengajian Sarjana Muda Bahasa Asing (Kepujian) Bahasa Cina di
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Sarjana Linguistik di Universiti Malaya (UM),
dan Doktor Falsafah di Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR). Chia Chen Eng meraih
hadiah utama dalam Pertandingan Hua Zong (kategori prosa), tempat kedua dalam
Pertandingan Prosa Bahasa Cina Antarabangsa Singapura, serta Anugerah Khas
Pilihan Cerpen Pendek dari <i>Taiwan United
Daily News</i>. Puisi kanak-kanak beliau terpilih untuk dimuatkan dalam
antologi <i>Membawa Banyak Beg ke Pantai:
Kumpulan Puisi Kanak-Kanak Malaysia</i> (2022) sementara cerpen mikro dimuatkan
dalam antologi <i>Pilihan Cerpen Mikro
Malaysia Kontemporari</i> (2010)<span style="color: #4472c4; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Hoo Ching Dew</span></b> berketurunan Hockchew dan lahir
di Sitiawan, Perak. Graduan Sarjana Muda Sains, Komputer dan Pendidikan serta
Sarjana Sains Matematik dari Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) ini bertugas
sebagai Naib Presiden Rantau Asia Pasifik di sebuah syarikat Amerika Syarikat. Beliau
juga Naib Presiden Persatuan Penulis-penulis Aliran China Malaysia. Sebagai
seorang penyair bebas, Hoo Ching Dew menerbit dua buku sajak dalam Bahasa Cina
bertajuk <i>A City Deploys
Systematic Traps To Carry Out Cruel Betrayals</i> dan <i>Map of Flying Cities</i>. Karya-karya beliau
turut diterbitkan di China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Eropah dan negara-negara ASEAN.
Hoo Ching Dew menerima pelbagai pengiktirafan termasuk Anugerah Sastera Bahasa
Cina Kolej (kategori sajak), Anugerah Cun Cao Xin (kategori sajak) oleh Dewan
Perhimpunan Cina Kuala Lumpur dan Selangor, serta Anugerah Penerbitan Buku
(kategori sajak) oleh Persatuan Hokkien Kuala Lumpur dan Selangor.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Uthaya Sankar SB</span></b> lahir dan membesar di
Taiping, Perak sebelum berpindah ke Klang, Selangor dan kini menetap di Shah
Alam. Beliau terlibat dalam bidang penulisan karya Bahasa Malaysia sejak tahun
1991. Uthaya sudah menghasilkan lebih daripada 25 buah buku kanak-kanak,
remaja, dan dewasa berkaitan topik bahasa, sastera, budaya, politik, sejarah, dan
agama. Beliau turut aktif mengendalikan program bahasa dan sastera serta kempen
galakan membaca di seluruh negara sejak tahun 1994. Sumbangan Uthaya kepada
perkembangan Sastera Kebangsaan menerima pengiktirafan menerusi Hadiah Sastera
Perdana Malaysia (1996/97, 1998/99), Anugerah Duta Keamanan (2008), dan Anugerah
Saraswati Samman (2023). Beliau pengasas Kumpulan Sasterawan Kavyan (<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/03/ahli.html"><span style="color: red;">Kavyan</span></a></span></b>).</span><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rujuk juga [<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2012/10/senarai-cerpenis-kaum-india.html"><span style="color: red;">Biodata Sasterawan Kavyan</span></a></span></b>] dan [<b><a href="https://biodatapenulismalaysia.blogspot.com/2023/11/bpm.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Dokumentasi Biodata Penulis Malaysia</span></a></b>]. Lebih
banyak biodata dan maklumat penulis kaum India dalam buku <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2021/05/tesis.html"><span style="color: red;">Kavya
Sastra</span></a></span></i></b> (2021).</span><o:p></o:p></p>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-35276508290287628032023-07-14T20:00:00.038+08:002023-07-14T20:03:00.263+08:00Defiant Uthaya Sankar SB Courageously Overcomes Challenges to Publish The Painted Cat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihVk7LzQxJ4Y8n6EZU-LS0HCiVPX6AqL8agMIrwZT5S1zYF7mpthAS932xOB6jr3xGS3g9kJkgjrpeVawwND-ai4b6Za487OHEgBW3dpCUtN6Y5SRul_8SjNKUHC5a0_yzsRUDVxPiTKX7SClhwl2crjNAIA7e4i0dibftgdZsRAKWphS-Rn-7gob91kR/s1899/Bissme%20Eksentrika%20230711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1053" data-original-width="1899" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihVk7LzQxJ4Y8n6EZU-LS0HCiVPX6AqL8agMIrwZT5S1zYF7mpthAS932xOB6jr3xGS3g9kJkgjrpeVawwND-ai4b6Za487OHEgBW3dpCUtN6Y5SRul_8SjNKUHC5a0_yzsRUDVxPiTKX7SClhwl2crjNAIA7e4i0dibftgdZsRAKWphS-Rn-7gob91kR/w400-h221/Bissme%20Eksentrika%20230711.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #111111; text-align: justify;">For more than three decades, the 51-year-old </span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2018/08/biouth.html"><span style="color: red;">Uthaya Sankar SB</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #111111; text-align: justify;"> has been a prolific </span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-right-to-use-bahasa-malaysia.html"><span style="color: red;">Bahasa Malaysia</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #111111; text-align: justify;"> writer
who writes fiction and nonfiction.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: arial;">Born in </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2010/10/pertama-di-taiping-pertama-di-malaysia.html"><span style="color: red;">Taiping, Perak</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #111111; font-family: arial;"> in 1972,
he is the author of </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://bukuthaya.blogspot.com/2018/11/1811.html"><span style="color: red;">over 25 books</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #111111; font-family: arial;"> and has
written extensively on topics including language, culture, literature,
politics, and religion.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: arial;">Some of his works have been translated into English, Tamil,
Mandarin, and German. In 1999, Uthaya founded </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2009/11/maklumat-kavyan.html"><span style="color: red;">Kavyan Writers Group</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #111111; font-family: arial;"> and since 2009, he has been a columnist for various newspapers
and online news portals.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: arial;">With numerous literary awards under his belt, Uthaya has been
presented the </span><em style="color: #111111; font-family: arial;">Ambassador for Peace Award</em><span style="color: #111111; font-family: arial;"> by the
Universal Peace Federation in 2008. In February 2023, The Hindusthan Art &
Music Society (India) conferred him the </span><em style="color: #111111; font-family: arial;">Saraswati Samman Award</em><span style="color: #111111; font-family: arial;">.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: arial;">Recently, he has taken 11 of his short stories in Bahasa
Malaysia and translated them into English. For those who are interested to
purchase his anthology of short stories, <em>The Painted Cat</em>, </span><strong style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/02/english.html"><span style="color: red;">you may visit his website</span></a></span></strong><span style="color: #111111; font-family: arial;">.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIB6tPzr908obn5zv-wGyKlhq3JwJ6-C7n1Cuh4gdSYMI350FgJbE_MiLTDvGT4qrhreg4IW4F3RxdIif-MsxUng6iu51YrEiC8YoPxKwy8hRlljdg_981w7ibLdTNWAKaeQ5KSKiJRKGt9BBn_vvdynW03ClJ34yPmAPtBQpY51y3jMXrkq51L0bHLp6S/s4032/Buku%20Siap%20230705e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIB6tPzr908obn5zv-wGyKlhq3JwJ6-C7n1Cuh4gdSYMI350FgJbE_MiLTDvGT4qrhreg4IW4F3RxdIif-MsxUng6iu51YrEiC8YoPxKwy8hRlljdg_981w7ibLdTNWAKaeQ5KSKiJRKGt9BBn_vvdynW03ClJ34yPmAPtBQpY51y3jMXrkq51L0bHLp6S/w400-h300/Buku%20Siap%20230705e.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #0000cc;">What motivated you to produce </span></strong><em><span style="color: #0000cc;">The Painted Cat</span></em><strong><span style="color: #0000cc;">?</span></strong><span style="color: #0000cc; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #111111;">The idea of translating or rather transcreating my stories in
English has always been at the back of my mind. When I go to literary events
abroad or when I meet non-Malaysian friends, they often say that they hope to
be able to read my stories. In September 2021, I asked my friends (who have
been supportive of my Bahasa Malaysia books) if I should publish a collection
of my stories in English translation. The response was very good and
encouraging – [</span><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/02/english.html"><span style="color: red;">read the responses here</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #111111;">].<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #0000cc;">The book was supposed to be published earlier. What caused
the delay?</span></strong><span style="color: #0000cc; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #111111;">The </span><strong><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2021/12/banjir.html"><span style="color: red;">flood which hit Taman Sri Muda</span></a></span></strong><span style="color: #111111;">, Shah Alam (December 2021 and where I stay and run my writing
workshops) has hindered the progress. When I was arrested by Bukit Aman
for </span><strong><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2022/05/blasphemy.html"><span style="color: red;">allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad</span></a></span></strong><span style="color: #111111;"> (April 2022), people from foreign countries were
interested to know more about my writing and me. So, last February, I started
to concentrate fully on this project. I want my stories to reach larger groups,
especially those who have problems reading the original Bahasa Malaysia
stories. I am not looking for any recognition locally or internationally. I
just enjoy telling stories.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #111111;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69XxlwEKvo6Jh11IQUVc3PVhCRnGZ--Kxi4Ygferhb1TWaCOpm7BpepaoWvWHdib2WJbmRUsWMvHHj97Mse9LO5I5Brd81SOTWcXE30lG2V45i-l219wH7ldNcZpysh7_8vXYtYLOBptc6O1qBqfpugWdQfzEOfQP2thCHJLfPok1FyG3YaU4atWFkIuo/s1080/Bissme%20Eksentrika%20B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69XxlwEKvo6Jh11IQUVc3PVhCRnGZ--Kxi4Ygferhb1TWaCOpm7BpepaoWvWHdib2WJbmRUsWMvHHj97Mse9LO5I5Brd81SOTWcXE30lG2V45i-l219wH7ldNcZpysh7_8vXYtYLOBptc6O1qBqfpugWdQfzEOfQP2thCHJLfPok1FyG3YaU4atWFkIuo/w400-h400/Bissme%20Eksentrika%20B.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #0000cc;">Give us a sneak peek at what kind of stories we can expect
from </span></strong><em><span style="color: #0000cc;">The Painted Cat</span></em><strong><span style="color: #0000cc;">.</span></strong><span style="color: #0000cc; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #111111;">Each </span><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2023/04/trans.html"><span style="color: red;">transcreator</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #111111;"> was given
the freedom to choose which story to transcreate. Only after the book was put
together, I noticed that most of the stories highlight Indian characters, culture,
myth, beliefs, etc. There are stories happening in the 1950s and 1960s, and
some happening in the 1990s – a time when people still used public telephones
to contact each other. The characters are simple, everyday men, women, and
children. There is a story about a cat who wants to become the nation’s leader.
A parrot who wishes to be able to communicate with its owner. A migrant
gardener with a secret identity. A doctor who believes his son is the
incarnation of Hanuman and an old lady who claims to have stolen the moon in
the sky. I hope these stories will touch the readers emotionally and
intellectually.</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #111111;"><br /></span></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #0000cc;">What was the biggest challenge you faced in
producing </span></strong><em><span style="color: #0000cc;">The
Painted Cat</span></em><strong><span style="color: #0000cc;">?</span></strong><span style="color: #0000cc; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #111111;">Money. That was and always is the only problem for a full-time
writer and self-publishing author like myself. Transcreating the stories was
not a problem. Getting people interested in this project was also not a
problem. The biggest challenge is getting enough funds to cover the publishing
cost. I am truly blessed with a group of friends who are always supportive of
my book projects. The names of the funders – I call them “</span><strong><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2023/04/capital.html"><span style="color: red;">social capital contributors</span></a></span></strong><span style="color: #111111;">” – are listed in the book.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #111111;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtbsIk9FRAa1ARemUDW0_lh_-LZzDNAmwgv5e1NzOo0eVuUDRffZU9oTkPiuuRzKNvhyXhH5pEpTqDF5GWG6h4ikg9-q6t_Xpdb2SpsqS7s2C08kIvRAt_q1UIVpUUEr5RA3KUs9g0d2et0jlxFQwpJvixQjpJEs4t5G-T1974AW0UgzaeikGK7AvioKi/s1080/Bissme%20Eksentrika%20D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtbsIk9FRAa1ARemUDW0_lh_-LZzDNAmwgv5e1NzOo0eVuUDRffZU9oTkPiuuRzKNvhyXhH5pEpTqDF5GWG6h4ikg9-q6t_Xpdb2SpsqS7s2C08kIvRAt_q1UIVpUUEr5RA3KUs9g0d2et0jlxFQwpJvixQjpJEs4t5G-T1974AW0UgzaeikGK7AvioKi/w400-h400/Bissme%20Eksentrika%20D.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #0000cc;">Sometimes when you convert a short story from the original
language to a different language, you may lose the essence of the stories. Are
you worried this will happen to your anthology?</span></strong><span style="color: #0000cc; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #111111;">This has always been an issue when we talk about translation.
Two of my short stories – “Nayagi” and “Yang Aneh-aneh” – have been translated
into English in the past. I was not satisfied because it lost its essence. But
for this project, I was working closely with the transcreators. They were given
the freedom not to merely translate but to </span><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.weglot.com/blog/transcreation"><span style="color: red;">transcreate</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #111111;"> the stories.
From the very beginning, I wanted to make sure the stories read well in
English; not simply translated word by word. If you were to compare the stories
in <em>The Painted Cat</em> with the original stories in Bahasa
Malaysia, you would see the differences. That was done intentionally in the
process of transcreating. Once </span><strong><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2023/04/trans.html"><span style="color: red;">the transcreators</span></a></span></strong><span style="color: #111111;"> have done their part, I checked their manuscripts and was
happy to see that their transcreation has stayed true to the original spirit of
each story. I must say that the transcreators and the editor did a wonderful
job. <em>The Painted Cat</em> contains the best English transcreation
of my stories so far.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #0000cc;">What advice can you give to other Bahasa Malaysia writers
who are planning to translate their stories into English?</span></strong><span style="color: #0000cc; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #111111;">I would say that they should go ahead, but only if they are very
sure of the quality of the stories. At the same time, do not expect government-funded
agencies like Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) and Institut Terjemahan & Buku
Malaysia (ITBM) to do it for you. Even though earlier this year the government
allocated RM20 million to DBP, ITBM, and Yayasan Karyawan to handle translation
activities, everyone in the writing, publishing, and translation industry
already knows how they work. There are many </span><strong><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.eksentrika.com/submit-short-stories-poems-asian-literary-journals/"><span style="color: red;">online journals and magazines accepting translations</span></a></span></strong><span style="color: #111111;">. That is where you should try to get published. As for the
translation, get someone you are comfortable working with in tandem.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #111111;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRndmAdgL7m7Ie6Sze69PtT2r69CvN1F14Bx9nBXApxqp4UX-OknIJbJnX2-nD65gUdf2IRxJXy660EvNhYg-bH76kDRZJf_YmNeFM_7oQ_qubu92vq1KQQYM92qeXl86Yl2YL9sU0uLKnG5Fr0d82phadWs2xjbX8M9Sdmpyj42bqH6A7vb8JYPiqcv7d/s1080/Bissme%20Eksentrika%20C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRndmAdgL7m7Ie6Sze69PtT2r69CvN1F14Bx9nBXApxqp4UX-OknIJbJnX2-nD65gUdf2IRxJXy660EvNhYg-bH76kDRZJf_YmNeFM_7oQ_qubu92vq1KQQYM92qeXl86Yl2YL9sU0uLKnG5Fr0d82phadWs2xjbX8M9Sdmpyj42bqH6A7vb8JYPiqcv7d/w400-h400/Bissme%20Eksentrika%20C.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #0000cc;">What is the biggest challenge you face as a writer in
Malaysia?</span></strong><span style="color: #0000cc; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #111111;">I have been writing fiction and non-fiction in Bahasa Malaysia since
1991 and the biggest challenge I face is the bigoted Little Napoleans in the
literary scene. For example, in 1999, DBP tried to stop everyone from using the
term “Bahasa Malaysia”. Of course, I fought back to reclaim my right – [</span><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-right-to-use-bahasa-malaysia.html"><span style="color: red;">read here</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #111111;">]. In 2021, DBP made it obvious that
non-Muslims do not have the right to use “Tuhan” because DBP claims that it can
only be used to refer to <em>Allah</em> – [</span><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2021/04/dbp.html"><span style="color: red;">read here</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #111111;">]. DBP and the “Malay” literary scene
in general only want non-Malays who are average. If you are a “Pak Turut”
(yes-man), you can go places as a lapdog. If you outshine them, they will go
all out to “kill and destroy” you. I have already written about this in a story
titled “</span><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2010/03/fail-merah.html"><span style="color: red;">Fail Merah: Konspirasi Membunuh Sasterawan Pulau Cinta</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #111111;">” (<em>Dewan Masyarakat</em>, September 2002). I
can gladly say that I do not face such challenges because I have self-respect
and I know my rights and my values. At the same time, I am aware that many
non-Malay writers are stuck in a vicious circle because they need DBP way more than
DBP needs them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #0000cc;">What is the next project you are working on?</span></strong><span style="color: #0000cc; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For 2024, I am thinking of publishing a compilation of essays,
especially those previously published in <em>Utusan Malaysia</em> newspaper.
Then, in 2025, perhaps another collection of stories in English (transcreated).
But everything depends on the support from my friends because I need the social
capital contribution to enable me to cover part of the publishing cost.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">[This interview
was conducted via e-mail on 27 June 2023 by <b>Bissme S</b> and published in <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.eksentrika.com/uthaya-sankar-sb-the-painted-cat/"><span style="color: red;">Eksentrika</span></a></span></b> on 11 July 2023. To contact
Uthaya, <b><a href="https://linktr.ee/uthayasb"><span style="color: red;">click</span> <span style="color: red;">here</span></a></b>.]</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-78083810861369325602023-06-22T08:00:00.015+08:002023-06-22T08:00:47.011+08:00What They Say<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hJBV6JqtSv9E01NFDVKTGy-r2pJVI651te5ksQS9OK8IfqKLBSN0Kh0Qs76C4YaG-V7fSgtqOAgmoY4Yzzy4lpI8GuBI4y_KH2lL6DetQncqjKwTN1WX39eDgJfqVPmGj_8GRQuy9fgL2Yc_RinBnYb3F7_McEDjkHXHjNSF2WF-EofEStcAHagd1tue/s756/Media%20Comrades%20What%20They%20Say.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="756" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hJBV6JqtSv9E01NFDVKTGy-r2pJVI651te5ksQS9OK8IfqKLBSN0Kh0Qs76C4YaG-V7fSgtqOAgmoY4Yzzy4lpI8GuBI4y_KH2lL6DetQncqjKwTN1WX39eDgJfqVPmGj_8GRQuy9fgL2Yc_RinBnYb3F7_McEDjkHXHjNSF2WF-EofEStcAHagd1tue/w400-h400/Media%20Comrades%20What%20They%20Say.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Since <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/02/english.html"><span style="color: red;">The Painted Cat</span></a></span></i></b> (2023) is <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://linktr.ee/uthayasb"><span style="color: red;">Uthaya Sankar SB</span></a></span></b>’s
first book in English (transcreation), and there might/would be a whole new
group of audience reading him for the first time, it would be good to list and document
what the media, reporters, and comrades have said about Uthaya and his writing.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here’s a list – and you may read their “say” in the book
itself.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Reena Enbasegaram</b> (<i>The Sun</i>, 28 September 1998)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Cheah Phaik Kin</b> (<i>New Straits Times</i>, 2 December 1998)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Bissme S</b> (<i>The Sun</i>, 13 March 1999)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Dina Zaman</b> (<i>New Straits Times</i>, 4 July 2001)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Amir Muhammad</b> (<i>The Edge</i>, 19 November 2001)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Amir</b> <b>Muhammad</b> (<i>New Straits Times</i>,
13 February 2002)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Rachael Philip</b> (<i>New Straits Times</i>, 28 August 2005)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Amir</b> <b>Muhammad</b> (<i>Malay</i> <i>Mail</i>, 23 July 2008)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Zedeck Siew</b> (<i>KLue</i>, July 2010)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Geetha Krishnan</b> (<i>Cine Fashion</i>, April 2011)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Daphne Lee</b> (<i>The Star</i>, 19 June 2011)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Zedeck Siew</b> (<i>Kakiseni</i>, 25 April 2013)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Jennifer Pak</b> (<i>BBC News</i>, 22 October 2013)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b><i>Article
19</i></b> (24 January 2014)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Tan Gim Ean</b> (<i>The Edge</i>, 12 April 2021)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Ann</b> <b>Marie</b> <b>Chandy</b> (<i>The Star</i>, 23 April 2021)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">– <b><i>Malaysia Cultural Insights Report</i></b>
(British Council, June 2021)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>PEN</b> <b>International</b> (20 April 2022)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Theevya Ragu</b> (<i>Free Malaysia Today</i>, 30 May 2023)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b><i>Beritakini</i></b>
(30 May 2023)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Dr. Victor</b> <b>Pogadaev</b> (Moscow, Russia)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">–</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><b>Harrie</b> <b>Sukalinggam</b> (Kajang, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Harvintha Reddy Athinarayanan</b>
(Seremban, Negeri Sembilan)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Sharon Bakar</b> (Nilai, Negeri Sembilan)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Gopala Krishnan</b> (Butterworth, Penang)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Palaniappan</b> <b>Periannan</b> (Ipoh, Perak)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Jemer</b> <b>Gill</b> (Reykjavik, Iceland)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>M. Mahendran</b> (Bentong,
Pahang)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Anuradha Chelliah</b> (Banting, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Rohini Chowdhury</b> (London, United
Kingdom)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Sharon Nelson</b>
(Kuala Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">– <b>Lakshmi</b> <b>Krish</b> (Taiping,
Perak)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Related Links</span> – [<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2023/05/content.html"><span style="color: red;">Content</span></a></span></b>] – [<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2023/04/trans.html"><span style="color: red;">Transcreators</span></a></span></b>]
– [<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2023/04/capital.html"><span style="color: red;">Social Capital Contributors</span></a></span></b>] – [<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/06/chat.html"><span style="color: red;">A Chat About the Cat</span></a></span></b>]</span><o:p></o:p></p>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-13656659457271125642023-06-07T13:30:00.003+08:002023-06-08T15:12:00.839+08:00Intriguing Short Stories<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZFfq_WPKKGhyaBbbtcFMjc7K1-f0N4lhItCdO37g6vC0NoqYdUkJgemV0pzrttwBKyVBFR7TvcQf-xcH8CxXhUREIAaDhtardDobDnHNaHmjYMJqqRbpuJNdwhM2pyUKCbSnv4Zln58z3idL3EjaQJq8hM6CYom5d0NBWOui_B5O94P0wCTJeCGgkQ/s948/The%20Sun%20230606%20Pix1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="948" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZFfq_WPKKGhyaBbbtcFMjc7K1-f0N4lhItCdO37g6vC0NoqYdUkJgemV0pzrttwBKyVBFR7TvcQf-xcH8CxXhUREIAaDhtardDobDnHNaHmjYMJqqRbpuJNdwhM2pyUKCbSnv4Zln58z3idL3EjaQJq8hM6CYom5d0NBWOui_B5O94P0wCTJeCGgkQ/w400-h324/The%20Sun%20230606%20Pix1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="02-btxt002dsubhead-16pt" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Author </b></span><span class="02-btxt002dsubhead-16pt" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://linktr.ee/uthayasb"><span style="color: red;">Uthaya Sankar SB</span></a></span></b></span><span class="02-btxt002dsubhead-16pt" style="text-align: justify;"><b> is coming
up with a ‘</b></span><span class="02-btxt002dsubhead-16pt" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0907676X.2021.2004177"><span style="color: red;">transcreation</span></a></span></b></span><span class="02-btxt002dsubhead-16pt" style="text-align: justify;"><b>’ book,
consisting of a collection of short stories, from Bahasa Malaysia to English. </b></span><span class="03-atx002dbyline-20028bold0029" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc; text-transform: uppercase;">S. TAMARAI
CHELVI</span></b></span><span class="03-atx002dbyline-20028bold0029" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"> </span></b></span><span class="03-atx002dbyline-20028bold0029" style="text-align: justify;"><b>has the story.</b></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt-bold"><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt-bold"><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">INSPIRED</span></b></span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"> by his late mother’s Indian
folktales, Uthaya Sankar SB became a writer. He used to listen to her stories
when he was a child, and as he grew up, his passion for the art of telling
stories deepened further.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt">“I used to
write poems, stories, and essays in </span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-right-to-use-bahasa-malaysia.html"><span style="color: red;">Bahasa Malaysia</span></a></span></b></span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt">, English, and Tamil while I was
studying at </span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2010/09/sekolah-menengah-darul-ridwan-smdr.html"><span style="color: red;">SM Darul Ridwan</span></a></span></b></span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt">, Taiping. My friends and teachers
loved them, and my articles were published in the school magazines,” he said.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt">“In 1992, I started
sending my manuscripts to Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), and the rest is
history.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt">Born in </span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2012/12/taiping-keamanan-yang-berkekalan.html"><span style="color: red;">Taiping</span></a></span></b></span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt">, Perak, Uthaya completed his
bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Malaya. Since 1992, Uthaya
has authored </span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://bukuthaya.blogspot.com/2018/11/1811.html"><span style="color: red;">more
than 25 books</span></a></span></b></span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"> and explored topics such as language, culture, literature, politics,
and religion.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><br /></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-gyWwGb_1rHULtIW_-_JukAye-iuO2g-jwf-XnZVDr7puQ_UjZuPIE4rIbrkbEHH2dGcXb2gSC-O51g-R_FLfJmGidb_AZTo6V0shG2IrOkiymyMF3NptFmfuLRNEhsNwTqgquVq5heoLRAPSlJphT0AntR5BElnZvt576XcRwHeE1vo7CblVOVFJQ/s837/The%20Sun%20Promo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="837" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-gyWwGb_1rHULtIW_-_JukAye-iuO2g-jwf-XnZVDr7puQ_UjZuPIE4rIbrkbEHH2dGcXb2gSC-O51g-R_FLfJmGidb_AZTo6V0shG2IrOkiymyMF3NptFmfuLRNEhsNwTqgquVq5heoLRAPSlJphT0AntR5BElnZvt576XcRwHeE1vo7CblVOVFJQ/w400-h360/The%20Sun%20Promo.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt">Among his
works are <i>Orang Dimensi</i> (1994), <i>Munis dengan Harimau</i> (1996), <i>Yang
Aneh-Aneh </i>(1997), <i>Surat Dari Madras</i> (1999), </span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2021/10/isisb.html"><span style="color: red;">Suvarna Bhumi</span></a></span></i></b></span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt">(2022) and </span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2022/11/folklore.html"><span style="color: red;">Katha Sarit Sagara</span></a></span></i></b></span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"> (2023).</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt">Some of his
writing has been translated into English, Tamil, Mandarin, and German, and he
has been awarded Hadiah Sastera Siswa-Bank Rakyat, Hadiah Cerpen Maybank-DBP,
and other awards throughout his career.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt">Uthaya formerly
worked with Radio Televisyen Malaysia as an editor for Bahasa Malaysia TV News
and content editor for Bahasa Malaysia News at Radio24 in 2008 and is currently
the founder and president of Kumpulan Sasterawan Kavyan (</span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: red;">Kavyan</span></a></span></b></span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt">), which conducts language, literature,
arts, and cultural activities.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt">Recently,
Uthaya decided to “transcreate” a book containing short stories into English.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt">The decision
to transcreate was made after realising that not many Malaysians and
non-Malaysians have been able to fully enjoy and appreciate his writings.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt">The book
titled <b><i><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/02/english.html"><span style="color: red;">The Painted Cat</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></a></i></b>consists
of 10 short stories, including four which he transcreated and its expected to
be released in July 2023. Here, we communicated with Uthaya Sankar via email
about his new book.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><br /></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwaAm2FUT8kmcVf58GlQbnsXpGFnQop3ob9sA2DaouwIS_ZmYH3QgOvhgPTD1AzgRXn7yuHTUacbnjsg1qDcFGYq4A3vzwHJW5KrCMXvn8t5yVMcX1VJEDh_HUwVorfFD6HTWbQpnIfANb2mvG961BD546xI_mst53wASlvVhieswUkK8wO31L3ScMPg/s925/The%20Sun%20230606%20Pix2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="925" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwaAm2FUT8kmcVf58GlQbnsXpGFnQop3ob9sA2DaouwIS_ZmYH3QgOvhgPTD1AzgRXn7yuHTUacbnjsg1qDcFGYq4A3vzwHJW5KrCMXvn8t5yVMcX1VJEDh_HUwVorfFD6HTWbQpnIfANb2mvG961BD546xI_mst53wASlvVhieswUkK8wO31L3ScMPg/w400-h334/The%20Sun%20230606%20Pix2.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Tell us
about the new book, which is expected to release in July 2023.</span></b></span><span style="color: #0000cc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt">“It’s a
collection of 10 short stories originally published in Bahasa Malaysia. </span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2023/04/trans.html"><span style="color: red;">My friends</span></a></span></b></span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"> came forward to choose their favourite
story to transcreate. I gave them the liberty to not just merely translate but
to transcreate and make amendments when needed. I love the outcome because the
transcreations stay true to the soul of my original stories.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">What
motivated you to ‘transcreate’ in English?</span></b></span><span style="color: #0000cc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt">“Since 1993,
people have been asking me to write in English. I do write essays and journal
articles in English, but not fiction. Friends from outside of Malaysia have
listened to me read my stories in Bahasa Malaysia at various events and are
eager to be able to read them in English.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">What do
you want the readers to take away after reading the book?</span></b></span><span style="color: #0000cc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt">“Most people
find Malay literature to be very dry and boring. They should know that my
stories are different and enjoyable. I hope this book will also make people
interested in stories by </span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2012/10/senarai-cerpenis-kaum-india.html"><span style="color: red;">my fellow Indian authors</span></a></span></b></span><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"> who write in Bahasa Malaysia.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">What can
readers expect from this book?</span></b></span><span style="color: #0000cc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt">“Readers
will get a chance to read some of my award-winning stories. My stories usually
have twists that keep readers engaged. Indian culture is highlighted positively
and prominently. Myth, culture, history, and imagination all come together in
this book.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Why is
this book meaningful to you?</span></b></span><span style="color: #0000cc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt">“I have
published more than 20 books in Bahasa Malaysia since 1994. <i>The Painted
Cat</i> is my very first book in English. Non-Malaysians will be able to
appreciate my stories, and that is something meaningful. Perhaps it’s about
time to go international.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="04-btxt002dutopia-9pt"><br /></span></span></p>
<span lang="EN-US"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">[The
interview was conducted by <b>S. Tamarai
Chelvi</b> via e-mail on 17 May 2023. This piece was published in </span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><a href="https://ipaper.thesundaily.my/epaper/viewer.aspx?publication=The%20Sun%20Daily#page/18"><span style="color: red;">The Sun Daily</span></a></span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"> on 6 June 2023.]</span></span></div></span>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-21109439107192893432023-05-31T23:00:00.044+08:002023-06-19T22:55:25.844+08:00Uthaya pivots from ‘Malay’ to English<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0W5WTtlwFT9OQRM_ef1BC27fYfwGYr0CkHkQ6fmsCj2sJCc_6yMQFLTgkuHHbrLCJ-iwoH4NMsE2hdb2phO_3NnrLJHFggU9nNSJCoeXxpCwW8lAHizaBHdpn0x8bel_6RY92LiEZW9IpVsBTaPQLhBSvu49WK9CJ_OEVuqRGfxP_q8uZLpdost2HbA/s1020/FMT%20230530%20Theevya.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1020" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0W5WTtlwFT9OQRM_ef1BC27fYfwGYr0CkHkQ6fmsCj2sJCc_6yMQFLTgkuHHbrLCJ-iwoH4NMsE2hdb2phO_3NnrLJHFggU9nNSJCoeXxpCwW8lAHizaBHdpn0x8bel_6RY92LiEZW9IpVsBTaPQLhBSvu49WK9CJ_OEVuqRGfxP_q8uZLpdost2HbA/w400-h251/FMT%20230530%20Theevya.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc;">Malay
literature veteran brings his collection of transcreated stories to
English-speaking readers for the first time. </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Theevya
Ragu</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc;">
has the scoop.</span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Renowned Malaysian
author <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://linktr.ee/uthayasb"><span style="color: red;">Uthaya Sankar SB</span></a></span></b> is embarking on a significant literary
journey, breaking away from three decades of writing exclusively in <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2010/03/bahasa-malaysia.html"><span style="color: red;">Bahasa Malaysia</span></a></span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In a recent
interview with FMT, Uthaya expressed his long-standing desire to reach a wider
audience with his stories.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“I’ve attended
various international events over the years and had the opportunity to interact
with authors from all over the world,” he shared.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“When I tell them
about my stories, they’re impressed and say, ‘Oh, I’d love to read your stories
one day’.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBHeWv3Rk9NqhTquw_SrMxThc-Sq5btyiCKxKx56Gj74uSXN56C4gTwpJFJmOsPZVH2gX25y8LJIq7YUTvaNBbZCYnk_G-OkYNKuoAHySlgl8YscKRiGb8ZjsDktgdDVW08cER8wA3EjR88wZb0oQuA3eXzqCO5QwtHcTM8HFc3yF6WJ1P7MFtRMSOA/s1018/FMT%20230530%20Theevya%20Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="1018" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBHeWv3Rk9NqhTquw_SrMxThc-Sq5btyiCKxKx56Gj74uSXN56C4gTwpJFJmOsPZVH2gX25y8LJIq7YUTvaNBbZCYnk_G-OkYNKuoAHySlgl8YscKRiGb8ZjsDktgdDVW08cER8wA3EjR88wZb0oQuA3eXzqCO5QwtHcTM8HFc3yF6WJ1P7MFtRMSOA/w400-h271/FMT%20230530%20Theevya%20Cover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Motivated by the growing interest for his work,
Uthaya made the bold decision to switch to English for his upcoming book, <b><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/02/english.html"><span style="color: red;">The Painted Cat</span></a></span></b>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“It has always been in the back of my mind, so I
thought, you know what, it’s time that I write in English,” he said.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To do this, he <b><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0907676X.2021.2004177"><span style="color: red;">transcreated</span></a></span></b> a selection of his already published works, giving
them new life in English.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This unique approach, as Uthaya explained, involves
more than a word-for-word translation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“I call it transcreated because it isn’t translated
word by word,” he clarified.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For this ambitious endeavour, Uthaya collaborated
with a team of talented transcreators, including Lalita Sinha, Nanthini
Muniapan, Pragalath Kumar, and Roshini Muniam – [<b><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2023/04/trans.html"><span style="color: red;">biodata here</span></a></span></b>].</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Each of them
handpicked ten of his previously published stories which they personally
resonated with for his new project. <i>The
Painted Cat</i> is the result of their combined efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2fZ-Szu0aksYLTG70SNVj37eDfuoNW7CyUSGhKuah1J62yJqklK6k8agf2S7FVRrcAOVXaczuaYR0rtGK_TIlj_YJBGEfrlXlX3H5kIUOkwkWksskfcplRMaKDCteNeBbGrgGRGmhW4R4TD9yd7OsgriY80rA83hCeYW5qgzsGafXL1GjQQOSHG4Bg/s1021/FMT%20230530%20Theevya2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="1021" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2fZ-Szu0aksYLTG70SNVj37eDfuoNW7CyUSGhKuah1J62yJqklK6k8agf2S7FVRrcAOVXaczuaYR0rtGK_TIlj_YJBGEfrlXlX3H5kIUOkwkWksskfcplRMaKDCteNeBbGrgGRGmhW4R4TD9yd7OsgriY80rA83hCeYW5qgzsGafXL1GjQQOSHG4Bg/w400-h249/FMT%20230530%20Theevya2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">He said past translations of his works by other publishers
were less than satisfactory as they failed to capture the essence of his
storytelling.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“It was very much word by word, almost like Google
Translate.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Determined to avoid such shortcomings in <i>The Painted Cat</i>, Uthaya actively
involved himself in the <b><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0907676X.2021.2004177"><span style="color: red;">transcreation</span></a></span></b> process.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Now, I am very happy to say that the stories
within this book, both the ones I have personally worked on and those crafted
by my fellow transcreators, have kept true to my original intentions and the
message I wanted to get across.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Uthaya said writing exclusively in Bahasa Malaysia
throughout his career was a conscious decision.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“There is a severe shortage of Indian authors who
write in Bahasa Malaysia. The number is somewhere around 70 writers from 1930
until 2021,” he said – [details in <b><i><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2021/05/tesis.html"><span style="color: red;">Kavya
Sastra</span></a></span></i></b>].</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Driven by a vision to empower minority communities
and celebrate their stories in the national language, Uthaya established <b><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2009/11/maklumat-kavyan.html"><span style="color: red;">Kavyan</span></a></span></b>, a dedicated group of Indian writers who embrace national
literature [<b><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2019/10/skpki.html"><span style="color: red;">sastera kebangsaan</span></a></span></b>] as a medium to enrich the diverse tapestry of
local literature.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Despite writing in Bahasa Malaysia for most of his
life, Uthaya said that his thinking process has always been in English.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“I always think in English and write in Bahasa
Malaysia.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This natural connection to the language, he said,
made the transcreation process feel effortless.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When asked about his personal favourite, Uthaya
responded with endearing sincerity.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“This is the toughest question,” he confessed. “It
is going to sound cliché, but it is like asking a mother who her favourite
child is. All my books are my favourite.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">However, Uthaya did reveal that it was always the
book he was currently working on that became his favourite, at least for that
period of time.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“So, right now, I would have to say that <i>The Painted Cat</i> holds a special place in
my heart.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Born and raised in <b><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2012/12/taiping-keamanan-yang-berkekalan.html"><span style="color: red;">Taiping</span></a></span></b>, Uthaya said he has always been passionate about
writing and exploring Indian communities and cultures although his real
literary journey began while studying in Universiti Malaya.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhTuHJ0VODfKNHx6GaBZAQujch19TtgAg46dEruHrc8S3x0fABLfSp_a5GpC2itn0kLcUcBhNSeUnjLwW5Lf6UPFlpHsmv0naH2nhNGoBUZEas5vdiYhMi1K3viLrYfR2ZFD6mmtj6BdUjkdOZEZZN9Mmzd0hBNqSLvhemFNKxSyUuomz5m-olgL4H9za/s1068/FMT%20230530%20Theevya3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="793" data-original-width="1068" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhTuHJ0VODfKNHx6GaBZAQujch19TtgAg46dEruHrc8S3x0fABLfSp_a5GpC2itn0kLcUcBhNSeUnjLwW5Lf6UPFlpHsmv0naH2nhNGoBUZEas5vdiYhMi1K3viLrYfR2ZFD6mmtj6BdUjkdOZEZZN9Mmzd0hBNqSLvhemFNKxSyUuomz5m-olgL4H9za/w400-h297/FMT%20230530%20Theevya3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">His dedication to showcasing Indian culture within
the context of Malaysian literature is a significant aspect of his work.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One story in <i>The
Painted Cat</i> called “Nayagi, The Mistress of Destiny” received first prize
in the <i>Hadiah Cerpen Maybank-DBP</i>
competition in 1992.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“In this story I touched on the complexities and
conflicts within a large Indian family, and the dichotomy between those
anchored to their Indian heritage and those embracing their Malaysian
identity,” he explained.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Painted Cat</i> not only marks Uthaya’s transition to
English writing but also serves as a testament to his unwavering commitment to
sharing authentic stories that delve into seldom-discussed topics, including
culture, religion, race, language, and literature.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Through this collection, he said he hoped to
captivate readers, both those who have enjoyed his stories in Bahasa Malaysia and
those seeking literature that transcends language barriers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">[The interview
was conducted by <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Theevya Ragu</span></b> at the Free Malaysia Today office in Petaling
Jaya, Selangor on 12 May 2023 and this article was published in <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2023/05/30/uthaya-sankar-pivots-from-malay-to-english-in-new-book/"><span style="color: red;">Free Malaysia Today</span></a></span></i></b> on 30 May 2023.
The book cover was exclusively revealed in this article.]</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-80487868542956548192023-05-15T15:30:00.002+08:002023-05-15T15:42:41.648+08:00Peserta Pertemuan Penulis dan Pembaca Malaysia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAcsDBkNrJdKqcFsgCstwwwzvmfx0ax1luUFlZJ7xszU5YFwwD_FTaEVUjTbd5P5wgII5_rPjy7e08cw-R6LKPasbWi5eL9ouC9G315B_2CngGlUI2SPMAQF1nYWE0MMWP8JReBTSuwLhLEtPBPhJGh0vjRrp97KctbgyjsoJfXoXd0CjkSHOhYUbdvg/s1280/Logo%20Pertemuan%20pix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAcsDBkNrJdKqcFsgCstwwwzvmfx0ax1luUFlZJ7xszU5YFwwD_FTaEVUjTbd5P5wgII5_rPjy7e08cw-R6LKPasbWi5eL9ouC9G315B_2CngGlUI2SPMAQF1nYWE0MMWP8JReBTSuwLhLEtPBPhJGh0vjRrp97KctbgyjsoJfXoXd0CjkSHOhYUbdvg/w400-h225/Logo%20Pertemuan%20pix.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Biodata of some of the writers who participated in the <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/04/temu.html"><span style="color: red;">Malaysian
Writers and Readers Get Together</span></a></span></b> on 14 May 2023.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc;">Anuradha
Chelliah</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><span style="background: white;">berasal dari Banting,
Selangor. Beliau mendapat pendidikan rendah dan menengah di Banting. Beliau
meneruskan pengajian dalam jurusan Sarjana Muda Pembangunan Manusia dan
seterusnya Pengajaran Bahasa Inggeris Sebagai Bahasa Kedua (TESL) di Universiti
Putra Malaysia (UPM). Anuradha aktif menulis sejak 2016 dalam Bahasa Malaysia
dan Bahasa Inggeris. Karya beliau boleh dibaca di <i>The Star</i>, <i>Iris Magazine</i>, <i>Anak Sastra</i>, <i>Shakti – The Epitome of Power,</i> dan <i>ALS 2021: Anthology of Poems</i> (2021). Karya Anuradha juga termuat
dalam antologi <i>Busana Bahasa</i> (2019),
</span><i>Landasan Hidup</i><span style="background: white;"> (2020), dan <span class="MsoHyperlink"><i>Peluru </i></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><i>Aksara</i></span> (2020).
Cerpen beliau turut termuat dalam <i>Meredah
Kabus</i> (2021), <i>Serpihan Memorabilia 2020
- Suara</i> (2021), <i>Patah Tumbuh</i>
(2021), <i>Kisah Musim Wabak</i> (2021), dan
<i>Anekdot Peribahasa Yang Tersurat Yang
Tersirat</i> (2022). Puisi beliau boleh dibaca dalam <i>Antologi 3S Hari Guru Hatiki Terharu</i> (2021), <i>Antologi Sajak Momen, Antologi
Sajak Siluet Cinta Ayah Bonda</i> (2022), dan <i>Siri Warisan Budaya - Teluk Belanga dan Periuk Belanga</i> (2023).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Cheryl Lim</span></b> has been creating her own stories since she was old
enough to read Enid Blyton books. She now creates stories to help brands sell
their products via radio advertisements. Literary genres that she enjoys
include literary fiction, fantasy, travel, and spirituality. Cheryl is also a
cat hu-mom, choir singer, yoga instructor, DIYer, cook/baker, <i>tuak</i> maker and food lover (but, of
course!) with a penchant for super dark chocolate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Daphne Lee</span></b> is the consulting editor of
Scholastic Asia, a division of Scholastic Press, where she champions the
creation of Asian content by Asians. To this end, she helped develop and is an
advisor to the ongoing Scholastic Asian Scholastic Asian Book Award and
Scholastic Picture Book Award, which have their home at the annual Asian
Festival of Children’s Content in Singapore. Daphne is also a writer with a
particular interest in Malaysian myths, legends, and supernatural beliefs. She
is the author of <i>Bright Landscapes: A
Short Story Collection </i>(2019); and the curator and editor of <i>Malaysian Tales: Retold & Remixed</i> (2011),
and <i>Remang: An Anthology of Ghostly Tales
</i>(2017). Daphne is currently working on her second collection of short
stories as well as her first novel, which is inspired by Daoist mythology and
ancestral worship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Jaymee Goh</span></b> is a Malaysian-Chinese writer,
reviewer, editor, and essayist of speculative fiction. Her work has been published
in a number of magazines and anthologies, such as <i>Lightspeed Magazine</i>, <i>Beneath
Ceaseless Skies</i>, and <i>New Suns:
Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color</i>, and reprinted in <i>LeVar Burton Reads</i> and <i>Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy</i>.
Her reviews and nonfiction have appeared on <i>Tor.com</i>,
<i>The Los Angeles Review of Books</i>, and <i>Strange Horizons</i>. She co-edited <i>The Sea Is Ours: Tales of Steampunk
Southeast Asia</i> (2015), and edited <i>The
WisCon Chronicles Vol. 11: Trials by Whiteness</i> (2017). A graduate from the
Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Workshop in 2016, Jaymee received
her PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Riverside,
where she dissertated in science fiction studies and critical race theory. She
is an editor for Tachyon Publications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Koh Yok Hwa</span></b> berketurunan Teochew dan
dilahirkan di Yong Peng, Johor pada tahun 1963. Beliau mendapat pendidikan
rendah di SJKC Yong Peng 1 dan pendidikan menengah di SMK Yong Peng, SM Teknik
Johor Bahru serta Sekolah Tinggi Kluang. Pada tahun 1984, Koh Yok Hwa melanjutkan
pengajian di Fakulti Ekonomi dan Pentadbiran, Universiti Malaya (UM). Beliau
menetap di Kepong mulai 1991 dan memulakan kerjaya sebagai penerbit buku
menerusi Gemilang Publishing Sdn Bhd. Koh Yok Hwa memperolehi ijazah sarjana
pentadbiran perniagaan (MBA) dari Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) pada
2021. Pada 2022, beliau menerima ijazah sarjana pengajian media dari UM. Beliau
aktif menyumbangkan rencana untuk <i>Utusan
Malaysia</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Malini Lakshmi Bai</span></b> is an author, English
language teacher, and yoga enthusiast based in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. Having
been intrigued by literature since she was a child, Malini was exposed to some
reading as an early reader due to her interest in stories about culture and tradition.
Through writing short stories and poems in school, she became familiar with the
world of writing. In 2009, Malini represented the school and district in
several youth forums, debate and public speaking competitions due to her penchant
for writing in Bahasa Malaysia and English. <i>Eksentrika</i>
has published English poems by Malini, and <i>Sastera
Kavyan</i> published her Bahasa Malaysia short stories. Her fiction also
appears in <i>Lakaran Diri</i> (2022).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">K. Pragalath</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> is a writer who works
as an editor at a Malaysian news website, <i>Harapan
Daily</i>. Previously he was a journalist with several news portals including <i>Malaysiakini</i>, <i>Free Malaysia Today</i>, <i>Berita
Daily,</i> and <i>The Leaders Online</i>. Pragalath
is also involved in digital marketing, especially content marketing, for a
variety of sectors through Elyown Solutions & Consulting. He has also been
involved in fiction writing and has authored two short stories in Bahasa
Malaysia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Thanusya Shanmuganathan</span></b> merupakan graduan
sarjana muda sastera dari Universiti Malaya (UM). Beliau sudah menghasilkan
novel berjudul <i>Tak Sengaja Cinta</i>
(2014), <i>Cik Cemerkap vs Encik Selfie</i>
(2016), <i>Savithri</i> (2021) dan <i>Hanya Kau Untukku</i> (2022) menggunakan nama
pena Meera Natasya. Beliau juga aktif menulis skrip, cerpen, esei, dan sajak.
Beliau aktif dalam Koperasi Penulis Nasional (KOPENA) dan Pertubuhan Sasterawan
Kaum India (Kavyan).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Uthaya Sankar SB</span></b> <span lang="EN-US">is arguably the most hated Malaysian writer. He
</span>has been a prolific writer in Bahasa Malaysia since 1992 and some of his
writings have been transcreated into English, Tamil, Mandarin, and German. <span lang="EN-US">He is the author of over twenty
books and has written extensively on topics including language, culture,
literature, politics, and religion. </span>In 1999, Uthaya founded Kavyan
Writers Group and since 2009, he has been a columnist for various newspapers
and online news portals. <span lang="EN-US">With
numerous literary awards under his belt, Uthaya has also been presented the <i>Ambassador for Peace Award</i> by the Universal
Peace Federation in 2008. In 2023, The Hindusthan Art & Music Society
(India) conferred him the <i>Saraswati Samman
Award</i>. </span>Uthaya lives in Shah Alam, Selangor and enjoys being a
full-time activist, researcher, writer, and publisher.</span><o:p></o:p></p>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-50598570287007948152023-05-11T19:00:00.031+08:002023-06-22T15:15:37.550+08:00What’s Inside The Painted Cat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhus8LF4y2LGP3XH6R_bD21T_Qjbr33OsMiGs0Gz1Pk2ZWzjDOMmiYBzZwJuKipicT6qdJu7MztAtBzigWQXb95moMPOrsjuifBX3rTTn4oaLmFTgVDG1Q9FSQs3S4x4CNTc0jAkUkeXV4YTEoN1v5djtlwWfONSpZmQQVznvhqhyBTL1IhRtRq6lF6gg/s1890/Plunge%20Deeper.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1890" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhus8LF4y2LGP3XH6R_bD21T_Qjbr33OsMiGs0Gz1Pk2ZWzjDOMmiYBzZwJuKipicT6qdJu7MztAtBzigWQXb95moMPOrsjuifBX3rTTn4oaLmFTgVDG1Q9FSQs3S4x4CNTc0jAkUkeXV4YTEoN1v5djtlwWfONSpZmQQVznvhqhyBTL1IhRtRq6lF6gg/w400-h320/Plunge%20Deeper.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Eleven (11) stories were handpicked by the <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2023/04/trans.html"><span style="color: red;">transcreators</span></a></span></b> for this project, and edited by Amir Muhammad. The
publication of <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/02/english.html"><span style="color: red;">this book</span></a></span></b> — my <i>first</i> in English — is made possible by the kindhearted <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2023/04/capital.html"><span style="color: red;">social capital contributors</span></a></span></b>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Content:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>A Closet of Stories </i>(by the
Editor)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>What They Say </i>(the
media and my comrades) - [<b><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2023/06/comrade.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">name list here</span></a></b>]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1.</b><span> Nayagi, The
Mistress of Destiny (<span style="color: #2b00fe;">Nayagi</span>)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>2.</b> New Year’s
Prayer (<span style="color: #2b00fe;">Doa Tahun Baru</span>)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>3.</b> An Ordinary
Tail (<span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sebuah Cerita Biasa</span>)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>4.</b> Strange Things (<span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yang Aneh-aneh</span>)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>5.</b> Datuk Came to
Siru Kambam (<span style="color: #2b00fe;">Datuk Datang ke Kampung Kami</span>)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>6.</b> The Painted
Cat (<span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cat</span>)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>7.</b> Rebirth (<span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rudra Avatara</span>)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>8.</b> A Tale of
Paurnami (<span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cerita Paurnami</span>)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>9.</b> Grandpa and the
Moon (<span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jangan Pandang Sang Bulan</span>)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>10.</b> An Epic Ride (<span style="color: #2b00fe;">Perang Dalam Minda</span>)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>11.</b> The Migrant
Gardener (<span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tukang Kebun Migran</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>The Origin Story </i>(notes on each story)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Biodata </i>– [<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2023/04/trans.html"><span style="color: red;">click here</span></a></span></b>]</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>The Experience</i> (interview with the transcreators)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Social Capital
Contributors</i> – [<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2023/04/capital.html"><span style="color: red;">click here</span></a></span></b>]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Please [<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/02/english.html"><span style="color: red;">click here</span></a></span></b>] for details of the
transcreation project.</span></div>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-70837356405033750482023-04-16T21:30:00.005+08:002023-05-11T09:22:50.005+08:00The Writer, the Editor, and the Transcreators<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixgifeU7cNpuxJKkQsjUcIJDHE3GdnUH7j1TcW83cTM7jn__kyvXO4NbnpOlXfNZf3O9eHkN8LBGhuqCdSNFdxdxlbBzI1bcvA8LVbw2xUeB-bpcBvAlVO_ASbvJhoixVeMZg4hFHrTVIA67JpFaSXZAu-Q2GL_FsrjQ7RNAVQGZtl1UMaEafxm6rQaw/s938/Transcreator.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="938" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixgifeU7cNpuxJKkQsjUcIJDHE3GdnUH7j1TcW83cTM7jn__kyvXO4NbnpOlXfNZf3O9eHkN8LBGhuqCdSNFdxdxlbBzI1bcvA8LVbw2xUeB-bpcBvAlVO_ASbvJhoixVeMZg4hFHrTVIA67JpFaSXZAu-Q2GL_FsrjQ7RNAVQGZtl1UMaEafxm6rQaw/w400-h308/Transcreator.png" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Below are
the people involved in the transcreation process of the compilation of my
stories in English. <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/02/english.html"><span style="color: red;">Click here</span></a></span></b> for the project details.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c00000; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">The Editor</span><span style="color: #c00000; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Amir Muhammad</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> is the founder of the
book-publishing company <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://fixi.com.my/"><span style="color: red;">Buku
Fixi</span></a></span></b> and the movie-producing company <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.kumanpictures.com/"><span style="color: red;">Kuman Pictures</span></a></span></b>. He has written several
books but they are now out of print — <i>Yasmin
Ahmad’s Films</i> (2009) and <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2012/02/tentang-120-filem-melayu.html"><span style="color: red;">120 Malay Movies</span></a></span></i></b> (2010) among them.
Amir has also directed several movies,
including two documentaries that got banned in Malaysia — <i>The Last Communist</i> (2006) and <i>Village
People Radio Show</i> (2007). He believes in Universal Basic Income so that
people can spend more time doing what they like. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c00000; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">The Transcreators</span><span style="color: #c00000; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Lalita Sinha</span></b><span style="color: #252525;"> is a literary scholar, translator, and critic. During her
service with Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and Wawasan Open University,
Lalita’s works were published in Malaysia (Universiti Sains Malaysia Press,
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia), the UK
(Cambridge Scholarly Publications, Routledge, Taylor & Young), the USA
(World Wisdom Books), and Canada (Sacred Web). She received the Best Academic Publication
Award (Arts) from the Malaysian Association of Academic Publishers and the Best
Thesis Award from USM for her </span><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://eprints.usm.my/30051/1/Lalita_Sinha.pdf"><span style="color: red;">Ph.D.
research in mystical symbolism</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #252525;">. Specialising in the field of Comparative
Literature, Lalita’s works cover a range of disciplines, from mysticism and
literary translation to children’s literature. Since her retirement in 2006, Lalita
has been an active freelance translator. In 2022, in collaboration with several
local universities, she completed a UNESCO-funded project, <i>Kids of Malaysia Initiative for Covid-19 Stories</i> (KOMICS). Lalita
continues to publish academic articles and has also ventured into creative
writing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc;">Nanthini Muniapan</span></b><span style="background: white;"> is a seasoned IT professional with over
13 years of experience in the industry. She is a graduate of Computer Science
from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), and has a Master’s Degree in Business
Administration from the Unitar International University. Apart from her
technical expertise, Nanthini is also an avid reader. She has a keen interest
in Indian mythology and folklore, and has been reading and studying these
stories for many years. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Pragalath Kumar @ K. Pragalath</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> is a writer who works as an editor
at a Malaysian news website, <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://harapandaily.com/author/k-pragalath/"><span style="color: red;">Harapan
Daily</span></a></span></i></b>. Previously he was a journalist with several
news portals including <i>Malaysiakini</i>, <i>Free Malaysia Today</i>, <i>Berita Daily,</i> and <i>The Leaders Online</i>. Pragalath is also involved in digital
marketing, especially content marketing, for a variety of sectors through
Elyown Solutions & Consulting. He has also been involved in fiction writing
and has authored <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2019/10/bioprag.html"><span style="color: red;">two short stories</span></a></span></b> in Bahasa Malaysia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Roshini Muniam</span></b> is a first-class B. Ed. TESL
(Hons) graduate from Universiti Selangor (UNiSEL) and has a Masters in English
Language Studies from Universiti Malaya (UM). Trained as a graduate English
Language teacher, she has a unique 13-year experience in language teaching and
training, leadership, and entrepreneurship. Currently, she is a lecturer at the
University of Technology Sarawak (UTS) in Sibu. She is also a HRD-Corp certified
corporate trainer and a language consultant for affiliated private and
government bodies. Born in Muar, Johor and raised in Banting, Selangor, Roshini
experienced growing up in a multi-racial, rural community. Her passion revolves
around community service and volunteerism, and she advocates bridging the
urban-rural gap in education. In 2021, she was awarded the Community Role Model
Award for her involvement in community development. Roshini believes that
everyone has a story to tell and translation allows these stories to travel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c00000; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Writer<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Uthaya Sankar SB</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> is arguably the <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://rohini.substack.com/p/the-most-hated-malaysian-writer"><span style="color: red;">most hated Malaysian writer</span></a></span></b>. </span>He
is hated for his courage, outspokenness, wits, and guts; loathed for openly
writing and <span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">criticizing</span> on topics deemed too sensitive and a taboo in Malaysia.
Uthaya was born in Taiping, Perak in 1972. He completed his bachelor’s and
master’s degree in Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. Uthaya has been a prolific
writer in <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2010/03/bahasa-malaysia.html"><span style="color: red;">Bahasa Malaysia</span></a></span></b> since 1992 and some of
his writings have been translated into English, Tamil, Mandarin, and German. <span lang="EN-US">He is the author of over twenty
books and <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.pen-international.org/news/malaysia-arrest-of-writer-highlights-limited-protections-for-free-expression-on-matters-of-religion"><span style="color: red;">has written extensively</span></a></span></b> on topics
including language, culture, literature, politics, and religion. </span>In
1999, Uthaya founded Kavyan Writers Group and since 2009, he has been a
columnist for various online news portals. <span lang="EN-US">With numerous literary awards under his belt, Uthaya has also been
presented the <i>Ambassador for Peace Award</i>
by the Universal Peace Federation in 2008. In 2023, The Hindusthan Art &
Music Society (India) conferred him the <i>Saraswati
Samman Award</i>. </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">In
April 2022, Uthaya was arrested by the police from Bukit Aman and he spent a night
in the lock up for <b><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2022/05/blasphemy.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad</span></a></b>. </span>Uthaya lives i</span><span style="font-family: arial;">n Shah Alam, Selangor and enjoys being a
full-time activist, researcher, writer, and publisher.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<span lang="EN-US"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These are the people
involved in the transcreation process of the compilation of my stories in
English. <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/02/english.html"><span style="color: red;">Click here</span></a></span></b> for the project details.</span></div></span>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-78142643755747480532023-04-06T08:00:00.074+08:002023-06-16T07:09:59.839+08:00Social Capital Contributors for The Painted Cat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPa4nxYe_il2drgtSxqPnkqq9O7ilfumhqml1HsOLUo7asdefnXZoG6t5C6UC7m3C6av2XnHzgaS9EGsJTY9N8szMRp_oMpkLVCKGPyiaxlHB22do1P9VdS1M23nH8yBD2A_sCz8AV-dXl3bM4twQ1bwzXRyAm3BAe7y9nOqZhm3ekRbyQY9BboMn_hA/s756/Indian%20Crab.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="756" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPa4nxYe_il2drgtSxqPnkqq9O7ilfumhqml1HsOLUo7asdefnXZoG6t5C6UC7m3C6av2XnHzgaS9EGsJTY9N8szMRp_oMpkLVCKGPyiaxlHB22do1P9VdS1M23nH8yBD2A_sCz8AV-dXl3bM4twQ1bwzXRyAm3BAe7y9nOqZhm3ekRbyQY9BboMn_hA/w400-h400/Indian%20Crab.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">I am happy to be surrounded by crabs. Oh! Not from
the cliché “Indian Crab”
story. No, no, no. The “crabs” around me are <b>social capital contributors</b>. They
are wonderful souls. They are helpful. They support me to reach the moon.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Friends and family members have come forward </span><span style="font-family: arial;">to assist in the publication of a collection of my
short stories in English. Please </span><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2023/02/english.html" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><b>click
here</b></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"> for details about the transcreation project.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlwIcaVzHrx9X6KWTbUdJfeG0mcYGmp_R6Kz0AQQcVQPUGxxFXJQTe0e4mvNdID1bjfjjeBI3uEhNRcrmKmyBvKKmtDllRCc8qlMrmq-t1oXWZQcsmeZxn9DPCsACJkBP48c0BPDWcc2boO53UKGBOP_5nDFGLiwgZuUtoOdcF9QK7pGP7I8_GFMKow/s1890/Target%20Social%20Capital%20Support.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1890" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlwIcaVzHrx9X6KWTbUdJfeG0mcYGmp_R6Kz0AQQcVQPUGxxFXJQTe0e4mvNdID1bjfjjeBI3uEhNRcrmKmyBvKKmtDllRCc8qlMrmq-t1oXWZQcsmeZxn9DPCsACJkBP48c0BPDWcc2boO53UKGBOP_5nDFGLiwgZuUtoOdcF9QK7pGP7I8_GFMKow/w400-h320/Target%20Social%20Capital%20Support.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
</span><p></p>
<p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1.
S.G. (Butterworth, Penang)</span></p>
<p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2.
Murali Mohan (Pasir Gudang, Johor)</span></p>
<p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3.
Veeraselvam Kuttiappan (Puchong, Selangor)</span></p>
<p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4.
Sasitharan SG (Ayer Itam, Penang)</span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">5. F.H. (Shah Alam, Selangor)</span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>6. </span><span style="text-align: left;">Zaheer Zechariah (Bukit Jelutong, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">7. Anuradha Chelliah (Banting, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">8. Dr. Arun Tharma Iswara (Sydney, Australia)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">9. Prabhawathy Govindarajoo (Shah Alam, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">10. Devishi Prabha Sankari (Shah Alam, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">11. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Saravanan Selanduray
(Puchong, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">12. M. Mahendran (Bentong, Pahang)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">13. Subramaniam Raman (Lunas, Kedah)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">14. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Gunaseelan Kumar
(Bahau, Negeri Sembilan)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">15. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Chandran Krishnan
(Simpang Ampat, Penang)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">16. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Hanusuya Gunasegran
(Seremban 2, Negeri Sembilan)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">17. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Prem Kanna a/l Dorairaj (Rawang, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">18. Dr. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Lalita Sinha (Simpang Ampat, Penang)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">19. RPR (Shah Alam, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">20. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Haritha Mukhan (Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">21. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Anthony Louis
(Andernach, Germany)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">22. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Gopala Krishnan a/l Sekharan Nair (Tasek Gelugor,
Penang)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">23. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Dr. Swagata Sinha Roy (Kajang, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">24. Dr. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Ann Lee (Kuala Lumpur)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">25. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Daphne Lee Mei-lin (Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">26. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">AK (Segamat, Johor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">27. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Mahadevy (Bayan Lepas, Penang)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">28. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Nalina Devi Applanaidu (Sungai Petani, Kedah)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span style="text-align: left;">29. </span></span></span><span style="text-align: left;">PS Lim (Petaling Jaya, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">30. SK (Puchong, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">31. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">M. Mahesvaran @ Mad Sentul (Kapar, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">32. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Dr. Shyamala Dhoraisingam (Subang Jaya, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">33. </span><span style="text-align: left;">Tharma Iswara Subramaniam (Subang Jaya, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">34. NG (Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">35. Sivasankar Narayanan (Setia Alam, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">36. Lalitha Subramaniam (Setia Alam, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">37. Krishnu Sanker Sivasankar (Setia Alam, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">38. Harveen Sankar Sivasankar (Setia Alam, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">
39. Kuhan Sankar
Sivasankar (Setia Alam, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">40. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Priya Kulasagaran @
Priya K (Petaling Jaya, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">41. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Sivapalan Selvadurai
(Kajang, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">42. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Martin Prasad
Vengadesan (Kuala Lumpur)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">43. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Susan Loone (Jelutong, Penang)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">44. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">EC (Kota Kemuning,
Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">45. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Alexandar Anthony
Dars (Ipoh, Perak)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">46. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">VK Ezhilarasi a/p
Velautham (Cheras, Kuala Lumpur)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">47. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Saras Manickam
(Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">48. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Tan Gim Ean (Kampung Kerinchi, Kuala Lumpur)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">49. NM (Port Klang, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">50. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Devan Ramakrisnan
(Kulai, Johor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">51. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Balamoorthy Perumal
(Ampang, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">52. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Luqman Mohd Hata (Rawang, Selangor)</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
</span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">53. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Malini Lakshmi Bai
(Cheras, Kuala Lumpur)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">54. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Thanusya
Shanmuganathan (Petaling Jaya, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">55. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Kughan Nadarajah
(Quebec, Canada)</span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This
name list <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-MY">will</span></span></span>
be updated until <span style="color: #0d0def;"><b>15 June 2023</b></span>.
The social capital contributors’ names <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-MY">shall</span></span></span>
also be listed in the book. I thank each and every contributor for
making it possible to publish <a href="http://bukuthaya.blogspot.com/2018/11/1811.html"><span style="color: red;"><b>my
books</b></span></a>.</span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQYWGKR89Fy14hg56pTMDcoiXHryTwCVTd_7EOdjO_9ZeXQMyXllxNUJ8zQSScGJFTLQn76DxSIkMnfG7-2AC52o3Aeynr0XsnzfTLfwBOUrH1XJF8uaLP5KIbsI9ussZbeCO8b6fABRHER-QLrdyMDIJrFCw_-BuKEMUoXI9jr1MM7MIOc3TDLJ5Aw/s1134/Your%20Support.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1134" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQYWGKR89Fy14hg56pTMDcoiXHryTwCVTd_7EOdjO_9ZeXQMyXllxNUJ8zQSScGJFTLQn76DxSIkMnfG7-2AC52o3Aeynr0XsnzfTLfwBOUrH1XJF8uaLP5KIbsI9ussZbeCO8b6fABRHER-QLrdyMDIJrFCw_-BuKEMUoXI9jr1MM7MIOc3TDLJ5Aw/w200-h200/Your%20Support.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #0000cc;"><span lang="en-US"><b>Contributors
for my previous books</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en-US">
— </span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2015/05/modal.html"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">Pulau
Pendatang</span></b></span></i></span></a></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">(2015)</span></span><span style="color: black;">
</span><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">—</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);"> </span></b></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2015/09/modal.html"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">Nari!
Nari!</span></b></span></i></span></a></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">(2015)</span></span><span style="color: black;">
</span><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">—</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);"> </span></b></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2016/10/sosial.html"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">Mandala
Bicara</span></b></span></i></span></a></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">(2016)</span></span><span style="color: black;">
</span><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">—</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);"> </span></b></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2017/07/penyumbang.html"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">Ikan
Patin dan Beruang Besar</span></b></span></i></span></a></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">(2017)</span></span><span style="color: black;">
</span><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">—</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);"> </span></b></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2018/05/modal.html"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">Thirukkural
dan Megha Duta</span></b></span></i></span></a></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">(2018)</span></span><span style="color: black;">
</span><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">—</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);"> </span></b></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2019/06/rm2tk.html"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">Ramayana
dan Mahabharata</span></b></span></i></span></a></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">(2019)</span></span><span style="color: black;">
</span><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">—</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);"> </span></b></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><a href="https://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2020/01/nandri_31.html"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">Vetalam
dan Vikramaditya</span></b></span></i></span></a></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">(2020)</span></span><span style="color: black;">
</span><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">—</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);"> </span></b></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><a href="https://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2020/07/kasih.html"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">Putaria</span></b></span></i></span></a></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">(2020)</span></span><span style="color: black;">
</span><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">—
</span></b></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2021/03/bgmodal.html"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">Bhagavad
Gita</span></b></span></i></span></a></span></span><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">(2021)
</span></span><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">—</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
</span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2021/07/tkavya.html"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">Kavya
Sastra</span></b></span></i></span></a></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
(2021) </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">—</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
</span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2021/10/tksb.html"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">Suvarna
Bhumi</span></b></span></i></span></a></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
(2022) </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">—</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
</span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2022/04/dana.html"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">Khanda
Puranam</span></b></span></i></span></a></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
(2022) </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">—</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
</span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">Katha
Sarit Sagara</span></b></span></i></span></a></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
(2023) </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">—</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
</span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2023/01/nari.html"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">Nari!
Nari!</span></b></span></i></span></a></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
(2023).</span></span></span></p>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-72425490681610006162023-01-31T17:30:00.027+08:002023-03-19T22:52:52.714+08:00Senarai Penyumbang Nari! Nari! (2023)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeqxY_I5XJPPLUnpupRVUeDbUmZCQt_G70e72AOglhAMEaiMFzol69EfP-ZgJjB_EiG9k5zs6enm-99b_oMUAUL2sJId54Z1dOEgpq1ehiQlOkfTdHhsZme4OMYtZ3PWzyL_Ku3Kdy0ITXGpjYtIcYpb14rywydgyP_r9I0CyyDNu_xnAIN0F32uJ82w/s851/Komen%20Hazama.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="851" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeqxY_I5XJPPLUnpupRVUeDbUmZCQt_G70e72AOglhAMEaiMFzol69EfP-ZgJjB_EiG9k5zs6enm-99b_oMUAUL2sJId54Z1dOEgpq1ehiQlOkfTdHhsZme4OMYtZ3PWzyL_Ku3Kdy0ITXGpjYtIcYpb14rywydgyP_r9I0CyyDNu_xnAIN0F32uJ82w/w400-h150/Komen%20Hazama.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Berikut
senarai penyumbang yang membantu menjayakan projek mencetak semula buku </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2015/09/sinopsis.html"><span style="color: red;">Nari! Nari!</span></a></span></i></b><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">
</span><span style="font-family: arial;">pada tahun 2023</span><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">untuk dihadiahkan kepada perpustakaan sekolah rendah dipilih.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Anuradha
Chelliah (Banting, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Saras Manickam<span lang="EN-US"> (Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3. Jaya Murugesan (Kuala Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4. Sockalingam Murugesan (Kuala Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">5. Subathra Gunasegaran (Kuala Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">6. Dr Shanmugamani Manickam (Kuala Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">7. Dr Radha Radhakrishnan (Kuala Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">8. Dr Balasundaram Manickam (Australia)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">9. Ravi Manickam (Kuala Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10. Parames Muthukumar (Kuala Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">11. Naresh Sanchana (Kuala Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">12. Pushpa Sugumaran (Kuala Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">13. Leena Sanchana (Kuala Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">14. Kopal Subbiah (Australia)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">15. Suppammah Sadayan (Setia Alam, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">16. Sivasankar Narayanan (Setia Alam, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">17. Lalitha Subramaniam (Setia Alam, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">18. Krishnu Sanker Sivasankar (Setia Alam, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">19. Harveen Sankar Sivasankar (Setia Alam, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">20. Kuhan Sankar Sivasankar (Setia Alam, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">21. Prabhawathy Govindarajoo (Shah Alam, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">22. Devishi Prabha Sankari (Shah Alam, Selangor)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">23. EC (Kota Kemuning, Selangor)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">24. M. Mahendran (Bentong, Pahang)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">25. Dr. Lalita Sinha (Simpang Ampat, Pulau Pinang)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">26. Sivabarathi Munikanan (Puchong, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">27. Fadzilah Din (Batu Caves, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
28. Aathan Natchenthan Murali (Pusing, Perak)</span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">29. Koh Yok Hwa (Kepong, Kuala Lumpur)</span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">30. Sasitharan SG (Ayer Itam, Pulau Pinang)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
31. Selvarajah Murugesan @ MuPa. Selva (Jenjarom, Selangor)</span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">32. Saravanan Selanduray (Puchong, Selangor)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">33. VK Ezhilarasi a/p Velautham @ Krishnan (Cheras, Kuala Lumpur)</span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">34. Prem Kanna a/l Dorairaj (Rawang, Selangor)</span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">35. Halini Paramanathan (Kepong, Kuala Lumpur)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">36. Dr. Lai Choy (Kepong, Kuala Lumpur)</span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">37. Gopala Krishnan a/l Sekharan Nair (Tasek Gelugor, Pulau Pinang)</span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">38. Malini Lakshmi Bai (Cheras, Kuala Lumpur)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">39. <span lang="EN-US">Komathi a/p Doraisamy
(Puchong, Selangor)</span></span></p>
<span lang="EN-US"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nama para penyumbang
sehingga </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #0000cc;">28
Februari 2023</span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> sahaja sempat dimasukkan dalam buku. Sila [</span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2023/01/nari.html"><span style="color: red;">klik
di sini</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: arial;">] untuk maklumat projek ini.</span></div></span>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-54450053812364460672022-11-30T21:30:00.024+08:002023-01-04T18:03:10.604+08:00Indian R18 Folklore “Kathasaritsagara” in Bahasa Malaysia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1eXiGl-5HpFcVMIP8tKYQdfRBh5wEp-9fnpMJ4_I77nOwxAAWBrM9yVekSTObV_oX01B0fUd0iuyfzGZqWc4bZ3vdGBCb-pMMC6B0I0c2pTzimZQzIHoby0ZP5ZT6rwO-Z_DvBmguCTR8W0n9V56qp1clzHHxtlt8sd6jmq_M59mlk4-B4fF_VvSqg/s873/Focus%20Malaysia%20221129.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="873" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1eXiGl-5HpFcVMIP8tKYQdfRBh5wEp-9fnpMJ4_I77nOwxAAWBrM9yVekSTObV_oX01B0fUd0iuyfzGZqWc4bZ3vdGBCb-pMMC6B0I0c2pTzimZQzIHoby0ZP5ZT6rwO-Z_DvBmguCTR8W0n9V56qp1clzHHxtlt8sd6jmq_M59mlk4-B4fF_VvSqg/w400-h268/Focus%20Malaysia%20221129.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PROLIFIC and sometimes controversial local writer </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2018/08/biouth.html"><span style="color: red;">Uthaya Sankar SB</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> who found himself at odds with the
authorities for allegedly posting a <i>Facebook</i>
status deemed insulting Prophet Muhammad in April 2022 — </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/04/lokap.html"><span style="color: red;">details here</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> — has not allowed his awful experience
to deter him from sharing the richness of Indian literature with local audience
in </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2022/11/wujud.html"><span style="color: red;">Bahasa Malaysia</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Even following his detention by the police from Bukit Aman on 11 April
2022 and having to spend a night at the Dang Wangi lock-up, Uthaya has decided
to work his way to retell the </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">Kathasaritsagara </span></em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">by
Somadeva which was originally written in Sanskrit to Bahasa Malaysia for
matured audience.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">The </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">Kathasaritsagara</span></em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">
was first translated into English by </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Charles
Henry Tawney</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> and published in two volumes as </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">The Katha Sarit Sagara</span></em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">or</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">Ocean of the Streams of Story</span></em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> (1880-1884).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">It was further refined by </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Norman
Mosley Penzer</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> and published as </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">The
Ocean of Story</span></em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> (1924-1928) in ten volumes. There are also
numerous translations and retellings in English and other regional languages in
India.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Tales from the
Kathasaritsagara</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> (2019) by <b><a href="https://www.rohinichowdhury.com/"><span style="color: red;">Rohini Chowdhury</span></a></b>, <i>The
Kathasaritsagara of Somadeva</i> (2020) by <b>Meena Arora Nayak</b>, and <i>A Treasury of Tales from the Kathasaritsagara</i>
(2019) by <b>Jayashree Bhat</b> are among the recent retellings targetted for children
and teenagers.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">When he was studying in the Universiti Malaya in 1993, Uthaya was
mesmerised by </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">The
Ocean of Story</span></em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> which he spent weeks reading in the confinement
of the library.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">“The original text is very long and consists of 124 </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">tarangas</span></em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> (chapters)
written in 18 </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">lambhakas</span></em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> (sections).
I decided to concentrate on the first five </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">lambhakas</span></em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> or the first 26 t</span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">arangas</span></em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">,” shared
Uthaya who has been a prominent and controversial figure in the local literary
scene since 1992.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">His previous retelling of the Indian classics includes </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">Thirukkural dan Megha
Duta </span></em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">(2018), </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">Ramayana
dan Mahabharata</span></em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> (2019), </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">Vethalam
dan Vikramaditya</span></em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> (2020), </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">Bhagavad
Gita</span></em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> (2021) and </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">Khanda
Puranam</span></em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> (2022). [</span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://bukuthaya.blogspot.com/2018/11/1811.html"><span style="color: red;">complete
list</span></a></span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">]</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Despite the objections from certain groups of Hindu and Tamil
language fanatics who were dead set against the idea of sacred Hindu texts
being published in Bahasa Malaysia, Uthaya’s retelling of the </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2021/03/bgeng.html"><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bhagavad Gita</span><span style="border: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none;"> </span></span></a></span></b></em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">in
2021 was a big hit among the multi-racial and multi-religious Malaysian
community.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">“The initial 1,000 copies were sold out within two weeks, and I had
to reprint an additional 500 copies to cater for the demand,” revealed Uthaya
who doesn’t shy away from thanking his haters for creating a buzz for his
books.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">While his “</span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2022/05/blasphemy.html"><span style="color: red;">hina nabi</span></a></span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">” case is still being investigated under Section 298A of the Penal
Code and Section 233 of the Multimedia and Communications Act, Uthaya said he
continues to courageously speak his mind on various issues through his
writings.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Nevertheless, he cautions the public that his latest book is not
suitable for children since there are many mature elements in the
stories. “Let this collection of Indian folklores be solely for the adults
to enjoy,” he said cheekily.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Uthaya’s </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Katha Sarit Sagara</span><span style="border: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none;"> </span></span></a></span></b></em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">is scheduled for
release in January 2023 and can be purchased [</span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://bukuthaya.blogspot.com/2018/11/1811.html"><span style="color: red;">here</span></a></span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">].</span></p>
<span style="color: #0000cc;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(Published
in <i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://focusmalaysia.my/uthaya-retells-indian-r18-folklore-kathasaritsagara-in-bahasa-malaysia/"><span style="color: red;">Focus Malaysia</span></a></span></i> on 29 November 2022)</span></div></span>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-33157258330784762092022-11-29T22:30:00.003+08:002022-12-08T11:31:42.866+08:00Memperjuangkan Bahasa Malaysia yang “Tidak Wujud”<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKH-JfRNMCJV0sNNXNvajQHIjN3WXbJSe9xSzqxsW7TTXqu-alcK6RUizAV1WFM7qqSaFj7Toe_jvDWfC2HcZeN35cVCqIEhL2KFBoOaOugxXCizAeBW-iwo-jOymut5w5-HDTHt-JlIQa_BjWIVS0oibgsKngD4yrfR3hGLIjfZKUmHCwIsNfqeEbg/s1010/Bahasa%20Tidak%20Wujud%20Wacana.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="901" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKH-JfRNMCJV0sNNXNvajQHIjN3WXbJSe9xSzqxsW7TTXqu-alcK6RUizAV1WFM7qqSaFj7Toe_jvDWfC2HcZeN35cVCqIEhL2KFBoOaOugxXCizAeBW-iwo-jOymut5w5-HDTHt-JlIQa_BjWIVS0oibgsKngD4yrfR3hGLIjfZKUmHCwIsNfqeEbg/w356-h400/Bahasa%20Tidak%20Wujud%20Wacana.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sesungguhnya
projek buku </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red;">Katha Sarit Sagara</span></a></span></i></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> yang saya usahakan antara
lain bertujuan mengangkat martabat Bahasa Malaysia sebagai bahasa ilmu, bahasa
kebangsaan, dan bahasa perpaduan. Sama juga seperti setiap hasil tulisan saya
sejak tahun 1992.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sesungguhnya
juga, setiap kali saya menggunakan istilah “Bahasa Malaysia”, pasti ada pihak mengetap
gigi dengan penuh rasa benci. Kononnya, istilah “Bahasa Malaysia” tidak wujud
dan tidak boleh digunakan.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Puak berkenaan
sebenarnya buta sejarah. Maklumat terperinci — berserta bukti — mengenai kewujudan
istilah “Bahasa Malaysia” bolehlah dibaca dalam <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2021/05/tesis.html"><span style="color: red;">Kavya
Sastra</span></a></span></i></b> (2021) iaitu buku yang diterbitkan daripada
disertasi (tesis) ijazah sarjana sastera (M.A.) saya.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Beberapa rencana
dalam <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2021/07/esei22.html"><span style="color: red;">Suvarna Bhumi</span></a></span></i></b> (2022) juga boleh membantu membuka
minda serta mendedahkan kebenaran yang cuba dinafikan dan disembunyikan puak
tertentu.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7G_4B3sQPzMrcRMGEJW-38n2LTEOswB0q7YINn0hjusfU3yg_fbPUmbXodDthkCcEYjUoUeIKwwzJkSeQ0xpP5f2L3bGBGU_rYQGTwNTSdMoxeNOVX-d8R54dhlaZA1vRm8dayUao4O3Otq3PcVcYNJ17R84lHKWTfIJYqMu4UjtzMGZ797piCNApw/s892/Wacana%20Tunku.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="837" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7G_4B3sQPzMrcRMGEJW-38n2LTEOswB0q7YINn0hjusfU3yg_fbPUmbXodDthkCcEYjUoUeIKwwzJkSeQ0xpP5f2L3bGBGU_rYQGTwNTSdMoxeNOVX-d8R54dhlaZA1vRm8dayUao4O3Otq3PcVcYNJ17R84lHKWTfIJYqMu4UjtzMGZ797piCNApw/w375-h400/Wacana%20Tunku.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Istilah “Bahasa
Malaysia” terpakai sejak tahun 1960-an, iaitu sebelum digunakan secara rasmi mulai
tahun 1970. Pada 21 Oktober 1966, Perdana Menteri <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Tunku Abdul Rahman</span></b> mengusulkan
supaya sebutan “Bahasa Malaysia” digunakan. Inilah Bahasa Malaysia yang saya
gunakan sejak lahir.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Akhbar <i>Utusan Malaysia</i> (8 September 1973)
melaporkan: “Kerajaan tidak akan berganjak dengan keputusan menjadikan Bahasa
Malaysia bahasa pengantar sepenuhnya di semua sekolah dalam [mulai] 1982, tegas
Pemangku Perdana Menteri, Tun Hussein Onn.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8FG_ugHgWOZzf39CVlvk8GqNond5dZtT9UFGmqdDLqQEw3T6AIFph63BeGncVpmYs_w1jhn9yLxBuVT8YjGFgVy17m6CEvJTKh6xSNNrRUpYJTbEIeEaayOiIIOok4AC7boo0hfG00mtO1Jcg1LE78J0rzXle1tJFrqZCdhKNwzN_HFtoq35vlZ2GZw/s788/Wacana%20Utusan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8FG_ugHgWOZzf39CVlvk8GqNond5dZtT9UFGmqdDLqQEw3T6AIFph63BeGncVpmYs_w1jhn9yLxBuVT8YjGFgVy17m6CEvJTKh6xSNNrRUpYJTbEIeEaayOiIIOok4AC7boo0hfG00mtO1Jcg1LE78J0rzXle1tJFrqZCdhKNwzN_HFtoq35vlZ2GZw/w381-h400/Wacana%20Utusan.jpg" width="381" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Pada tahun
1999, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) pernah cuba menafikan hak saya menggunakan
istilah “Bahasa Malaysia”. Pengalaman perjuangan awal saya menegakkan hak boleh
dibaca dalam tulisan bertajuk “<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-right-to-use-bahasa-malaysia.html"><span style="color: red;">My Right to Use Bahasa Malaysia</span></a></span></b>” di
akhbar <i>New Straits Times</i> (3 November
1999).</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sepertimana
kata Sasterawan Negara Datuk <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">A. Samad Said</span></b>: “Saya dapati bahawasanya Uthaya
sememangnya suara yang melawan; bukan suara yang menurut. Bagi saya, lawannya
itu adalah waras” (<b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2015/10/malaiur.html"><span style="color: red;">Malaiur Manikam</span></a></span></i></b>, 2015).</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Semasa
meneliti dokumen lama dalam simpanan, saya terjumpa satu surat saya yang
tersiar di majalah <i>Pelita Bahasa</i> (Mac
1992) terbitan DBP di mana saya menulis: “Saya ingin tahu akan perbezaan di
antara istilah ‘bahasa Melayu’ dan ‘Bahasa Malaysia’.”</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Petikan
jawapan yang diterima: “Tidak ada apa-apa perbezaan antara bahasa Melayu dan
Bahasa Malaysia; perbezaan hanyalah pada nama sahaja.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeT4Vc3wddxcv4lG0t7eqeeGEocuSuWb-wR9e3J7NBRaiVlNQVw3MuWVtCMoHFzZhH6PZ0N7_JHJDsSKpQIh8fK0wiq2Cp4WwkF68ezh9xoMOsmO5ibW4uCh9RzzQzC968eSkCtzySYgT0D7lgIVXt5Y5UNUfOFjY8O9NYEENJ-ioTUFa49xo6ao3iQw/s960/Wacana%20Pelita%20Bahasa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeT4Vc3wddxcv4lG0t7eqeeGEocuSuWb-wR9e3J7NBRaiVlNQVw3MuWVtCMoHFzZhH6PZ0N7_JHJDsSKpQIh8fK0wiq2Cp4WwkF68ezh9xoMOsmO5ibW4uCh9RzzQzC968eSkCtzySYgT0D7lgIVXt5Y5UNUfOFjY8O9NYEENJ-ioTUFa49xo6ao3iQw/w400-h300/Wacana%20Pelita%20Bahasa.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">DBP cuba
menafikan hak saya menggunakan “Bahasa Malaysia” pada 1999. Kemudian, pada
tahun 2007, Kabinet mengumumkan keputusan menggunakan istilah “Bahasa Malaysia”.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sehingga
kini, masih ada puak yang tidak mahu menerima hakikat kewujudan istilah “Bahasa
Malaysia”. Dalam hal ini, Timbalan Pengerusi Majlis Profesor Negara (MPN), Dr. <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Kamaruddin M.
Said</span></b> turut tertanya-tanya, “Apa salahnya kita gunakan Bahasa Malaysia;
keputusan itu sudah dibuat Kabinet pada 2007” (<b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/indonesia-akan-tolak-selagi-malaysia-guna-istilah-bahasa-melayu-357992"><span style="color: red;">Astro Awani</span></a></span></i></b>, 21 April 2022).</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Dalam
situasi ini, Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Ismail Sabri Yaakob</span></b> tampil membuat suatu pengumuman
penting. Akhbar <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/05/22/malay-not-bahasa-malaysia-for-asean-use-says-pm"><span style="color: red;">The Star</span></a></span></i></b> (22 Mei 2022) memetik
beliau sebagai mengesahkan ada beza antara “Bahasa Malaysia” yang digunakan di
Malaysia dan “bahasa Melayu” yang digunakan di beberapa negara Asean.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRl3v1b5qaotgNPmFNTFxuOF49zNySMdlxDjYLvfQGI9hYZE6O1OuASee-ALbYMfcp_-VPdA_YYfxscMrqS_jpylmbzx87INNwPYSzOTXwU6HKQIss4kC7HKGoAEbV196h8azAtv240DhicpSyPYDuCdPT3SDJa1oWlP5NOiubjFOoD34LJLqf9frUgw/s882/Wacana%20Awani.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="882" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRl3v1b5qaotgNPmFNTFxuOF49zNySMdlxDjYLvfQGI9hYZE6O1OuASee-ALbYMfcp_-VPdA_YYfxscMrqS_jpylmbzx87INNwPYSzOTXwU6HKQIss4kC7HKGoAEbV196h8azAtv240DhicpSyPYDuCdPT3SDJa1oWlP5NOiubjFOoD34LJLqf9frUgw/w400-h272/Wacana%20Awani.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Malah, beliau
menegaskan, “tidak pernah terlintas di fikiran kerajaan untuk menjadikan Bahasa
Malaysia sebagai bahasa Asean”. Sebaliknya, “hasrat yang ingin dirintis beliau (Ismail
Sabri Yaakob) ialah menjadikan bahasa Melayu yang turut diguna pakai di
beberapa negara jiran sebagai bahasa pengantar” (<b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/bukan-bahasa-malaysia-tapi-bahasa-melayu-sebagai-bahasa-pengantar-asean-pm-362536"><span style="color: red;">Astro Awani</span></a></span></i></b>, 22 Mei 2022).</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sudah terbukti
bahawa dalam keadaan sekarang, “Bahasa Malaysia” dan “bahasa Melayu” dilihat
sebagai dua bahasa atau entiti yang berlainan. Bahasa yang saya gunakan untuk
berkomunikasi — secara lisan dan bertulis — sejak lahir (1972) ialah Bahasa
Malaysia. Bahasa Malaysia jugalah yang saya gunakan dalam penulisan karya yang
terbit di pelbagai media sejak tahun 1992.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Kedudukan “Bahasa
Malaysia” kini umpama bahasa Paisachi yang digunakan oleh Gunadhya untuk
mengarang teks <i>Brihat Katha </i>tetapi
tidak diiktiraf dan diperakukan oleh Raja <a name="_Hlk115289470">Satavahana</a>
yang angkuh dan narsisistik. Huraian lanjut kisah ini bolehlah dibaca dalam
buku <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red;">Katha Sarit Sagara</span></a></span></i></b>.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSGvE-X-xgV-I4Lfw_35pcapk5PPpsZaR6RSUrGMR8rSEDOAEM-ET3gN_vTdoRBmLMH_6eoe0_KdhqcmfOkC0bqOuGYjcf517wamm8jFakFC7MXu_sKamt0aL_DeoZgpEvIR9BvP4Uflc_qVMh_XmNyzu1laCplWs5FbLLvTacv3G385xgs3dGzQA7w/s1280/Harapan%20Reaksi1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSGvE-X-xgV-I4Lfw_35pcapk5PPpsZaR6RSUrGMR8rSEDOAEM-ET3gN_vTdoRBmLMH_6eoe0_KdhqcmfOkC0bqOuGYjcf517wamm8jFakFC7MXu_sKamt0aL_DeoZgpEvIR9BvP4Uflc_qVMh_XmNyzu1laCplWs5FbLLvTacv3G385xgs3dGzQA7w/w400-h266/Harapan%20Reaksi1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Walau
bagaimanapun, harap maklum bahawa “Bahasa Malaysia” benar-benar wujud, walaupun
DBP dan beberapa puak lain sentiasa berusaha menafikan hakikat ini. Tindakan
DBP dalam perkara ini tidaklah menghairankan kerana sebagai sebuah badan bahasa
yang rasis, fasis, hipokrit, etnosentrik, dan subversif, DBP turut menafikan hak
umat Bukan Islam menggunakan istilah “<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2021/04/dbp.html"><span style="color: red;">Tuhan</span></a></span></b>” (<i>Suvarna Bhumi</i>, 2022).</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sementara
DBP dan sesiapa sahaja terus melalak dan melaungkan slogan “bahasa Melayu”, biarlah
saya meneruskan agenda dan perjuangan memartabatkan Bahasa Malaysia.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">DBP tidak berhak
mengawal atau menghalang saya menerusi mana-mana akta kerana penulisan saya
tidak tertakluk dalam lingkungan “bahasa Melayu” yang merupakan bidang
kuasanya. Saya menggunakan Bahasa Malaysia yang “tidak wujud”.</span></span></p>
<span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0000cc;">[Uthaya
Sankar SB adalah penulis dan pejuang </span><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2010/03/bahasa-malaysia.html"><span style="color: red;">Bahasa Malaysia</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;">. Rencana ini dipetik dan diubah suai daripada
bahagian “Prakata” buku</span> <b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red;">Katha Sarit Sagara</span></a></span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="color: #0000cc;">(2023) untuk siaran</span> <i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://wacanapemikir.org/2022/11/memperjuankan-bahasa-malaysia-yang-tidak-wujud/"><span style="color: red;">Wacana Pemikir</span></a></span></i> <span style="color: #0000cc;">pada
28 November 2022.]</span></div></span>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-45007680757754306492022-11-26T21:00:00.012+08:002022-12-02T11:35:58.523+08:00Pengantar — Katha Sarit Sagara<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xasA_eKnNJEuyygmicCU9QvMh_fYZKm_7pZtH6F3IKAgJFKi8d_-N6ZJNHEOYbPxVsVd32FTKSNVxGX9_Hmso3szIgtK1WKdTF6fk5U5HxqDTIapg4tTGBNrYsWGhpR5FB6UpHd7khVgSziatPAkEweeV46R9A1ng0wAGUgS3B8NKGDIBMF4irgYFw/s751/Pengantar%20Logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="751" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xasA_eKnNJEuyygmicCU9QvMh_fYZKm_7pZtH6F3IKAgJFKi8d_-N6ZJNHEOYbPxVsVd32FTKSNVxGX9_Hmso3szIgtK1WKdTF6fk5U5HxqDTIapg4tTGBNrYsWGhpR5FB6UpHd7khVgSziatPAkEweeV46R9A1ng0wAGUgS3B8NKGDIBMF4irgYFw/w400-h306/Pengantar%20Logo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bahagian “Pengantar”
buku </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red;">Katha Sarit Sagara</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> memuatkan pandangan individu
berikut yang sudah biasa membaca karya saya, khususnya Siri Karya Klasik India:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 26.05pt 0.0001pt 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7TfdIKpaFCM4GHtbC7tu6akfq8FHW9faxD02ekOSpbXfN_QpN0XT0DU2UBmV-nVZS_CcSjGOqu8NJ6idWrt-Rg7b3fybrXTWzolNtdnimPJNNKbtnQ2Kq1Cj4oaerWoRPZ9hlviWFnkW8mXKddiZ_Jr_aO4l78Mgtq4E3ezCXhKhHamSlR608ZhpOhg/s960/Pengantar%20Anuradha1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7TfdIKpaFCM4GHtbC7tu6akfq8FHW9faxD02ekOSpbXfN_QpN0XT0DU2UBmV-nVZS_CcSjGOqu8NJ6idWrt-Rg7b3fybrXTWzolNtdnimPJNNKbtnQ2Kq1Cj4oaerWoRPZ9hlviWFnkW8mXKddiZ_Jr_aO4l78Mgtq4E3ezCXhKhHamSlR608ZhpOhg/s320/Pengantar%20Anuradha1.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 26.05pt 0.0001pt 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1.<b> <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2018/10/bioanu.html"><span style="color: red;">Anuradha Chelliah</span></a></span> – </b>Banting, Selangor<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 26.05pt 0.0001pt 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 26.05pt 0.0001pt 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ2SJscmz2kTkplwLDzZo_QVW95BhnHsrE4mudrlUrp8-3cBDpm6YLBacfdBoaeeLBv-AyyplfB9Bnk4bMiNwD8EevS9Q4hmyb7G6ya0A6UVdAt756vroa61Gx-03gL-8ia_OiYxgVtv4TlFCKJNu-Umv6Ox-g2qM1WXIL5bV4o8xEx3CAcwppSzE9Pg/s960/Pengantar%20Malini1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ2SJscmz2kTkplwLDzZo_QVW95BhnHsrE4mudrlUrp8-3cBDpm6YLBacfdBoaeeLBv-AyyplfB9Bnk4bMiNwD8EevS9Q4hmyb7G6ya0A6UVdAt756vroa61Gx-03gL-8ia_OiYxgVtv4TlFCKJNu-Umv6Ox-g2qM1WXIL5bV4o8xEx3CAcwppSzE9Pg/s320/Pengantar%20Malini1.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 26.05pt 0.0001pt 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">2.<b> <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2021/07/biomal.html"><span style="color: red;">Malini Lakshmi Bai</span></a></span></b> <b>–</b> Cheras, Kuala Lumpur<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 26.05pt 0.0001pt 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 26.05pt 0.0001pt 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyy_ILP09jFUxNnQ4W5pXOGs4AEEFdIWUH0GYVx7mwgN1lCvvXRCNB3A89twCLkmEo6CrkIezkCx81YmoJSuXH6mAwDxiIW3qSvirLjzC4IczjNQfb5CLy_Cq7X_u86k9cSVbTPV-L6wwnmrMgcSYmV8Jl6YlZuNhNy5CfdTJrfH_RG6jTZOUkAepDw/s960/Pengantar%20Sakthi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyy_ILP09jFUxNnQ4W5pXOGs4AEEFdIWUH0GYVx7mwgN1lCvvXRCNB3A89twCLkmEo6CrkIezkCx81YmoJSuXH6mAwDxiIW3qSvirLjzC4IczjNQfb5CLy_Cq7X_u86k9cSVbTPV-L6wwnmrMgcSYmV8Jl6YlZuNhNy5CfdTJrfH_RG6jTZOUkAepDw/s320/Pengantar%20Sakthi.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 26.05pt 0.0001pt 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">3.<b> Sakthi Pajalinggam – </b>Taiping, Perak<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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KualaLumpur<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 26.05pt 0.0001pt 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 26.05pt 0.0001pt 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNIiCcgcsw3SjbF8NSlpmF2Z-hJG2IxtyWL1EMRXqQceh6u4_gD1Xoy3dX1eL76cmNUysHCiI3tTUkOE2YgqKaajFO-7VSwJeKfel5ngz-njg188vTYqpZ3VDjJMurRY4js9xNHvPWqxjvxSKgmo_cC577ZDcsQN3ieG56QG_JQUsRQpbTiIYTjzyUQ/s960/Pengantar%20Rizol.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNIiCcgcsw3SjbF8NSlpmF2Z-hJG2IxtyWL1EMRXqQceh6u4_gD1Xoy3dX1eL76cmNUysHCiI3tTUkOE2YgqKaajFO-7VSwJeKfel5ngz-njg188vTYqpZ3VDjJMurRY4js9xNHvPWqxjvxSKgmo_cC577ZDcsQN3ieG56QG_JQUsRQpbTiIYTjzyUQ/s320/Pengantar%20Rizol.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 26.05pt 0.0001pt 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white;">5.<b> Rizol
Md Ariff</b> </span><b><span lang="EN-US">–</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">Balik
Pulau, Pulau Pinang<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 26.05pt 0.0001pt 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 26.05pt 0.0001pt 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxW-CahJ_nq99gToaUa0f3wjv_dLp5O7lNKwRJKEbieRMWzr0kThsB-kOyeGDj5dhd2oBPs5M3EvAzD_d_-T9pqO_dzsXDdYe8cATRUDxum3MRwlrjRqfZvka7EY0xJn2mKPLPoet5GyyF3oOf3SzvpgHRhqFHTMudnn0JF1Xm-zXLSw9Ql8AqcT0E1w/s960/Pengantar%20Tangaprabu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxW-CahJ_nq99gToaUa0f3wjv_dLp5O7lNKwRJKEbieRMWzr0kThsB-kOyeGDj5dhd2oBPs5M3EvAzD_d_-T9pqO_dzsXDdYe8cATRUDxum3MRwlrjRqfZvka7EY0xJn2mKPLPoet5GyyF3oOf3SzvpgHRhqFHTMudnn0JF1Xm-zXLSw9Ql8AqcT0E1w/s320/Pengantar%20Tangaprabu.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 26.05pt 0.0001pt 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">6.<b> Tangaprabu Murthy – </b>Taiping, Perak<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 26.05pt 0.0001pt 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 26.05pt 0.0001pt 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_k6njVvIFwPpMampsYN2vX8EyK8ZNhxhq9Dn0zUllwDObnvkJ5fwxPjqe4gl2wBZlo9FMjkIWV25zC0WwCHuKB5eZxwgnIDHyhIjJ-qi142WZNpjydq_DMPMGaYppVQFj6-_2Js9_DwRyUSSjtg0EMGdcU4h1vJga4yMCDVYpiqyScNFXyPRlhTdyuA/s960/Pengantar%20Nagendra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_k6njVvIFwPpMampsYN2vX8EyK8ZNhxhq9Dn0zUllwDObnvkJ5fwxPjqe4gl2wBZlo9FMjkIWV25zC0WwCHuKB5eZxwgnIDHyhIjJ-qi142WZNpjydq_DMPMGaYppVQFj6-_2Js9_DwRyUSSjtg0EMGdcU4h1vJga4yMCDVYpiqyScNFXyPRlhTdyuA/s320/Pengantar%20Nagendra.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 26.05pt 0.0001pt 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">7.<b> Nagendra Kumar a/l
S. Sugumaran </b><b><span lang="EN-US">–</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b>Rawang, Selangor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; font-family: georgia;">Baca
juga</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; font-family: georgia;"> — [<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2022/10/kandungan.html"><span style="color: red;">Kandungan Buku</span></a></span></b>] — [<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red;">Senarai Penyumbang</span></a></span></b>] — [<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2022/11/harap.html"><span style="color: red;">Harapan Penyumbang</span></a></span></b>] — [<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2022/10/kulit.html"><span style="color: red;">Reaksi Kulit Buku</span></a></span></b>]</span></p>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-8226269174706546212022-11-22T00:30:00.007+08:002022-11-24T16:45:40.815+08:00Harapan Penyumbang <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE00K4lgi0l8qY6w6-ya1udydrypHzTBCa5X0Ay6J5RZCXvAtFDmuv0e19OWQGyxzvNnS8dyZj2JPjtLU2MHg_KNGZKP3Q_DF59hblML_imBsoSXa-ioH038h9IJNkDQkmJgMlB6Ve__BogWyyY6i1ThKD4yUm00-QOCxZyxw8Fpvw_BIr5MxdJgd6kg/s960/Anda%20Kecewa5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE00K4lgi0l8qY6w6-ya1udydrypHzTBCa5X0Ay6J5RZCXvAtFDmuv0e19OWQGyxzvNnS8dyZj2JPjtLU2MHg_KNGZKP3Q_DF59hblML_imBsoSXa-ioH038h9IJNkDQkmJgMlB6Ve__BogWyyY6i1ThKD4yUm00-QOCxZyxw8Fpvw_BIr5MxdJgd6kg/w400-h300/Anda%20Kecewa5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Saya
berminat untuk membaca buku <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Katha Sarit Sagara</span></a></span></i></b>
kerana saya pasti ia mengandungi pelbagai unsur unik yang tidak mungkin saya
peroleh daripada sumber lain. Karya Uthaya pasti menarik; saya menunggu untuk membaca
buku terbaharu beliau.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">– <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2019/06/bioezhil.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Vk Ezhilarasi
Velautham Krishnan</span></a></span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(Cheras, Kuala Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Saya ingin
tahu cerita dahulu kala. Tentang pemikiran dan mesej yang ingin disampaikan,
tentang cara hidup dan lingkungan mereka.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">– </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Fadzilah
Din</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(Batu Caves, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“<b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Katha Sarit Sagara</span></a></span></i></b>,
sebuah buku yang tajuknya saya tidak pernah dengar. Setiap kali Uthaya memuat
naik sedikit sebanyak maklumat mengenai perkembangan buku ini [<span style="color: #0000cc;">rujuk</span> <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KathaSaritSagara"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Twitter</span></a></span></b>
<span style="color: #0000cc;">–</span> <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/kathasaritsagara"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Facebook</span></a></span></b>
<span style="color: #0000cc;">–</span> <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/kathasaritsagara/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Instagram</span></a></span></b>],
saya akan baca dan cuba mengimaginasi kisah-kisahnya. Setiap kisah mempunyai
sesuatu yang unik dan berinspirasi untuk disampaikan. Saya rasa buku ini mampu
memikat hati saya kerana cerita-ceritanya pasti mudah difahami dan bahasa yang
digunakan juga tidak akan membebankan pembaca. <i>Katha Sarit Saraga</i> pasti menjadi pengubat kepada saya yang tidak
dapat memiliki versi asal buku ini (dalam Sanskrit). Saya menanti dengan penuh
sabar untuk memiliki dan membaca <i>Katha
Sarit Sagara</i> yang menjanjikan kekayaan ilmu, budaya, sejarah, dan kehidupan
insan pada zaman dahulu.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">– </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2018/10/bioanu.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Anuradha Chelliah</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(Banting, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“This read
could be adventurous, addictive, and an amazing work of folk literature.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">–</span><span lang="EN-US"> <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Mohd Firdaus Muthaloo</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(Lahad Datu, Sabah)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Saya
begitu teruja untuk membaca buku <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Katha Sarit Sagara</span></a> </span></i></b>kerana
warna dan reka kulit sahaja sudah cukup kreatif untuk menarik perhatian saya
[rujuk <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2022/10/kulit.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">komen kulit</span></a></span></b>].
Bukan itu sahaja, saya juga percaya bahawa hasil kandungan buku ini pasti lain
daripada yang lain.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">– </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2021/07/biomal.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Malini Lakshmi Bai</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(Cheras, Kuala
Lumpur)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Saya ingin
memiliki buku ini supaya saya boleh menunjuk-nunjuk di media sosial apabila
penulisnya menjadi Sasterawan Negara kelak.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">– </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2012/02/tentang-120-filem-melayu.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Amir Muhammad</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(Petaling Jaya, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[</span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: georgia;">Nota:</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Mustahil seorang individu seperti Uthaya
yang berani dan lantang bersuara, serta memperjuangkan “</span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2010/03/bahasa-malaysia.html"><span style="color: red;">Bahasa Malaysia</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">” dan </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2021/04/dbp.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">hak umat</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Bukan
Islam diberi pengiktirafan sedemikian rupa.]</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Saya hendak
tahu apa yang dimaksudkan dengan judul <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Katha Sarit Sagara</span></a></span></i></b>.”
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">– <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">M. Mahesvaran</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(Kapar, Selangor)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-60289324794642589772022-10-31T21:00:00.026+08:002022-11-19T19:51:06.104+08:00Reaksi Terhadap Kulit Buku<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikNGfPNdB_y5dOxCe_ljuxUZgJ-UMKjc5vOfeNxDq_aLxmvdyrcK-td3mv1QssE5Wo9lPFjs2tHG2-7VrpVjMmVdaxzDNcQWhlxPpx3OLNZ0_l9GgtrYS8Saq3DWi4yfKdUx48AZUcuND6QmQptGrB55wGVGDnwMrfc1YRZN5isJcFZqptdq9av2pJAw/s817/Kulit%20Promosi%20Old.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="817" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikNGfPNdB_y5dOxCe_ljuxUZgJ-UMKjc5vOfeNxDq_aLxmvdyrcK-td3mv1QssE5Wo9lPFjs2tHG2-7VrpVjMmVdaxzDNcQWhlxPpx3OLNZ0_l9GgtrYS8Saq3DWi4yfKdUx48AZUcuND6QmQptGrB55wGVGDnwMrfc1YRZN5isJcFZqptdq9av2pJAw/w400-h400/Kulit%20Promosi%20Old.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Pada 31
Oktober 2022, saya mengirim reka kulit buku </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Katha Sarit Sagara</span></a></span></i></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">
kepada beberapa rakan dan meminta komen serta reaksi ikhlas mereka.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Tak perlu glob
(<i>globe</i>) tu, nampak serabut.” – <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Amir Muhammad</span></b>
(Petaling Jaya, Selangor)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Bagi
pandangan saya, kulit buku nampak cantik dan kemas. Ilustrasi memang sesuai
mengikut tajuk dan kehendak buku.” – <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Daniel Shankar</span></b> (Rawang, Selangor)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Menarik.
Walau bagaimanapun, saya kurang minat dengan ilustrasi ular.” – <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">S. Ghanthimathi</span></b>
(Butterworth, Pulau Pinang)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“The cover
design looks like it is giving deep hidden messages. Makes us feel and wonder how
and what is inside the book.” – <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Thiruselvam Padmanabhan</span></b> (Klang, Selangor)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Kulit
buku yang menarik, unik, dan mempunyai
maksud tersirat. Sudah pasti akan menjadi daya penarik untuk membaca buku
tersebut.” – <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Subramaniam
Raman</span></b> (Lunas, Kedah)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Reka kulit
buku memberi gambaran <i>folklore</i> atau
cerita rakyat.” – <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Mohd Firdaus Muthaloo</span></b>
(Lahad Datu, Sabah)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Looks
nice! Attractive.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Logheswaran Paneerselvam</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Klang, Selangor)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Warna
biru sangat menawan.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">N. Nitha</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Serendah, Selangor)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“I’m
intrigued by the symbolism of the snake/naga. What is it?” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Victor Low</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Cantik.”
– </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sargunan Sockalingam</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Bukit Jelutong,
Selangor)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Reka
kulit ini tidak menarik dan terlalu ringkas. Susunan gambar yang terpapar pada
kulit buku ini tidak tersusun.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Prem Kanna a/l Dorairaj</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Rawang, Selangor)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Menarik,
macam ada kandungan cerita ular.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">L. Puvendran</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Bagan Datuk, Perak)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Menarik
… tapi kenapa ada ular?” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Rizol Md Ariff</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Balik Pulau, Pulau
Pinang)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Bukan
reaksi, hanya soalan: Adakah simbol-simbol utama dipaparkan pada kulit buku?
Adakah simbol-simbol lain (seperti harimau, misalnya) digugurkan?” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sivapalan Selvadurai</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Kajang, Selangor)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Sungguh
menarik. Latar belakang buku-buku Uthaya selalu berwarna putih. Mungkin boleh
cuba warna lain pada masa akan datang.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">M. Mahendran</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Bentong, Pahang)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Saya
rasa kesemua buku Uthaya, kulitnya agak menarik. Kulit depan </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red;">Katha Sarit Sagara</span></a></span></i><span lang="EN-US"> juga agak menarik. Ia nampak lain daripada yang
lain.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">M. Mahesvaran</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Kapar, Selangor)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Menarik
... samudera biru. Cuma, bentuk ilustrasi ular itu macam tidak berapa padan.” –
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Devan Ramakrisnan</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Kulai, Johor)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Bagus.”
– </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Farouk Gulsara</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Cheras, Kuala Lumpur)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Hypnotized
by the swirling tide.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Pooveneswary Thiruneela
Kandar</span></b><span lang="EN-US">
(Kota Kemuning, Selangor)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Menarik!
Kulit buku ini umpama pintu masuk atau gerbang ajaib ke dalam pengembaraan dan
cerita yang mahu disampaikan.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Rushida Abdul Wahid</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Klang, Selangor)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Kulit
depan cantik. Saya tertanya-tanya juga apa maksud <i>cupid</i> dalam ilustrasi.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veralona
Mollon Perrin</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Perigueux, Perancis)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Warna
biru yang menawan seperti laut yang bergelora penuh misteri. Buku ini pun pasti
mempunyai keunikan tersendiri. Tapi, saya tidak suka ilustrasi ular yang
menonjol.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Anuradha Chelliah</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> (Banting, Selangor)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Cantiknya!”
– </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Kasthuri Anamalay</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> (Sungai Petani, Kedah)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“This is nice.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc;">Khirjaa
Palanisamy</span></b><span lang="EN-US">
(Kelana Jaya, Selangor)</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Banyak
objek tersirat dipaparkan. Pasti ada erti tersirat yang mungkin akan difahami
apabila selesai membaca buku ini. Warna biru malap mungkin boleh dicerahkan
agar lebih kontras bagi mata yang memandang.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Gunaseelan
Kumar</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
(Bahau, Negeri Sembilan)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Jika
dilihat daripada ilustrasi kulit buku ini menggambarkan kehidupan dewasa yang
penuh dengan liku-liku kehidupan yang meluas, hidup penuh cabaran (simbol
kapal), cerita mengenai harapan dan perjuangan.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Noraini binti
Abd Rahman</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Langkawi, Kedah)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Terbaik
bosku.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Ramesh Rajadran</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Shah Alam, Selangor)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
<span lang="EN-US">“Jika
boleh, ubah muka taip judul dan nama pengarang. Tidak perlu efek pelangi atau
bertona agar lebih mudah (dan lebih menangkap) untuk dibaca. Komposisi imej di
atas ‘lautan’ boleh diperkemas lagi.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc;">Azrin
Fauzi</span></b><span lang="EN-US">
(Kuala Lumpur)</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">“The title font needs to be changed unless you have
clearly defined reason for the font. The globe if removed would give better illustration
and attention to the detailing within the design. The snake seems over
emphasised. If you wish to retain Indian elements in the font, maybe you could
improvise on it.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc;">Louis</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Kuala
Lumpur)</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">“Watak-watak seperti ular, paus, malaikat, pokok,
serta kapal … semuanya terkandung dalam lautan cerita yang berputar dan
bergelora. Ilustrasi ini memberi gambaran awal serta membuatkan pembaca
menantikan perkembangan cerita yang padat dan menakjubkan. Ilustrasi kulit buku
ini membawa maksud tersendiri dan menarik.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc;">Son
Yeo Choy</span></b><span lang="EN-US">
(Puchong, Selangor)</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">“Tona dan corak warna biru sangat menarik. Pelbagai
ilustrasi pada kulit buku ini mampu mengungkit minat membaca dan ingin tahu
kandungan buku.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc;">Sentamiloon
MuPaSelva</span></b><span lang="EN-US">
(Jenjarom, Selangor)</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“<i>Globe</i> tak perlu, rasanya. Sudah cantik
tanpa <i>globe</i>.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Fadzilah Din</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> (Batu Caves, Selangor)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">“Superb and unique.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc;">Arun
Balan</span></b><span lang="EN-US">
(Segamat, Johor)</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">“Nice.” – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc;">Rishikeshan
Darmalingam</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Klang, Selangor)</span></span></span></span></p>
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membaca buku <i>Katha Sarit Sagara</i>? – </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red;">rujuk di sini</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US">]</span></div></span>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-37063751653549066152022-10-29T13:33:00.011+08:002022-11-29T22:32:46.864+08:00Kandungan Katha Sarit Sagara<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPd0Z46pQt5X0hudUqh99B1gF0ZZ4s4zZvotrsx4-lGjYSzOsh4V1pT3SD2xU3zNxZfKf4HLkDEIRth0gfmn1tAos9_DgIEZu1gNu9LpWi908Io8BSr5h3BMHUpyfUPvgFDpY4VZ7tKEFqbnM1p3MSxdsN8p73cSqBgJKFcUXCiIbXsKGrhKNhPN_2A/s960/Promosi1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPd0Z46pQt5X0hudUqh99B1gF0ZZ4s4zZvotrsx4-lGjYSzOsh4V1pT3SD2xU3zNxZfKf4HLkDEIRth0gfmn1tAos9_DgIEZu1gNu9LpWi908Io8BSr5h3BMHUpyfUPvgFDpY4VZ7tKEFqbnM1p3MSxdsN8p73cSqBgJKFcUXCiIbXsKGrhKNhPN_2A/w400-h300/Promosi1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Berikut maklumat kandungan buku <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red;">Katha Sarit Sagara</span></a></span></i></b> (2023):</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Prakata </i>– [Wajib
dibaca kerana cerita bermula di sini] [<b><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2022/11/wujud.html"><span style="color: red;">baca petikan di sini</span></a></b>]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Pengantar </i>– [<b><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2022/11/pengantar.html"><span style="color: red;">klik di sini</span></a></b>]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c00000;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I. Kathapitha </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">1</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;">. Pataliputra
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Maka, pasangan muda itu meluangkan masa berbual-bual dan saling
berkenal-kenalan secara intim. Menjelang subuh, Putraka terbang meninggalkan
rumah agam itu tanpa disedari sesiapa.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">2</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;">. Anugerah
Khas <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Sebaik anak itu lahir, <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/04/khanda.html"><span style="color: red;">Dewa Murugan</span></a></span> muncul dalam mimpi Vasudatta
dan memaklumkan bahawa bayi berkenaan perlu pergi berguru dengan seorang tokoh
bernama Varsa.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">3</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;">. Dewa
di Dalam Peti<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Wahai para dewa yang
berada di dalam peti, bukankah anda mendengar sendiri pengakuan Hiranyagupta bahawa
suami saya telah menyerahkan wang dan harta kami kepadanya?” Upakosa bersuara
lantang.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">4</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;">. Raja
Yogananda<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Raja Nanda tiba-tiba bangkit daripada mangkat. Kemudian, pemuda ini pula
datang meminta hadiah sepuluh ribu kepingan emas. Ternyata ada sesuatu yang
tidak kena,” fikir Sakatala.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">5</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;">. Skandal
di Istana<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Setiap pekerja istana disiasat. Beberapa lelaki yang menyamar sebagai
wanita berjaya dikesan. Mereka mengaku kekasih gelap dan “anak ikan” kepada permaisuri
muda.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">6</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;">. Anugerah
Dewa Murugan<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name="_Hlk115125543"><span lang="EN-US">Srutartha </span></a><span lang="EN-US">dan Kirtisena jatuh cinta. Mereka
bertemu dan bermadu kasih pada setiap hari. Perbuatan itu berlarutan sehingga menyebabkan
Srutartha mengandung.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">7</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;">. Impian
Menjadi <i>Gana</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Devadatta berdoa dengan
penuh khusyuk di kuil Dewa Shiva. Dia berjanji bahawa sekiranya dia dapat
berkahwin dengan Sri, maka apabila meninggal dunia nanti, dia sanggup menjadi <i>gana</i> (pembantu) di Kailasa.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">8</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;">. Titik
Peluh, Titisan Darah<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Dia membaca dengan suara lantang cerita yang tercatat pada setiap helai
daun lontar sebelum membuangnya ke dalam unggun. Api pula segera membakar
helaian daun lontar hingga hangus. </span><span style="background: white;">Mujurlah masih boleh dibaca dalam </span><i><span style="background: white; color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red;">Katha Sarit Sagara</span></a></span></i><span style="background: white;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c00000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">II. Kathamukha</span> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">9.</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;"> Udayana
dan Penangkap Ular<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Ular kepunyaan saya sudah mati.
Saya memerlukan ular baharu untuk dilatih bagi pertunjukan ular. Kalau saya
melepaskan ular ini, saya akan kehilangan sumber pendapatan,” kata lelaki itu. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">10.</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;"> Seteru
dan Sekutu<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pada suatu hari, Sridatta,
Vikramasakti, dan rakan-rakan pergi bermain dan berhibur di tebing Sungai Ganga;
sebagaimana dilakukan adik-beradik Kaurava dan Pandava pada era <i>Mahabharata</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">11.</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;"> Pemuja
Dewi Kotravai<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Perkahwinan Sridatta dengan
Sundari menjadi inspirasi kepada kisah perkahwinan Murugan, putera Kotravai,
dengan Valli dalam <i>purana</i> di Tamilakam.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">12.</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;"> Cinta
Udayana dan Vasavadatta<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Patung yang benar-benar menyerupai
seekor gajah hidup ditempatkan di Hutan Vindhya. Beberapa orang tentera
bersembunyi di dalamnya.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">13.</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;"> <i>Ganika</i> Bertemu Dewa Vishnu<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Aku tidak boleh melayan lelaki
biasa selepas ini. Aku kini golongan kayangan. Aku bakal menjadi isteri Dewa
Vishnu dan bersemayam di Vaikuntha,” fikir pelacur itu.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">14.</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;"> Mencari
Hamba di Kataha<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Raja negeri Kataha yang beragama <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2014/03/hindu.html"><span style="color: red;">Hindu</span></a></span></b> segera menitahkan semua orang asing
berkumpul di pelabuhan. </span><span style="background: white;">Kataha
(Kedah Tua) iaitu kerajaan Melayu-Hindu juga menjadi latar dalam </span><i><span style="background: white; color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red;">Katha Sarit Sagara</span></a></span></i><span style="background: white;">.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c00000;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">III. Lavanaka </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">15.</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;"> Padmavati
dan Avantika<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yaugandharayana segera pergi ke tempat
di mana Vasavadatta mati hangus. Udayana sedang menangis kesedihan dan Gopala
sedang cuba meredakan tangisannya. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">16.</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;"> Antara
Dua Pilihan<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Tidak syak lagi, isteri anda
sebenarnya bidadari dari <i>swarga</i>. Memang
ada banyak kisah bidadari yang disumpah dan terpaksa hidup sebagai manusia di <i>bhuloka</i>,” kata si sami.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">17.</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;"> Korban
di Kuil Durga<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Si sami tua mengangkat tubuh si puteri
masuk ke dalam kuil. Selepas meletakkan puteri itu dalam posisi terbaring di
hadapan berhala Dewi Durga, si sami tua mengeluarkan sebilah pedang yang tajam.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">18.</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;"> Ah,
Bhadra!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pemuda itu secara spontan menerima
tangan yang dihulurkan dan melafazkan hasrat untuk mengahwini Bhadra mengikut
amalan <i>gandharva</i>. Maka, mereka menjadi
suami isteri yang sah.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">19.</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;"> Menantu
Raja<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Vidusaka mencantas tangan gergasi dengan
pedang sakti. Tangan gergasi itu terus terapung pada permukaan laut. Serta-merta,
kapal milik Skandadasa berlayar tanpa halangan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">20.</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;"> Lelaki
Paling Bertuah<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dia meneruskan hidup penuh bahagia
dengan layanan istimewa daripada kelima-lima isteri yang amat mencintainya. Dia
menganggap dirinya lelaki yang paling bertuah di seluruh dunia.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">21.</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;"> Tempayan
Berisi Wang Emas<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Apabila tiba di rumah, dia segera
mengorek keempat-empat penjuru halaman rumah. Dia menemui empat tempayan besar berisi
wang emas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">22.</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;"> Digoda
Ahli Sihir<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Selepas sekian lama, kita berjaya
membunuh seorang manusia, menghisap darahnya, dan menikmati daging mentah,” kata
ahli sihir dengan gembira.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">23.</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc;"> <i>Karma</i> dan <i>Dharma<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sahasika menitiskan air mata
kerana rasa amat bersalah membunuh. Namun begitu, apakan daya kerana dia
terpaksa akur pada perintah kuasawan. Kalau tidak dipatuhi, pasti dituduh
menderhaka. <span style="background: white;">Dilema rakyat dalam </span><i><span style="background: white; color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red;">Katha Sarit Sagara</span></a></span></i><span style="background: white;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="color: #c00000;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">IV. Naravahanadattajanana </span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">24. Anting-anting Isteri<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">25. Berkat Anak Kembar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">26. Gadis di Tepi Tasik<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">27. Pokok Mistik di Himalaya<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">28. Kelahiran Yang Dinanti<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #c00000;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">V. Caturdarika </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">29. Peti Berisi Harta Pusaka<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">30. Takdir dan Firasat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">31. Gelang Kaki <i>Rakshasi</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">32. Sumpahan <i>Rakshasa</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">33. <i>Yaksi</i> Bersuara Lunak<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">34. Mencari Suvarnapura<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">35. Pengembaraan ke Timur<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">36. Empat Puteri Jelita<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">37. Lingkaran Penuh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Watak </i>– [maklumat
ringkas <b>139</b> watak dalam buku ini]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Biodata </i>– [<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2018/08/biouth.html"><span style="color: red;">Uthaya Sankar SB</span></a></span></b>]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Penyumbang</i> – [<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red;">senarai nama</span></a></span></b>]</span>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-14341480475581813342022-08-25T13:30:00.047+08:002022-12-01T21:19:30.296+08:00Senarai Penyumbang — Katha Sarit Sagara<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjglVNXXLbeaKmsxM4Oza9ERR635VM5j7vq4F6PpR2BSNQ2Us8larwwVyTlHLDXJmNQ8VsiJh7mDgCAIb23GJVot3mjv3gPBbkw5g2zgQ4bJKP7v2EMPUXapHoEyI4nh4WvzZ3U2Jqu__pM2o3uPW4ygCjDtEK8wY41hMU-IbZqxOY2XcMTAMlrfNWw0g/s1587/Logo%20Penyumbang.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1587" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjglVNXXLbeaKmsxM4Oza9ERR635VM5j7vq4F6PpR2BSNQ2Us8larwwVyTlHLDXJmNQ8VsiJh7mDgCAIb23GJVot3mjv3gPBbkw5g2zgQ4bJKP7v2EMPUXapHoEyI4nh4WvzZ3U2Jqu__pM2o3uPW4ygCjDtEK8wY41hMU-IbZqxOY2XcMTAMlrfNWw0g/w400-h286/Logo%20Penyumbang.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sebahagian kos menerbitkan buku <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Katha Sarit Sagara</span></a></span></i></b>
ditampung menerusi sumbangan dan derma ikhlas rakan-rakan budiman dalam bentuk
modal sosial (<i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.socialcapitalresearch.com/current-definitions-of-social-capital/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">social capital</span></a></span></i>).
Para penyumbang akan menerima sejumlah buku sebagai tanda penghargaan sebaik buku
terbit.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1. Anthony Louis (Andernach, Jerman)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">2. Asri Abd Karim (Puchong, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">3. Kartik Sreedharaan a/l Kumaresan
(Jelutong, Pulau Pinang)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">4. MD (Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">5. Anuradha Chelliah (Banting, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">6. Rajeswary a/p Subramaniam (Kuala Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">7. Subashini Thiyagarajan (Puchong,
Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">8. Hafiz Hisan (Puchong, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">9. Senthamiloon MuPa.Selva (Jenjarom,
Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">10. Chandran Krishnan (Simpang Ampat, Pulau
Pinang)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">11. Umabathy a/l Ramasamy (Kluang, Johor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">12. Wan Jeffery Wan Ahmad (Rantau Panjang,
Kelantan)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">13. Amir Muhammad (Petaling Jaya, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">14. Liew Meng Seng (Kepong, Kuala Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">15. Sai Ram (Cheng, Melaka)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">16. Indrarao a/l B. Ramulu (Taiping, Perak)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">17. Prem Kanna a/l Dorairaj (Rawang,
Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">18. Balamoorthy Perumal (Ampang, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">19. Philomina Fernandez (Klang, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">20. Sivapalan Selvadurai (Kajang, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIMoYOcKCakn3iczj9-dpRupgNR8oHQCPv_jHNeRleYRMaufK1Z4ajIhk_qx-WTD-pokVMdAtteTbsGX-HxXTzFHq3zC2A7_WDggSgkeOxJu_Fk-ucuHaxtcXhzs1xaJTlN0ngpRFSWhQiNIr0mZD98oISQ-WqhMJjPBAkNy3VeKZ18P7jRobb1347eA/s1361/Penyumbang%20Penulis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="1361" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIMoYOcKCakn3iczj9-dpRupgNR8oHQCPv_jHNeRleYRMaufK1Z4ajIhk_qx-WTD-pokVMdAtteTbsGX-HxXTzFHq3zC2A7_WDggSgkeOxJu_Fk-ucuHaxtcXhzs1xaJTlN0ngpRFSWhQiNIr0mZD98oISQ-WqhMJjPBAkNy3VeKZ18P7jRobb1347eA/s320/Penyumbang%20Penulis.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">21. VK Ezhilarasi a/p Velautham (Cheras,
Kuala Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">22. Tang Ah Chai (Segambut, Kuala Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">23. Zaheer Zechariah (Bukit Jelutong,
Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">24. EC (Kota Kemuning, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">25. Mohd Firdaus Muthaloo (Lahad Datu,
Sabah)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">26. Fadzilah Din (Batu Caves, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">27. Prabhawathy Govindarajoo (Shah Alam,
Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">28. Devishi Prabha Sankari (Shah Alam,
Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">29. Sivasankar Narayanan (Setia Alam,
Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">30. Lalitha Subramaniam (Setia Alam,
Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">31. Krishnu Sanker Sivasankar (Setia Alam,
Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">32. Harveen Sankar Sivasankar (Setia Alam,
Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">33. Kuhan Sankar Sivasankar (Setia Alam,
Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">34. Luqman Mohd Hata (Rawang, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">35. Halini Paramanathan (Kepong, Kuala
Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">36. Surendran Govindasamy (Setia Alam,
Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">37. Saravanan Selanduray (Puchong,
Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">38. M. Mahendran (Bentong, Pahang)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">39. SG (Butterworth, Pulau Pinang)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">40. Malini Lakshmi Bai (Cheras, Kuala
Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcgii2v7ZuMUKSsrdIEkVZ4geA8VFhnlI9NenFZbhOIJrUWBGuj6KL2-vzlnSv22I_C1t7mHMGqUn096ZeE_uNKJeRelf3NMLXyofE_rQ8e9NLQH3o8hLkQrL7AUfKdddPuiemyHZB_MpkOGhk_TNjgmUGYajwvWJEOi7yhffXybct6FEZsaZqh3NSg/s1361/Penyumbang%20Kaum.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="1361" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcgii2v7ZuMUKSsrdIEkVZ4geA8VFhnlI9NenFZbhOIJrUWBGuj6KL2-vzlnSv22I_C1t7mHMGqUn096ZeE_uNKJeRelf3NMLXyofE_rQ8e9NLQH3o8hLkQrL7AUfKdddPuiemyHZB_MpkOGhk_TNjgmUGYajwvWJEOi7yhffXybct6FEZsaZqh3NSg/s320/Penyumbang%20Kaum.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">41. Son Yeo Choy (Bandar Kinrara, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">42. M. Mahesvaran @ Mad Sentul (Kapar,
Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">43. Rishikeshan Darmalingam (Klang,
Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">44. S. A. Ong (Rantau, Negeri Sembilan)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">45. Sriwati binti Hj Labot (Sri Aman,
Sarawak)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">46. Gunaseelan Kumar (Bahau, Negeri
Sembilan)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">47. Selvii M K Mathavan (Bayan Lepas, Pulau
Pinang)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">48.
Saravana Kumar (Seberang Jaya, Pulau Pinang)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">49. Datuk Murugan Alimuthu (Kamunting,
Perak)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">50.
Chelvi Ganesan (Lahat, Perak)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">51. Kamalah a/p Suppiah (Gelugor, Pulau
Pinang)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">52. Thanesh Kumar Letchumanan (Balik Pulau,
Pulau Pinang)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">53. Devan Ramakrisnan (Kulai, Johor)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">54. Sasitharan SG (Ayer Itam, Pulau Pinang)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">55. Pasupathy Pillay a/l Namasevayam Pillay
(Durian Tunggal, Melaka)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>56. </span></span>Kalaiarasan a/l Murugasu (Semenyih, Selangor)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>57. </span></span>Azzam Syafiq Samsuddin (Taman Melawati, Kuala Lumpur)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>58. </span></span>Linggam Pachiappan (Gelang Patah, Johor)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>59. </span></span>Subramaniam Raman (Lunas, Kedah)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>60. </span></span>Jonathan Edward (Ampang, Kuala Lumpur)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuXV1gnlEYoMPUv6tVPWupCm3IN4r2ejQ-RnxP5AUymEx1pdb3udDrzYougTdAbdNrYtyeJS3YCOGNa99JXsCmTFSlz1L3PiYJf9NSGM66XBExABmcaf84JabfEVfBwJnINuFg3sy2kbGIiGqGBtvbslbL6Dn34i9A5awmTeZY5IolvdC7LsBoIOhb0g/s1361/Penyumbang%20Jantina.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="1361" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuXV1gnlEYoMPUv6tVPWupCm3IN4r2ejQ-RnxP5AUymEx1pdb3udDrzYougTdAbdNrYtyeJS3YCOGNa99JXsCmTFSlz1L3PiYJf9NSGM66XBExABmcaf84JabfEVfBwJnINuFg3sy2kbGIiGqGBtvbslbL6Dn34i9A5awmTeZY5IolvdC7LsBoIOhb0g/s320/Penyumbang%20Jantina.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>61. </span>Mahamad Fauzi Ab Razak (Shah Alam, Selangor)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">62. AK (Segamat, Johor)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>63. </span>Vimalan Arumugham (Shah Alam, Selangor)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>64. </span>Murugan a/l Ramachandran (Menglembu,
Perak)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>65. </span>Raja Muhammad Iskandar bin Raja Jaafar (Shah Alam,
Selangor)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">66. Mathana Muhilan a/l Rasa Selvan
(Semenyih, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">67. Navin Mugilan a/l Rasa Selvan
(Semenyih, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">68. Gunaseelan Kumar (Bahau, Negeri Sembilan)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">69. Tiru Mohan (Batu Caves, Selangor)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">[Nama para penyumbang dikemas kini sehingga <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">30 November 2022</span></b>.]</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Saya
mendoakan supaya para penyumbang dan keluarga mereka sentiasa dilindungi, dirahmati,
dan dimurahkan rezeki.</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">Senarai penyumbang modal
sosial bagi projek buku sebelum ini:</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2015/05/modal.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Pulau Pendatang</span></a></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">(2015)</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: blue;">—</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2015/09/modal.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Nari! Nari!</span></a></span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">(2015)</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: blue;">—</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2016/10/sosial.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Mandala Bicara</span></a></span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">(2016)</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: blue;">—</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2017/07/penyumbang.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Ikan Patin dan Beruang
Besar</span></a></span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">(2017)</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: blue;">—</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2018/05/modal.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Thirukkural dan Megha
Duta</span></a></span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">(2018)</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: blue;">—</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2019/06/rm2tk.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Ramayana dan Mahabharata</span></a></span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">(2019)</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: blue;">—</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> <i><a href="https://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2020/01/nandri_31.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Vetalam dan Vikramaditya</span></a></i>
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">(2020)</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: blue;">—</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: #333333;"> <i><a href="https://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2020/07/kasih.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Putaria</span></a></i>
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">(2020)</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: blue;">— </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2021/03/bgmodal.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Bhagavad Gita</span></a></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">(2021) </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: blue;">—</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);"> </span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2021/07/tkavya.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Kavya Sastra</span></a></span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
(2021) </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: blue;">—</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);"> </span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2021/10/tksb.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Suvarna Bhumi</span></a></span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);"> (2022)
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: blue;">—</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);"> </span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250); color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2022/04/dana.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Khanda Puranam</span></a></span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(254, 253, 250);">
(2022).</span></span></p>
<span lang="EN-US"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mahu
menyokong projek penceritaan semula <b><i>Katha Sarit Saraga</i></b> dalam Bahasa
Malaysia? [<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">klik di sini</span></a></span></b>]</span></div></span>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-20397253977579892022-08-04T10:30:00.016+08:002022-09-16T08:40:28.033+08:00Catatan Proses Penulisan — Katha Sarit Sagara<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9R1x2rP_lTMfl4G1Oasrljh7fpUblIjoFMSDl0tJK4Bf6f9fK7P5BwNXfsiVipJJabTQGovgL0ObQThopfBqjRmMc104PNasba6pSNxBDfgr13ucT7H4HNZkBUgaolr13W4U2UuE6pnkFonldVp3eR2V8uAx3YVVGL2XegYkKSGr7Ir3ASkLBPNYiA/s1200/Bahagian%20Catatan1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1200" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9R1x2rP_lTMfl4G1Oasrljh7fpUblIjoFMSDl0tJK4Bf6f9fK7P5BwNXfsiVipJJabTQGovgL0ObQThopfBqjRmMc104PNasba6pSNxBDfgr13ucT7H4HNZkBUgaolr13W4U2UuE6pnkFonldVp3eR2V8uAx3YVVGL2XegYkKSGr7Ir3ASkLBPNYiA/w400-h224/Bahagian%20Catatan1.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Berikut
sedikit catatan yang dibuat semasa proses penulisan manuskrip buku <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Katha Sarit Sagara</span></a></span></i></b>
bermula 1 Ogos 2022.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Kathasaritsagara</i> (“Lautan
Cerita”) <a name="_Hlk109896374">adalah koleksi cerita rakyat, legenda, mitos, dan
dongeng yang mengungkapkan kekayaan budaya, pemikiran, dan imaginasi jurai
keturunan orang India.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">Dalam filem <i>Dil Se</i> (1998), lagu “</span><span style="background: white;">Satrangi Re</span><span style="background: white;">” (atau “En Uyire” dalam versi Tamil dan “Ooristhu
Ooguthu” dalam versi Telugu) menggambarkan 7 peringkat cinta. Dalam </span><b><i><span style="background: white; color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2012/07/kama-sutra-bahagian-1.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Kamasutra</span></a></span></i></b><span style="background: white;">, <i>Ananga
Ranga</i>, dan </span><i>Kathasaritsagara</i>
pula digambarkan 10 peringkat. <span style="background: white;">Ia turut menjadi ikutan dalam tradisi Arab dan Eropah.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">Nampaknya bukan hanya
<i>purana</i> Hindu — termasuk </span><b><i><span style="background: white; color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/04/khanda.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Khanda Puranam</span></a></span></i></b><span style="background: white;"> — bermula dengan kisah Dewa Shiva dan Dewi
Parvathi. Teks </span><i>Kathasaritsagara</i>
juga bermula dengan Parvathi
meminta Shiva bercerita tentang
kisah Sati. <span style="background: white;">Dalam buku </span><i>Katha Sarit Sagara</i>, saya minimumkan kerana sudah dipaparkan dalam
buku <i>Khanda Puranam</i> (2022).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">Anda tentu ingat filem
</span><i><span style="background: white;">Musang Berjanggut</span></i><span style="background: white;"> (1959) lakonan dan arahan P. Ramlee. Tetapi
anda mungkin tidak tahu bahawa cerita itu dicedok daripada </span><i>Kathasaritsagara</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">Ingat pula kisah Sultan
Melaka mengarahkan </span><span style="background: white; color: red;"><b><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2016/06/tuah2.html">Hang Tuah</a></b></span><b><span style="background: white; color: red;"> </span></b><span style="background: white;">dibunuh tetapi Bendahara sembunyikannya? Jangan terkejut apabila
anda menemui cerita asal dalam buku </span><i>Katha
Sarit Sagara</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">Dalam proses
melakukan penceritaan semula kisah-kisah daripada </span><i>Kathasaritsagara</i>, saya turut membaca pelbagai buku kajian berkaitan
teks itu. <span lang="EN-US">Misalnya, <i>Studies About The Kathasaritsagara</i> (1908) oleh Jacob Samuel
Speyer. Saya sarankan anda juga membacanya.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Ada ratusan
cerita rakyat dan dongeng dalam <i>Kathasaritsagara</i>.
Misalnya, kisah s</span><span style="background: white;">eekor </span><span style="background: white;">ikan ketawa</span><span style="background: white;"> apabila seorang raja mengarahkan seorang
pemuda dihukum bunuh. Mengapa? Buku <i>Katha
Sarit Sagara</i> ada jawapannya.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">Roh seorang pemuda meninggalkan</span><span style="background: white;"> tubuhnya dan masuk ke dalam tubuh raja yang sudah mangkat. Apakah
kekecohan yang berlaku selepas itu? Buku</span> <i>Katha Sarit Sagara</i> merupakan penceritaan semula pelbagai cerita
rakyat India dalam Bahasa Malaysia.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYUz8I74Bdg42xvMfe0Hgwbf_KKJcTMxCIQbMDM-4PUCLmrHtFxaEOk5ojL4GKqc8OcrGy6YZjpQHfU1QFLi2I2dzFKI3p2cM36uCh8kaqEO-IhGm5vp2mZdoxLDTjJgGyn8FbGWo4Nwpdhh6Le_H_MySIjw4pZEN1q0r1HaMUB8LY_IBfn_0VmBudw/s1010/Menguasai%20Bahasa4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYUz8I74Bdg42xvMfe0Hgwbf_KKJcTMxCIQbMDM-4PUCLmrHtFxaEOk5ojL4GKqc8OcrGy6YZjpQHfU1QFLi2I2dzFKI3p2cM36uCh8kaqEO-IhGm5vp2mZdoxLDTjJgGyn8FbGWo4Nwpdhh6Le_H_MySIjw4pZEN1q0r1HaMUB8LY_IBfn_0VmBudw/w396-h400/Menguasai%20Bahasa4.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Gunadhya
menguasai tiga bahasa yang digunakan untuk menimba ilmu dan menyebarkan ilmu. Akan
tetapi, akibat kalah pertaruhan, dia terpaksa memenuhi janji iaitu tidak lagi
menggunakan bahasa-bahasa itu. Bacalah kisah dalam buku ini untuk mengetahui
apa yang berlaku seterusnya.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzhziei3nj3fQQCrlS8-VqPNxcaWV9pC_bJUh2nFKiQ-VIxnEduIEjA62fzBxykNJEryhxbCrlCvPrV7rcx353aID-Hcthi8xx3s9y2XLbLdL_KJ_HUQLpAo2nftsnMuRyFPA143_g18ic2VFMNfjsr6EBR8okBmXMi-hRVPnafxVF6NpGF_pvrJXoQ/s1280/Menyamar%20Wanita6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzhziei3nj3fQQCrlS8-VqPNxcaWV9pC_bJUh2nFKiQ-VIxnEduIEjA62fzBxykNJEryhxbCrlCvPrV7rcx353aID-Hcthi8xx3s9y2XLbLdL_KJ_HUQLpAo2nftsnMuRyFPA143_g18ic2VFMNfjsr6EBR8okBmXMi-hRVPnafxVF6NpGF_pvrJXoQ/w400-h225/Menyamar%20Wanita6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">Seorang pemuda menyamar
seperti wanita untuk masuk ke istana bertemu puteri yang dicintai. Selepas
mengandung, mereka mencari helah untuk berkahwin dengan restu raja. </span><span lang="EN-US">Buku </span><i>Katha Sarit Sagara</i> <span lang="EN-US">ada pelbagai kisah.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIhFPUVzJNG3MJoDWzLWY8XGwoJRIi9MIi3CTGDuslIUYTK8_iXMZscwY_IAdu7-UTzt659QmM_9hYdew0b2bbPc8YOri_rySkXanWSs3RB1IFBC7g3Ke-RXbUzV8fkm3WcR_Hd_o3itVnrQPNAl0yGV5d04A-svl2Sk3I42VmTQ9pxuFOAYu_HqLkUA/s1200/Bahagian%20Catatan1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1200" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIhFPUVzJNG3MJoDWzLWY8XGwoJRIi9MIi3CTGDuslIUYTK8_iXMZscwY_IAdu7-UTzt659QmM_9hYdew0b2bbPc8YOri_rySkXanWSs3RB1IFBC7g3Ke-RXbUzV8fkm3WcR_Hd_o3itVnrQPNAl0yGV5d04A-svl2Sk3I42VmTQ9pxuFOAYu_HqLkUA/w400-h224/Bahagian%20Catatan1.png" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
<span style="background: white;">Teks asal </span><i><span lang="EN-US">Kathasaritsagara </span></i><span lang="EN-US">terdiri daripada 18 bahagian yang memuatkan 124 bab
dan sekitar 350 cerita. </span><span style="background: white;">Penceritaan semula </span><b><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc;">Bahagian 1</span></b><span style="background: white;"> (8 bab) dimulakan
pada 2 Ogos dan selesai pada 5 Ogos 2022. </span><span lang="EN-US">Semoga orang ramai berminat untuk menikmati <i>Katha Sarit Sagara</i> dalam Bahasa
Malaysia.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHe8KLgk1nZmRZ8qb9PHdfU4yW35ZRTGlJSBiPMv12AxF_zl5uwBhD_6KdU70Ir-uDfwJ9TSeWfp4Two36QqBvaLNaq98guc27NyO8Ouo3aR2doQ54DNXArXjy2zyPsJ1Om8McklG9BIJlwvgOvA2IJOx6wLlB0adYn6BKCa178cNnPKPI__bqGJACQA/s1070/mandi%20Darah2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1070" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHe8KLgk1nZmRZ8qb9PHdfU4yW35ZRTGlJSBiPMv12AxF_zl5uwBhD_6KdU70Ir-uDfwJ9TSeWfp4Two36QqBvaLNaq98guc27NyO8Ouo3aR2doQ54DNXArXjy2zyPsJ1Om8McklG9BIJlwvgOvA2IJOx6wLlB0adYn6BKCa178cNnPKPI__bqGJACQA/w400-h314/mandi%20Darah2.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Bahagian 2</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (6 bab) bermula dengan
kisah seorang raja meluahkan keinginan memiliki anak. Permaisuri meminta setangki
darah untuk mandi dulu. Malangnya, dia disambar dan diterbangkan garuda. Mereka
hanya bertemu semula apabila anak berumur 14 tahun. Bagaimana? Kisah penuh
boleh dibaca dalam buku <i>Katha Sarit
Sagara</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98qOg5QSH1U1bfg137luh0PVFJn5GjYO96XzEiBiOqUJ4budXGcUY9nkdLaa3uXEtPSHf6JVlBFRj_6JoyV90Th2hg6sux5mZVggaCbARxtBmszYRoW2IjvzIy1Ik08okl4r_1646BsgVqpZlTiN5KRE7EkgTC3Ktc6A3eBbXmh5hpMbbgU61M3O-RQ/s622/Cemburu2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="622" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98qOg5QSH1U1bfg137luh0PVFJn5GjYO96XzEiBiOqUJ4budXGcUY9nkdLaa3uXEtPSHf6JVlBFRj_6JoyV90Th2hg6sux5mZVggaCbARxtBmszYRoW2IjvzIy1Ik08okl4r_1646BsgVqpZlTiN5KRE7EkgTC3Ktc6A3eBbXmh5hpMbbgU61M3O-RQ/w400-h266/Cemburu2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sementara itu, seorang
putera menjadi cemburu dan berdendam kerana rakannya (bukan anak raja) mendapat
sokongan ramai. Keluarga remaja itu dibunuh tetapi mujurlah dia berjaya
menyelamatkan diri. Maka, bermulalah pengembaraan penuh debaran.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCl5ciqV2rqXZ5OYTejwDL2CqTnoItc1X7zXpqftvnLvdKQK3H2xHWT3DsY7ZPKw-Cmx5fQYE5Gyx-RBXg_0jHEVzjR1Bq6MeVL0ySN4pePR3O6rScGf-slP3Gw-9_UUWdbYfJvpLIDf3apY4dQdvJM9ScvC2RJtBpTZII8tYBEUPKLr3TO6iMa4QxGQ/s1280/Menculik1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCl5ciqV2rqXZ5OYTejwDL2CqTnoItc1X7zXpqftvnLvdKQK3H2xHWT3DsY7ZPKw-Cmx5fQYE5Gyx-RBXg_0jHEVzjR1Bq6MeVL0ySN4pePR3O6rScGf-slP3Gw-9_UUWdbYfJvpLIDf3apY4dQdvJM9ScvC2RJtBpTZII8tYBEUPKLr3TO6iMa4QxGQ/w400-h225/Menculik1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">
<span style="background: white;">Seorang pemuda dicintai seorang puteri. Maka, rakan-rakan pemuda itu
sedia menculik puteri itu supaya mereka boleh berkahwin. Ternyata konsep “perkahwinan”
pada masa dahulu memang amat berbeza. Kisah-kisah dalam buku <i>Katha Sarit Sagara</i> boleh membantu kita
memahami amalan masa silam.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-enn8aA80UPslu2KzTNaCzvQ4OUduiRZeIZROh91hbNlQ6P7HZzvJx7TW-_cP-x3fWpf5Qr43LVl4zAGtFZXSWxKqoJ3Nab6bfuKa0ZpFpcbmBKmpNXGF5B__rCUU1rA2vFOlzXPvb-yn7uBgdpHYJL6aJf_-p1_WQriXWQLMXoQnNo5xr9bvybEfg/s458/Tawanan1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="458" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-enn8aA80UPslu2KzTNaCzvQ4OUduiRZeIZROh91hbNlQ6P7HZzvJx7TW-_cP-x3fWpf5Qr43LVl4zAGtFZXSWxKqoJ3Nab6bfuKa0ZpFpcbmBKmpNXGF5B__rCUU1rA2vFOlzXPvb-yn7uBgdpHYJL6aJf_-p1_WQriXWQLMXoQnNo5xr9bvybEfg/w400-h329/Tawanan1.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Seorang
putera dijadikan tawanan oleh seorang raja yang mahu dia mengahwini puterinya. Memanglah
suatu perbuatan yang pelik dan menghairankan. Rakan-rakan putera itu mengatur
rancangan untuk menyelamatkannya. Mereka juga mahu si putera menggoda puteri
tersebut.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXy5clOmGv25uOV4Q4gvw4EtmEVfsvG2pqwxRoRAnsWie8Xaz4ePrimhGyrRq6-baUBPC8txwWJKOdW1NSjy9W-vBQBDA5lefpVYPqA4uoKxy15-2_lSjr3N5vhiuRJvjknlMOUfaXayWkfXk4E2HINGyEDSe3ZAzgrWHu9q3fQwH52hnbToyLD4vffA/s960/Vibhisana1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXy5clOmGv25uOV4Q4gvw4EtmEVfsvG2pqwxRoRAnsWie8Xaz4ePrimhGyrRq6-baUBPC8txwWJKOdW1NSjy9W-vBQBDA5lefpVYPqA4uoKxy15-2_lSjr3N5vhiuRJvjknlMOUfaXayWkfXk4E2HINGyEDSe3ZAzgrWHu9q3fQwH52hnbToyLD4vffA/w400-h300/Vibhisana1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background: white;">
<span lang="EN-US">Seorang
pemuda bercinta dengan seorang pelacur. Dia pergi ke Lanka dan berpeluang
bertemu </span>Vibhisana, adik
Ravana. Kemudian, pemuda itu menyamar sebagai Dewa Vishnu untuk bermesra dengan
kekasihnya. Demikian antara kisah menarik dalam buku <i>Katha Sarit Sagara</i> yang sedang diusahakan.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZBMs82zTLIAMnhtnhdpLIILkVArOZSjG0evy0P5N3eG09-_kd3qP4xYTpvBrvWlwzd9nWLCPwGoK7n2vD1-8kbU_UnrqNeqFkn9xici3uniK7DnF-wv6Xs_HEz5ZDG8EM82pLm7EHAF4mhQUk-_yMZvJBzdKKQJufM6L59iRLdSx9WMMhLZ9tKEVfJw/s348/Kataha2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="348" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZBMs82zTLIAMnhtnhdpLIILkVArOZSjG0evy0P5N3eG09-_kd3qP4xYTpvBrvWlwzd9nWLCPwGoK7n2vD1-8kbU_UnrqNeqFkn9xici3uniK7DnF-wv6Xs_HEz5ZDG8EM82pLm7EHAF4mhQUk-_yMZvJBzdKKQJufM6L59iRLdSx9WMMhLZ9tKEVfJw/w400-h296/Kataha2.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">Seorang saudagar
muda perlu pergi ke </span><b><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc;">Kataha</span></b><span style="background: white;"> (Kedah Tua) untuk urusan perniagaan. Isterinya cembura
dan bimbang kalau-kalau saudagar itu tergoda dengan wanita tempatan. Sekiranya
diteliti, pelbagai cerita <i>Kathasaritsagara</i>
menjadi asas bagi cerita rakyat di Nusantara. Malah, kebanyakan “</span><b><span style="background: white; color: red;"><a href="https://www.bharian.com.my/rencana/sastera/2019/12/636195/sejarah-kedah-tua-dalam-sastera-india"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">data sahih</span></a></span></b><span style="background: white;">” mengenai sejarah Kedah bersumberkan teks
seperti <i>Pattinappalai</i>, </span><b><i><span style="background: white; color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2010/05/silappadikaram.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Silappadikaram</span></a></span></i></b><span style="background: white;">, </span><b><i><span style="background: white; color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Kathasaritsagara</span></a></span></i></b><span style="background: white;">, <i>Kaumudi
Mahotsava</i>, dan <i>Perunkathai</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kWEb3A4XeLMLMNvzfEsNiUz-O6zRyamrePNgORmqZB_z5EcNeWD7i0BqG6f2681Cdy3EIku-S49kIHo0boIUhE701z8Khi5-Zs-a9Fkav4EKifbmKGM1iVbs-ZSAvQFO-UUvuYFeOj4jKao-FJ5RRa0kTlY4vKKRNe9VQ_iYdInYxSBfL5f148MvtQ/s1200/Haroun8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kWEb3A4XeLMLMNvzfEsNiUz-O6zRyamrePNgORmqZB_z5EcNeWD7i0BqG6f2681Cdy3EIku-S49kIHo0boIUhE701z8Khi5-Zs-a9Fkav4EKifbmKGM1iVbs-ZSAvQFO-UUvuYFeOj4jKao-FJ5RRa0kTlY4vKKRNe9VQ_iYdInYxSBfL5f148MvtQ/w400-h400/Haroun8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background: white;">
Novel <i>Haroun and the Sea of Stories</i> (1990) oleh <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.salmanrushdie.com/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Salman Rushdie</span></a></span></b> terkenal di
seluruh dunia. Buku audio dibacakan oleh Salman sendiri. Drama pentas dan opera
juga dibuat berdasarkan novel ini. “Sea of Stories” pada judul adalah pengaruh <i>Kathasaritsagara</i>.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgFcUZX3J0zsr9Rf8dk0PfoqYbsI5LLPe_UxIRfAkkQEWYMo5WIvGutwtKD0W_JoIuzYa3HhqGXbWVMBR7e4WpKFHC17GjyD0t52_CUV09swVB4nKioXtGadW8lu4oCVbCkvdvJDvaFYe3Ws2YeTuxvKG1jhReVi14dw0yZJ4tLvbO2fRq1JgmFJg0g/s1200/Padmavati2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgFcUZX3J0zsr9Rf8dk0PfoqYbsI5LLPe_UxIRfAkkQEWYMo5WIvGutwtKD0W_JoIuzYa3HhqGXbWVMBR7e4WpKFHC17GjyD0t52_CUV09swVB4nKioXtGadW8lu4oCVbCkvdvJDvaFYe3Ws2YeTuxvKG1jhReVi14dw0yZJ4tLvbO2fRq1JgmFJg0g/w400-h225/Padmavati2.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Kisah
pertama dalam </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Bahagian 3</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (6 bab) adalah
bagaimana Udayana berkahwin dengan <b>Padmavati</b>.
Agak menarik apabila kita meneliti perancangan dan taktik yang digunakan bagi
mencapai agenda politik. Tidak mustahil, banyak yang boleh dipelajari pemerintah
dan politikus masa kini daripada kisah-kisah dalam <i>Kathasaritsagara</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJH-YRcuh1JBFNMSfXiVMKfHAE7Fi-CFM_hFHSTrOm7pt2EkfH3dFg3h8q9qPCqZmHJJ0Q4_cnxb0GFwugrcU4syzJ-d5-ngx7XTS4m7-Zy-1v72muBvTFVqGDK1xm-GmjeyhzhkoIKFrUleaWEfnPqyvTqAHc8daG59gPhHFUWRdDCVp3xo42UUpxQ/s1025/Rangka%20Cerita%20Berbingkai.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="1025" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJH-YRcuh1JBFNMSfXiVMKfHAE7Fi-CFM_hFHSTrOm7pt2EkfH3dFg3h8q9qPCqZmHJJ0Q4_cnxb0GFwugrcU4syzJ-d5-ngx7XTS4m7-Zy-1v72muBvTFVqGDK1xm-GmjeyhzhkoIKFrUleaWEfnPqyvTqAHc8daG59gPhHFUWRdDCVp3xo42UUpxQ/w400-h253/Rangka%20Cerita%20Berbingkai.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">Usaha dilakukan pihak
tertentu untuk mevisualkan bagaimana rangka cerita berbingkai dalam <i>Kathasaritsagara</i> berkembang, berselirat,
dan saling berkaitan. Sila </span><b><span style="background: white; color: red;"><a href="https://youtu.be/LE6ZQ3UHztA"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">klik di sini</span></a></span></b><span style="background: white;"> untuk menonton video di <i>YouTube</i>.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Rupa-rupanya,
gadis yang dikahwini oleh seorang pemuda ialah bidadari dari kayangan. Gadis
itu lahir ke bumi akibat sumpahan. Kini, tiba masa untuk kembali ke kayangan.
Demikian antara dilema yang disajikan dalam kisah-kisah </span><i><span style="background: white;">Kathasaritsagara.
</span></i><span style="background: white;">Saya melakukan olahan dan
penceritaan semula menggunakan kreativiti supaya seronok dibaca khalayak pelbagai
kaum di Malaysia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYj_gApIE4R3DZexLdMeVdwEIRSiQa6zgQ94wbc-iOeSHmq4Hum7c0UifteIcGK1AW0D7aZAhuGraZ5GArcMLuEGJreceR8e7u3ONTgYgYvh5iWy2pRxYooTQp60IbPgDmOgNwjftD9WlUF0cvx7FfbVhd3U4QeOoIAuekZxNAgDIQiz27iKxhKA0Tig/s1360/Katha%20Sarit%20Sagara1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="907" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYj_gApIE4R3DZexLdMeVdwEIRSiQa6zgQ94wbc-iOeSHmq4Hum7c0UifteIcGK1AW0D7aZAhuGraZ5GArcMLuEGJreceR8e7u3ONTgYgYvh5iWy2pRxYooTQp60IbPgDmOgNwjftD9WlUF0cvx7FfbVhd3U4QeOoIAuekZxNAgDIQiz27iKxhKA0Tig/w266-h400/Katha%20Sarit%20Sagara1.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Saya berusaha
untuk meneliti, mengkaji, memahami, dan menulis satu kisah setiap hari di bawah
projek <i>Katha Sarit Sagara</i>. Tapi ada
masa, saya berehat. Menonton filem/siri di <i>Netflix</i>
dan <i>Amazon Prime</i>. Atau tidur. Tapi
cerita berbingkai tetap bermain dalam minda.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEoS9_g4JWSP1OurD3MHAHiLXodqcO83fw5aZsdAPHiujLjGVR6ZtsvICOndAHeIc-kdwOG4uP0MpZiCvv4qOX9YCvlVLR9dvdHUvDCC8vTuAmvlrS1g1zWmxHnlk_DqcHdvgnfnqqqo7cS4XeGxx66SqO5-DuKWluNteqht4kKkWwj6GIiyaNaAlTw/s1029/Sanskrit%20Udaya.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="833" data-original-width="1029" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEoS9_g4JWSP1OurD3MHAHiLXodqcO83fw5aZsdAPHiujLjGVR6ZtsvICOndAHeIc-kdwOG4uP0MpZiCvv4qOX9YCvlVLR9dvdHUvDCC8vTuAmvlrS1g1zWmxHnlk_DqcHdvgnfnqqqo7cS4XeGxx66SqO5-DuKWluNteqht4kKkWwj6GIiyaNaAlTw/w400-h324/Sanskrit%20Udaya.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background: white;">
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Teks asal <i>Kathasaritsagara</i>
dalam bahasa </span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Sanskrit</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">. Memang ada pelbagai versi terjemahan yang turut dijadikan rujukan. Meneliti
dan mengkaji versi asal bukannya kerja mudah. Misalnya, kata “</span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">udaya</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">” ada minimum 30
makna berbeza mengikut konteks.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background: white;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqnKPRLNxaBHJ25NzOq70vWzyepdPTtT7AIaAISLj03eMKmGrGKG2tqsovqQzS6Kaxhnrnx3vEJbTzEOFnb1tj7iPKbmxUgLLiWwfzQWhhT5zqE7e0WbgfzpL4FZRJPD68XXk1abjPI5FLVQ8BHlPdEI0Bve89ZWpVUADDvUQIN5qnY9FLpQSzrHWUw/s1000/Sami%20Muda1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqnKPRLNxaBHJ25NzOq70vWzyepdPTtT7AIaAISLj03eMKmGrGKG2tqsovqQzS6Kaxhnrnx3vEJbTzEOFnb1tj7iPKbmxUgLLiWwfzQWhhT5zqE7e0WbgfzpL4FZRJPD68XXk1abjPI5FLVQ8BHlPdEI0Bve89ZWpVUADDvUQIN5qnY9FLpQSzrHWUw/w400-h266/Sami%20Muda1.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Seorang sami muda
berjaya menjadi ketua sami di istana. Kemudian, dia berjaya pula menjadi menantu
raja selepas menyelamatkan si puteri. Apakah insiden yang berlaku? Nantikan <i>Katha Sarit Sagara</i> dalam Bahasa Malaysia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrCtblmxUhq4eT3zYLbiqZumdwv5_83NuendqBW-Tiv9O9LnfZqL9PPeVKJR3Da80k6pFqYbCnXvuDd3gkawIPnj-dtyfAbODy07ETZSwReD6hleOI80Bf1asqtFZ51rDzI4fSmfG-i4z--XDn80UBkLr8H4BmDf3vvHjAvds3js7h3w64HKIxjl69Q/s602/Vidusaka5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="602" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrCtblmxUhq4eT3zYLbiqZumdwv5_83NuendqBW-Tiv9O9LnfZqL9PPeVKJR3Da80k6pFqYbCnXvuDd3gkawIPnj-dtyfAbODy07ETZSwReD6hleOI80Bf1asqtFZ51rDzI4fSmfG-i4z--XDn80UBkLr8H4BmDf3vvHjAvds3js7h3w64HKIxjl69Q/w400-h266/Vidusaka5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">
<span lang="EN-US">Kisah
Vidusaka amat menarik kerana dia berjaya mengahwini lima wanita, termasuk
puteri, anak saudagar, dan </span><i>vidyadhara</i>. Pengembaraan dan pengalamannya sama dengan pelbagai
kisah dongeng di Eropah.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background: white;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXAhJU8h3eyfXQ4FjDjSGaoKD8aOegV1QNb26PpGwnNp_B9Wc1DFcg2bwSACEDduyHsgZ_TdAHb9hRlaluf1hFcaShYJkZbKpmUd0cPMOh4erA8YLp2ogOUqtj3QxryIWqKfF4n2_O6KJJxoIWQYilIkiBtZNGVPJTck_rnFN0_LiStpPPWEX-Qh6Jw/s772/Judi%20Arak3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="772" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXAhJU8h3eyfXQ4FjDjSGaoKD8aOegV1QNb26PpGwnNp_B9Wc1DFcg2bwSACEDduyHsgZ_TdAHb9hRlaluf1hFcaShYJkZbKpmUd0cPMOh4erA8YLp2ogOUqtj3QxryIWqKfF4n2_O6KJJxoIWQYilIkiBtZNGVPJTck_rnFN0_LiStpPPWEX-Qh6Jw/w400-h266/Judi%20Arak3.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Seorang
lelaki menjadi papa akibat terlibat dalam perjudian dan arak. Apabila dia cuba
meminta bantuan kewangan daripada bapa mentua, suatu peristiwa yang tidak
diduga berlaku. Insiden itu terus mengubah hidupnya.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicynfhZnmSrwnJwWUlWBPoFaNQF1BwCcmmIH-RpKjvea-oGjlMOgPbBT8_otChaBYimU5ZXc_k4OAhfrwz3NQQ7STYYk07Dfdct7ZH-qKshY2nD9QIcqv6s920xfKYOczidfyvR90KWNYpT6siTU-jwwWFlvxWFt7o2A6laY9OPHUK4_-tZFTTKW49Mw/s780/Parvathi%20Keguguran2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="780" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicynfhZnmSrwnJwWUlWBPoFaNQF1BwCcmmIH-RpKjvea-oGjlMOgPbBT8_otChaBYimU5ZXc_k4OAhfrwz3NQQ7STYYk07Dfdct7ZH-qKshY2nD9QIcqv6s920xfKYOczidfyvR90KWNYpT6siTU-jwwWFlvxWFt7o2A6laY9OPHUK4_-tZFTTKW49Mw/w400-h256/Parvathi%20Keguguran2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Kisah
Shiva dan Parvathi, serta kelahiran Murugan juga diulang pada Bab 20 iaitu
penghujung Bahagian 3 kitab <i>Kathasaritsagara</i>.
Memandangkan peritiwa itu sudah dihuraikan dalam buku <i>Khanda Puranam</i> (2022), saya tidak memasukkannya dalam buku <i>Katha Sarit Sagara</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSxR9aTY2dJvZPOXB3usgX_CAUnMdEvnRkjfSvm1Ufnsc5rb1TsZ88dGoq8t0r9t6KJyGsEPcEpMiCB_mGbZBgzhSxkzKhc1LsxYW_lFmhXY04jaTm-hXYJY55hS6MWJVwBE1cQ7Fyv_RbLpeYTfgSFvYvjh9PMo-jU4DMRDIniBJsCC_UBYyZQ3QtA/s756/Pemuda%20Kacak5B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="756" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSxR9aTY2dJvZPOXB3usgX_CAUnMdEvnRkjfSvm1Ufnsc5rb1TsZ88dGoq8t0r9t6KJyGsEPcEpMiCB_mGbZBgzhSxkzKhc1LsxYW_lFmhXY04jaTm-hXYJY55hS6MWJVwBE1cQ7Fyv_RbLpeYTfgSFvYvjh9PMo-jU4DMRDIniBJsCC_UBYyZQ3QtA/w400-h400/Pemuda%20Kacak5B.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Seorang
pemuda kacak cuba digoda isteri kepada gurunya. Apabila dia menolak cinta itu,
dia menjadi mangsa fitnah. Dalam usaha melarikan diri, dia terpaksa bertemu
semula dengan wanita sama. Apa yang akan dilakukannya? Kisah pemuda itu boleh
dibaca dalam buku Katha Sarit Sagara.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Bahagian 3</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> diakhiri dengan kisah
seorang permaisuri yang berjaya menghasut raja supaya membunuh dan memakan
daging seorang pemuda. Semua itu demi memastikan raja menjadi kebal dan
berkuasa. Akan tetapi, akan tercapaikah impian yang bermotif jahat?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjinp3W8gmhX-hPjLKaB0bwcfd7qQoLVMlaWnLQt_0awYnA7ECBP7u50TGOvoCj87XjLkpmaDhOdY3zGtcIovsxQqXmF3xSrsatwxUDvfXM-7BV_z0GXvAOj8Qf6g5CcEn-X_CZmYP-7EWZbybaeMXAVuR9wDbvrEpJ2NcKAKLZqBKSr8jCZa5ttHsQ/s960/Secara%20Perbandingan1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjinp3W8gmhX-hPjLKaB0bwcfd7qQoLVMlaWnLQt_0awYnA7ECBP7u50TGOvoCj87XjLkpmaDhOdY3zGtcIovsxQqXmF3xSrsatwxUDvfXM-7BV_z0GXvAOj8Qf6g5CcEn-X_CZmYP-7EWZbybaeMXAVuR9wDbvrEpJ2NcKAKLZqBKSr8jCZa5ttHsQ/w400-h300/Secara%20Perbandingan1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">
<span lang="EN-US">Sehingga
<b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">31 Ogos 2022</span></b>, panjang draf manuskrip
<i>Katha Sarit Sagara</i> (Bahagian 1-3) yang
sudah ditulis ialah <b>28,775</b> perkataan.
Secara perbandingan, panjang manuskrip <i>Khanda
Puranam</i> (2022) ialah <b>18,535</b>
perkataan dan <i>Bhagavad Gita</i> (2021)
pula <b>34,710</b> perkataan.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jjYxj1_Z8Vykpedg45hUlGu1J3-_Skar43NwmvN6HbA_bXFGoP1dPaLcufbKNbLlH_WJt91HyctlPHcOxUVlINmzczgSdneZMdY6kXtiqMw-zOOniEacukMDuydb-oYcoKoS3BeIkmQTzfzbOUCxCTT92YqseG-9lSbgyk6I8hDHejtoKLXZ0IEoAg/s1024/Putera%20Berkahwin2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jjYxj1_Z8Vykpedg45hUlGu1J3-_Skar43NwmvN6HbA_bXFGoP1dPaLcufbKNbLlH_WJt91HyctlPHcOxUVlINmzczgSdneZMdY6kXtiqMw-zOOniEacukMDuydb-oYcoKoS3BeIkmQTzfzbOUCxCTT92YqseG-9lSbgyk6I8hDHejtoKLXZ0IEoAg/w400-h266/Putera%20Berkahwin2.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Bahagian 4</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (3 bab) bermula dengan kisah
seorang putera yang berkahwin dengan anak seorang saudagar. Apabila kerajaan
jatuh ke tangan pihak lain, putera itu perlu mencari jalan untuk kembali
merampas tampuk pemerintahan. Pasti sahaja usaha itu tidak semudah disangka,
apatah lagi apabila terpaksa berdepan masalah keluarga.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMyuKjBGNzr0pEEb668vU3quXrhusPeD6aOr0eSDbEdjqIB9QNjre_T4baCLll3Ci5sNhu2pn5yLRJGZYS28OBUy1Nk6zKKXzVlGSaRbtsN9Xu_PQCYg4Ki5pzNlxhKF7X6TY9Dqikd0hAIqOaj8gPEXtGWBSDH3k-Ns9Ov4rQ-Fp1DykxghPikxwwA/s1044/Ibu%20Tunggal1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="1044" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMyuKjBGNzr0pEEb668vU3quXrhusPeD6aOr0eSDbEdjqIB9QNjre_T4baCLll3Ci5sNhu2pn5yLRJGZYS28OBUy1Nk6zKKXzVlGSaRbtsN9Xu_PQCYg4Ki5pzNlxhKF7X6TY9Dqikd0hAIqOaj8gPEXtGWBSDH3k-Ns9Ov4rQ-Fp1DykxghPikxwwA/w400-h296/Ibu%20Tunggal1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Seorang
ibu tunggal mengadap Raja Udayana untuk mengadu nasib. Permaisuri Vasavadatta sedia
memberi perlindungan kepada wanita itu. Ketua sami diraja memikul tanggungjawab
menjaga anak kepada ibu tunggal itu. Apakah hubungan antara mereka semua?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihgiPeVjSGWceQ7F-kg4fSWlq5Wcj8AoMiidPBKt90eu53UmgZVtmCIjo6vDIwfHKswnQ8HRN50Y-xEus4r2BT72h0w5vrIET-UdCcMUuhj5Pyo9gu6YRz0qWboaXb9LFddlQ69nquFuOKiA4sBtM3OaJjdsvUzYJC_zoMmVJJ2hzrz2mRsM3t4U24rA/s600/Sahabat%20Karib2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihgiPeVjSGWceQ7F-kg4fSWlq5Wcj8AoMiidPBKt90eu53UmgZVtmCIjo6vDIwfHKswnQ8HRN50Y-xEus4r2BT72h0w5vrIET-UdCcMUuhj5Pyo9gu6YRz0qWboaXb9LFddlQ69nquFuOKiA4sBtM3OaJjdsvUzYJC_zoMmVJJ2hzrz2mRsM3t4U24rA/w400-h266/Sahabat%20Karib2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Seorang
saudagar muda ditawan kumpulan orang asli untuk dikorbankan kepada Dewi Durga.
Akan tetapi, pemuda itu bertukar menjadi sahabat karib kepada ketua kumpulan
orang asli itu. Pengalaman dan persahabatan mereka selepas itu menjangkau hingga
kelahiran seterusnya.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCWYYmYcbcfepBirqmXhO3jdiHca6_vvC0rK-7fDWSXj0jAPrCDzXjgomk1mi-xs1Bs50e6tIbas9HTUbI7dvY4o5Kkmsq_5R5KRbXAsVaY8s_-WlEgJi5VzdQswelEvczaLwaSNAyJAb9SyZxgKbATYahkSZOK_rKR3eYWl_tRjWj_NWhLF8y4KDbg/s1280/Pokok%20Mistik5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1280" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCWYYmYcbcfepBirqmXhO3jdiHca6_vvC0rK-7fDWSXj0jAPrCDzXjgomk1mi-xs1Bs50e6tIbas9HTUbI7dvY4o5Kkmsq_5R5KRbXAsVaY8s_-WlEgJi5VzdQswelEvczaLwaSNAyJAb9SyZxgKbATYahkSZOK_rKR3eYWl_tRjWj_NWhLF8y4KDbg/w400-h276/Pokok%20Mistik5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Pokok mistik ini adalah hak istimewa yang diberi khusus kepada
kita. Sepatutnya kita sahaja yang menikmatinya. Malah, secara lebih eksklusif,
sepatutnya golongan pemerintah dan keluarga diraja sahaja yang berhak mendapat
manfaat daripadanya.” Nampaknya kisah-kisah dalam <i>Kathasaritsagara</i> masih boleh digunakan untuk memahami situasi masa
kini.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi229_JzX72FPifq65qxU-_zCdn_L1ZKJGcnqNxcPyMy-2C4Q3G__VVLmkOGaUVVSFgz2iE-uQJwjVdDki5AmGE0DXj9DfAlrzWDfBruKTZq86r6RpUgI_QYQBN9pwjyRwk2Dsh7ddkwQflF3sI1n1a0P27-Ii9FGYhLArWmf0OXVttlqRRUsrQO4QE9Q/s1065/Kelahiran%20Putera.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="1065" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi229_JzX72FPifq65qxU-_zCdn_L1ZKJGcnqNxcPyMy-2C4Q3G__VVLmkOGaUVVSFgz2iE-uQJwjVdDki5AmGE0DXj9DfAlrzWDfBruKTZq86r6RpUgI_QYQBN9pwjyRwk2Dsh7ddkwQflF3sI1n1a0P27-Ii9FGYhLArWmf0OXVttlqRRUsrQO4QE9Q/w400-h305/Kelahiran%20Putera.png" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span lang="EN-US">
<span lang="EN-US">Segala
kisah yang disampaikan menerusi cerita berbingkai dalam <i>Kathasaritsagara</i> setakat ini merupakan persiapan bagi menyambut kelahiran
seorang putera yang difirasatkan bakal menjadi raja golongan </span><i>vidyadhara</i>. <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Bahagian 4</span></b>
diakhiri dengan kisah kelahiran putera berkenaan.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yCmvFidokzZLZ3AMhwC-rrUiQQQKHfPp612H0dLurOorQw7J0TBM2cdhTc-DhUvPK8sL6vIIuwzXhM1DPO7B3w1ZURFrYh2R1hMYDD72FQFYH5M7uPtRw6lUExJymM1P3KIQBdZM2Vgm3lb60LF1vjSOxKSC6LGcBw3rwzFX4jY_MXnTz2STQbldBA/s1280/Penyamun%20Kedekut1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yCmvFidokzZLZ3AMhwC-rrUiQQQKHfPp612H0dLurOorQw7J0TBM2cdhTc-DhUvPK8sL6vIIuwzXhM1DPO7B3w1ZURFrYh2R1hMYDD72FQFYH5M7uPtRw6lUExJymM1P3KIQBdZM2Vgm3lb60LF1vjSOxKSC6LGcBw3rwzFX4jY_MXnTz2STQbldBA/w400-h266/Penyamun%20Kedekut1.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Pada
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Bahagian 5</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (3 bab), ada kisah
tentang sekumpulan penyamun yang membuat perancangan teliti untuk menipu seorang
lelaki yang kaya tetapi kedekut. Akan berjayakah mereka melaksanakan rancangan
mereka yang melibatkan penyamaran serta penipuan demi penipuan?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL50vzgXjVW-qkk3Q1rW64dh_FjVkBXOAAeORaUkDGDaBMI31msRbyoZ32kU4HQy-bTHEeuFCC8ei6KUaUCB_LIdZwKDexHeYK6Jn1ttKvYcDR4ZgNRABCfu1mSBEXR2GdJkFSkTqRvwxwOBVNZeGAyEBv2YzBz8KWk-w-FFUgHKiaSSGctCXoBAGWBg/s1280/Raksasa%20Pengawal4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1280" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL50vzgXjVW-qkk3Q1rW64dh_FjVkBXOAAeORaUkDGDaBMI31msRbyoZ32kU4HQy-bTHEeuFCC8ei6KUaUCB_LIdZwKDexHeYK6Jn1ttKvYcDR4ZgNRABCfu1mSBEXR2GdJkFSkTqRvwxwOBVNZeGAyEBv2YzBz8KWk-w-FFUgHKiaSSGctCXoBAGWBg/w400-h243/Raksasa%20Pengawal4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Seorang
lelaki kaya ada dua anak lelaki. Anak sulung berjaya menjadi pengawal peribadi
yang disukai raja. Anak bongsu pula bertukar menjadi raksasa. Mereka terpisah
bagi suatu tempoh yang lama. Pengalaman sepanjang perpisahan itu diceritakan
dalam <i>Katha Sarit</i> <i>Sagara</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrf-HJxDV7XUHPvf2ym1bMx2YxPkVOetGCUGn4FSWvT_R-eXWdU_E7SCcRbyush6LuAoqa3QgJ_30GCJSR0MPZT-WHexHxHgPCcPmeaED_LVu9FPZEP_Iks-s5Ltl6EwAJFdvPXb2TAH0lluKzX77sOzrb5-QQHpn5iLh5epSq4I7t0wL_xuYVUL5mmw/s800/Makhluk%20Mistik%20Vidyadhara1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="800" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrf-HJxDV7XUHPvf2ym1bMx2YxPkVOetGCUGn4FSWvT_R-eXWdU_E7SCcRbyush6LuAoqa3QgJ_30GCJSR0MPZT-WHexHxHgPCcPmeaED_LVu9FPZEP_Iks-s5Ltl6EwAJFdvPXb2TAH0lluKzX77sOzrb5-QQHpn5iLh5epSq4I7t0wL_xuYVUL5mmw/w400-h286/Makhluk%20Mistik%20Vidyadhara1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Seorang
kaki judi mahu menjadi kaya. Dia ditawarkan peluang menjadi makhluk mistik yang
berkuasa. Tetapi tentulah bukan suatu proses yang mudah. Ada juga pengajaran yang
diselitkan dalam cerita.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWNUsw3GlKjGzL_geNi7y4cfVgND5ycKbzGNisl98bsQsyIzERZCVUjEW8kSMF9efSo4zaGPW3a9jBmuIbQYei0iTX3lGCQ5dhd_YtOk3xTY-BTfweiJIEZR-Tz9gB-B-8iqOJlM9scgJQGXqlyC0dkCUJ1R1YxrQpvVj5ikYocOEzO26ABMOw360m5w/s1180/Suvarnadvipa1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="1180" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWNUsw3GlKjGzL_geNi7y4cfVgND5ycKbzGNisl98bsQsyIzERZCVUjEW8kSMF9efSo4zaGPW3a9jBmuIbQYei0iTX3lGCQ5dhd_YtOk3xTY-BTfweiJIEZR-Tz9gB-B-8iqOJlM9scgJQGXqlyC0dkCUJ1R1YxrQpvVj5ikYocOEzO26ABMOw360m5w/w400-h236/Suvarnadvipa1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nama lama Sonepur di Odisha, India sejak kurun ke-9 ialah <i>Suvarnapura</i> (Bandar Emas). Kita juga
biasa dengan nama <i>Suvarnadvipa</i>
(Kepulauan Emas) dan <i>Suvarnabhumi</i>
(Tanah Emas). Nama <i>Suvarnapura</i> turut muncul
dalam <i>Katha Sarit Sagara</i> sebagai
suatu tempat yang tidak diketahui oleh sesiapa. Rujuk “<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/02/cari.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Mencari Suvarna Bhumi</span></a></span></b>”
untuk sedikit maklumat. Ya, nampaknya semua buku saya saling berkaitan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCMXn_lv4XP_9wHBUe7tHcLWGbuUgQ9hRqC9dSdD3zQgjYXHWj6IltucQH7dlodRR_ubgDCLE1QgStmUk5Ai6VJusBXM6dCbNcACvjJ4-b4RmYZenvF5g7h0852woSWG_mvFZtdxqJdsANj8186WhbxJnau1E8pa8pOogoh8dcb6zX7r626_wP9aOQA/s294/Bhumi%20Malayu3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="294" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCMXn_lv4XP_9wHBUe7tHcLWGbuUgQ9hRqC9dSdD3zQgjYXHWj6IltucQH7dlodRR_ubgDCLE1QgStmUk5Ai6VJusBXM6dCbNcACvjJ4-b4RmYZenvF5g7h0852woSWG_mvFZtdxqJdsANj8186WhbxJnau1E8pa8pOogoh8dcb6zX7r626_wP9aOQA/w400-h233/Bhumi%20Malayu3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span lang="EN-US">
Seorang pemuda cuba
menipu untuk mendapatkan harta yang dijanjikan raja. Kemudian, dia jatuh cinta
pada si puteri jelita. Maka, bermulalah pengembaraan yang membawa pemuda itu meredah
lautan menghampiri <i>Malayadvipa</i> dan <i>Bhumi Malayu</i>.<span style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc;">Bahagian
5</span></b><span style="text-align: left;"> berakhir dengan
kisah itu.</span></span></p>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white;">Teks asal <i>Kathasaritsagara</i> dalam bahasa Sanskrit terdiri
daripada 124 bab (<i>taramga</i>) dalam 18
bahagian (<i>lambhaka</i>). Bagi projek
penceritaan semula dalam Bahasa Malaysia, saya hanya tumpukan kepada kisah
dalam <b>26 bab</b> pada <b>5 bahagian</b> terawal. Jika tidak, buku
akan menjadi terlalu tebal dan kos penerbitan amat tinggi.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kRvf7Edh8fPxM8jRurwJDx7914y0ubjgMzHLX4RuPAOBuTd9HRjc0TG_F2qMpaAL4RQQo9DZ6Oy61x8TNdRFsNF_HoNPateLrm7Xk91TAUc9XJx3y4t1-9OLHNDknaWpXYmkFosqqRHTPhZFBKWJM0vHoQcTnDBcIerjSibuo114HTE8uWe2kOCaBg/s756/Logo%20Blog2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="756" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kRvf7Edh8fPxM8jRurwJDx7914y0ubjgMzHLX4RuPAOBuTd9HRjc0TG_F2qMpaAL4RQQo9DZ6Oy61x8TNdRFsNF_HoNPateLrm7Xk91TAUc9XJx3y4t1-9OLHNDknaWpXYmkFosqqRHTPhZFBKWJM0vHoQcTnDBcIerjSibuo114HTE8uWe2kOCaBg/w400-h400/Logo%20Blog2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white;">Penulisan <b>draf</b> manuskrip <i>Katha Sarit Sagara</i> siap pada </span><b><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc;">15 September 2022</span></b><span style="background: white;">. Panjang draf manuskrip (sebelum disemak,
disunting, dan dibaiki) ialah 47,780 perkataan. Sekadar perbandingan:</span></p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 2.0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background: white;"><b>Katha Sarit Sagara<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 2.0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background: white;"><b>Kavya Sastra<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 2.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white;">18,540 perkataan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 2.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white;">34,710 perkataan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 2.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white;">47,780 perkataan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 2.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white;">76,960 perkataan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 2.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white;"><b>?</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="background: white;">[</span><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc;">Sudikah anda menyokong projek buku ini?</span><span style="background: white;"> Sila </span><b><span style="background: white; color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/08/katha.html"><span style="color: red;">klik
di sini</span></a></span></b><span style="background: white;"> untuk maklumat.]</span></p></div></span>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-31298403913205324422022-06-20T19:45:00.031+08:002022-08-26T12:14:33.900+08:00Harapan dan Reaksi Penyumbang Khanda Puranam<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2jx3yGv-3EiM9gS__4uR-YH8MHzrx_70xVvzIMWTrKap7R0XwFKSRfRDImKQRSY1gxCsAPkFvHzPKSoRYB2oh4NHPGm8_PqoYOUyX69Nh_6mKNP8sfEXkKg-NBlEGEUSdyxrI5N-fi4ToBTAgys93GkROCISQznrNvi4JLhYHLoK8OWMeCTpfKkk4Q/s756/Sokong%20Anuradha.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="756" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2jx3yGv-3EiM9gS__4uR-YH8MHzrx_70xVvzIMWTrKap7R0XwFKSRfRDImKQRSY1gxCsAPkFvHzPKSoRYB2oh4NHPGm8_PqoYOUyX69Nh_6mKNP8sfEXkKg-NBlEGEUSdyxrI5N-fi4ToBTAgys93GkROCISQznrNvi4JLhYHLoK8OWMeCTpfKkk4Q/w400-h400/Sokong%20Anuradha.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[sebelum buku terbit] “Saya harap buku <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/04/khanda.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Khanda Puranam</span></a></span></i></b>
(2022) akan memudahkan saya untuk memahami kisah-kisah menarik yang terkandung
dalam <i>purana</i> tersebut kerana cara
penceritaan semula Uthaya pasti mudah, ringkas, dan padat. Ia akan memudahkan
para pembaca untuk menghayati <i>Skanda
Purana</i> dengan lebih terperinci. Saya pasti Uthaya akan memilih unsur-unsur
menarik yang dapat dijadikan pedoman hidup dan secara tidak langsung memberi
pengajaran kepada pembaca. Saya sokong sepenuhnya projek ini.” — <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Anuradha Chelliah
</span></b>(Banting, Selangor)</span></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc;">Anuradha Chelliah</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><span style="background: white;">berasal dari Banting,
Selangor. Beliau menulis sajak, cerpen, dan esei sejak tahun 2016. Karya Anuradha
termuat dalam antologi seperti <i>Busana
Bahasa</i> (2019), </span><i>Landasan Hidup</i><span style="background: white;"> (2020), <span class="MsoHyperlink"><i>Peluru Aksara</i></span>
(2020), dan <i>Meredah Kabus</i> (2021). </span>Dapatkan biodata penuh beliau
dalam antologi <b style="font-weight: bold;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2022/06/ald.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Lakaran Diri</span></a></span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">(2022).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBp5-3lcRekoC_kBRGBtxSEyxdmYvVM_JVws8h9zcOxIIWZRxTKIvI_5BA4CARFwllhlY8mwwweVSkrfVi9Wnm-4vlu7VHhf0mBYG6-tz5GmfWgHpRjYwH5dDVPrhGS1FjJhoV3YpJGWRQjpzI_eR_vtXXg95JdMBu2ZVckyRI3OJTmClzRajefE8Gw/s1008/Harapan%20Mahendran.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1008" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBp5-3lcRekoC_kBRGBtxSEyxdmYvVM_JVws8h9zcOxIIWZRxTKIvI_5BA4CARFwllhlY8mwwweVSkrfVi9Wnm-4vlu7VHhf0mBYG6-tz5GmfWgHpRjYwH5dDVPrhGS1FjJhoV3YpJGWRQjpzI_eR_vtXXg95JdMBu2ZVckyRI3OJTmClzRajefE8Gw/w400-h300/Harapan%20Mahendran.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[sebelum buku terbit] “Semoga buku </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/04/khanda.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Khanda Puranam</span></a></span></i></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">
(2022) mampu menambah pengetahuan</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">saya
dan para pembaca lain mengenai Dewa Murugan dan kisah mitos yang nampak benar
dalam realiti hidup ini. Saya hendak mengetahui lebih lanjut kisah di sebalik Murugan.
Lagi pun, Murugan adalah dewa yang saya gemari sejak kecil.” — </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0000cc;">M. Mahendran </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">(Bentong, Pahang)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0000cc;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US">
<b><span style="color: #0000cc;">M. Mahendran</span></b> mula menulis cerpen Bahasa Malaysia dan Tamil pada
tahun 1987. Kumpulan cerpen beliau berjudul <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2018/01/belikarupaya.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Karupaya</span></a></span></i></b> (2018) dan <i>Thalaivar</i>
(2021). Mahendran salah seorang pengasas <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2010/03/aktiviti-kavyan-1999-2003.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Kumpulan Sasterawan
Kavyan</span></a></span></b>
(Kavyan) pada tahun 1999. Dapatkan biodata penuh beliau dalam antologi <b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2022/06/ald.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Lakaran Diri</span></a></span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"> (2022).</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWMIoJ2S_Zv9d_mkgAVKvuXLC70gUJlgwBKt0TIKPhMJgBSYvjk_A47N5cuJfP00VeKC1F6skeDsA97TabZO8bzYGJnjx1l_rL3N3AvRdFnMNFmvHlHBmLazWDS-IafFUUBlXw3D1xZP8IyNQ7sbYIt2zujajOxw0-UeckuMHhlpR-lniCZM7RKNyeLQ/s896/Harapan%20Suguz.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="653" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWMIoJ2S_Zv9d_mkgAVKvuXLC70gUJlgwBKt0TIKPhMJgBSYvjk_A47N5cuJfP00VeKC1F6skeDsA97TabZO8bzYGJnjx1l_rL3N3AvRdFnMNFmvHlHBmLazWDS-IafFUUBlXw3D1xZP8IyNQ7sbYIt2zujajOxw0-UeckuMHhlpR-lniCZM7RKNyeLQ/w291-h400/Harapan%20Suguz.jpeg" width="291" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><p class="MsoNormal">[sebelum buku terbit] “Saya menyokong projek <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/04/khanda.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Khanda Puranam</span></a> </span></i></b>kerana
masyarakat India, terutamanya generasi muda, harus ada kemahiran dalam Bahasa
Malaysia untuk menjelaskan kepercayaan dan pendekatan keagamaan mereka kepada
golongan seperti Melayu, Islam, dan Kristian pada masa kini dan akan datang.
Buku-buku Uthaya berupaya memberikan idea, istilah yang sesuai, gaya bahasa,
dan keyakinan kepada golongan tersebut untuk berbuat demikian dengan penuh
keyakinan.” — <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">A.
Sukumaran @ Cikgu Suguz </span></b><o:p></o:p>(Kota Kemuning, Selangor)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFOY-kYgQGRO2gNOSIZcG702Oxhf9MJYA03awRfAC2XYOSUyDGLgg3sE05-40ckkGHGoeW55eERBmcWkcW9xmr1BL5suQkDQk7mZts1QXYLcsaXB4W3mmS0zHCFqDhJ9pJqxY2PWkO4Z769ho6tP_YowwwA4YalTGfQVgc2B1ykHR-sB-TuvWh7ARsA/s1080/Reaksi%20Suwedan2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="809" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFOY-kYgQGRO2gNOSIZcG702Oxhf9MJYA03awRfAC2XYOSUyDGLgg3sE05-40ckkGHGoeW55eERBmcWkcW9xmr1BL5suQkDQk7mZts1QXYLcsaXB4W3mmS0zHCFqDhJ9pJqxY2PWkO4Z769ho6tP_YowwwA4YalTGfQVgc2B1ykHR-sB-TuvWh7ARsA/w300-h400/Reaksi%20Suwedan2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">“Sejak sekian lama, saya menanti-nantikan penerbitan sebuah
karya tentang dewa yang paling saya cintai iaitu Dewa Murugan. Impian itu telah
menjadi kenyataan apabila saya menatap sebuah buku berkulit putih, licin, dan
kemas serta berilustrasi <i>vel</i> emas
berjudul <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/04/khanda.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Khanda Puranam</span></a></span></i></b>
pada 20 Julai 2022. Semoga buku yang amat bermakna ini akan memberikan satu
pengertian dan pemahaman yang mendalam tentang Tuhanku Murugan yang bersebati
dalam hidupku buat selama-lamanya.” — <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Suwedan a/l Sellappan</span></b> (Kapar, Selangor)</p>
<b><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Suwedan
a/l Sellappan</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"> </span><span style="background: white; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">merupakan graduan Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) dan
kini pesara selepas 40 tahun menjadi guru subjek Bahasa Malaysia.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB4-sYS3f09KuPxiI_H9J2Hlf465MbhVc8SPC7qElNgn0Es8c7AGsFm2x71zkLfX90NVNtUYV1soONXzyp12vLOSrRIsCOo3LTrDyeFPfQGc8DL0fxJ4QIZ0CsiOmiMjrnXF0u2bL_vEN26NYzKLahvrSn9lYpMjS-HlJkhvRZ5NnzC7kxNsndeZ7toA/s1080/Reaksi%20Arun%20Balan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="607" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB4-sYS3f09KuPxiI_H9J2Hlf465MbhVc8SPC7qElNgn0Es8c7AGsFm2x71zkLfX90NVNtUYV1soONXzyp12vLOSrRIsCOo3LTrDyeFPfQGc8DL0fxJ4QIZ0CsiOmiMjrnXF0u2bL_vEN26NYzKLahvrSn9lYpMjS-HlJkhvRZ5NnzC7kxNsndeZ7toA/w225-h400/Reaksi%20Arun%20Balan.jpg" width="225" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><p class="MsoNormal">“Buku yang menarik kerana memuatkan pelbagai kisah mengenai
Dewa Murugan daripada teks <i>Skanda Purana</i>.”
— <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Arun Balan</span></b>
(Segamat, Johor)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Saya teruja dengan penampilan buku dan reka bentuk <i>vel</i> pada kulit depan.” — <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Sasitharan SG</span></b>
(Ayer Itam, Pulau Pinang)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Ilustrasi <i>vel</i> dan
tajuk <i>Khanda Puranam</i> sungguh memikat.
Pasti akan menarik perhatian semua pembaca.” — <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">M. Mahendran </span></b>(Bentong, Pahang)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="selectable-text">“Khanda Puranam, suatu
pengembaraan untuk meneroka bersama purana Hindu.” </span>— <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Malini Lakshmi
Bai</span></b> (Cheras, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Karya <i>Khanda Puranam</i>
diolah dengan teliti dan mudah difahami.” — <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Jayakumary Marimuthu</span></b> (Batu
Gajah, Perak)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Saya percaya buku ini mampu mendedahkan dan membantu
pembaca menyelami sumber tradisi.” — <b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sivapalan Selvadurai</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (Kajang, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Saya sangat teruja sebaik buku <i>Khanda Puranam</i> tiba. Terus koyak bungkusan ketika masih di pagar. Bagi
saya, Uthaya seorang individu berprinsip dan berdisiplin dalam menyiapkan
penerbitan buku-bukunya mengikut tempoh dijanjikan.” — <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Irene Tan Ai Ling</span></b> (Kota Bharu, Kelantan)<o:p></o:p></p>
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“Reka kulit sangat
unik.” — <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Tang
Ah Chai</span></b> (Segambut, Kuala Lumpur)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRli8VN5FSZRkNp-CyeVSBVmcW94kzn0eA-h2eFbL6TO0F7tf6z_o5h_6YRam_VhhBLGNamIGx5VcKje9HVjCixKwuMeaFuxgh-J-f2QhkfTCxcTi-KOxv_dFOK74Juzs_3sSZ6Rextuxb0jzuYMzn_I7zUk5R6ufvLe2RROL5rJoEpBhrClSbf54MQ/s1080/Reaksi%20Devan%20Ramakrishnan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="757" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRli8VN5FSZRkNp-CyeVSBVmcW94kzn0eA-h2eFbL6TO0F7tf6z_o5h_6YRam_VhhBLGNamIGx5VcKje9HVjCixKwuMeaFuxgh-J-f2QhkfTCxcTi-KOxv_dFOK74Juzs_3sSZ6Rextuxb0jzuYMzn_I7zUk5R6ufvLe2RROL5rJoEpBhrClSbf54MQ/w280-h400/Reaksi%20Devan%20Ramakrishnan.jpg" width="280" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">“Semoga
buku ini dapat menambahkan ilmu pengetahuan tentang Dewa Muruga.” — <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Devan
Ramakrisnan</span></b> (Kulai, Johor)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemIXQV0-sDNXLvRT2mF3oopRXwKCl0h_ujJ57Y5Cr7BVvAPVZH06sPItRjrXTCCHqljRHQJ3JbAlNgbcFCy2WClZrTWWAUd32VZkqJ1mwsnQ3eUjXUBU2B1Hp3tr0nP0T66CMhqh0-V9wuc9oFHqMXPlG0LnJRGeQ5TJQujEyIaaSPduV2PIj5pPVgQ/s883/Reaksi%20Nalina%20Devi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemIXQV0-sDNXLvRT2mF3oopRXwKCl0h_ujJ57Y5Cr7BVvAPVZH06sPItRjrXTCCHqljRHQJ3JbAlNgbcFCy2WClZrTWWAUd32VZkqJ1mwsnQ3eUjXUBU2B1Hp3tr0nP0T66CMhqh0-V9wuc9oFHqMXPlG0LnJRGeQ5TJQujEyIaaSPduV2PIj5pPVgQ/w326-h400/Reaksi%20Nalina%20Devi.jpg" width="326" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">“<i>Finally arrived.
Interesting to read</i>.” <span lang="EN-US">— </span><b style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Nalina Devi a/p
Applanaidu</span></b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"> (Sungai Petani, Kedah)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEuQb4Dmu-_CgzkNYflO719zJR0OpAo1yXsb-uEM58LksTjnGCMgRH6okA_RQ9yfPMaho7mPL1U-Jj5ZDkfjRhIbdH-m3Qtpd_LJQ2VrZdsGwQQhGFnrA7h9HbYnK6uSO_fFoRwiIOaKAKXrCgE_1ZTD195pRWwS73Ye2R-8HfMJSyyrDS298Xflth-A/s802/Reaksi%20Ezhil2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="721" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEuQb4Dmu-_CgzkNYflO719zJR0OpAo1yXsb-uEM58LksTjnGCMgRH6okA_RQ9yfPMaho7mPL1U-Jj5ZDkfjRhIbdH-m3Qtpd_LJQ2VrZdsGwQQhGFnrA7h9HbYnK6uSO_fFoRwiIOaKAKXrCgE_1ZTD195pRWwS73Ye2R-8HfMJSyyrDS298Xflth-A/w360-h400/Reaksi%20Ezhil2.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">
“Saya sudah hampir
habis membacanya. Memang seronok membaca kembali pelbagai peristiwa yang pernah
saya tonton dalam wayang gambar pada usia muda dulu.” <span lang="EN-US">— </span><b><span style="color: #0000cc;">VK Ezhilarasi a/p Velautham</span></b> (Cheras, Kuala Lumpur)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkFDZk235mIvpNv9ZKXK-zLFaJjUldh8yTgd5rMxmhm4eCHNvPl0qNVfGkkxss_TrtAG60-27NCv6nEFXqZpVHkJCVX2NyUNxmopsT8wWwvNu8eMTWhk24Y0iELL9Vjplke9j0GyBCm8OO-ARdDz8ao7ZhIRYroVaCMZrtatwbbgYnDXoVeNWsmqvHQ/s1436/Reaksi%20Fadzilah%20Din.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="1436" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkFDZk235mIvpNv9ZKXK-zLFaJjUldh8yTgd5rMxmhm4eCHNvPl0qNVfGkkxss_TrtAG60-27NCv6nEFXqZpVHkJCVX2NyUNxmopsT8wWwvNu8eMTWhk24Y0iELL9Vjplke9j0GyBCm8OO-ARdDz8ao7ZhIRYroVaCMZrtatwbbgYnDXoVeNWsmqvHQ/w400-h400/Reaksi%20Fadzilah%20Din.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">“Saya sudah habis
baca <i>Khanda Puranam</i>. Berasa macam
baca <i>ancient tales</i> atau <i>Greek mythology </i>(mitos Yunani). Dan saya
boleh kaitkan dengan cerita-cerita Melayu penuh mistik dan magis seperti Bawang
Putih Bawang Merah, Batu Belah Batu Bertangkup, cerita raja-raja serta unsur
magis yang terkandung di dalamnya. Gaya penceritaan sama iaitu unsur magis dan
mistik yang membuatkan orang macam saya sedikit terpinga-pinga. Betapa kuat
pengaruh Hindu dalam cerita-cerita Melayu klasik! Feudalisme yang kuat. Sampai
sekarang pun orang Melayu suka membaca majalah <i>Mastika</i>, bukan? Saya tak tahu sama ada sudah dihentikan atau tidak.”
— <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Fadzilah
Din</span></b> (Batu Caves, Selangor)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSmpGSTMk0pyQ2PT3jolyFrNiLyEvHGtSBoSGVLjyz4uehc6VQWdIpYnFglbQ4Zbwgd6TUYrvZXPsOOr8SWUjZKXaKdpb90gY6oMWzYGpO2AmFspgQsjtUNUBe9_4rPR8Gr4ZQ-aXEkVLTkxRx1nUQ6snpU360vDwXacl21JD3j49qeK-ThW62uvpfA/s1512/Reaksi%20Thanesh%20Kumar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1134" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSmpGSTMk0pyQ2PT3jolyFrNiLyEvHGtSBoSGVLjyz4uehc6VQWdIpYnFglbQ4Zbwgd6TUYrvZXPsOOr8SWUjZKXaKdpb90gY6oMWzYGpO2AmFspgQsjtUNUBe9_4rPR8Gr4ZQ-aXEkVLTkxRx1nUQ6snpU360vDwXacl21JD3j49qeK-ThW62uvpfA/w300-h400/Reaksi%20Thanesh%20Kumar.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">“Muka surat dedikasi ini pun sudah cukup menarik minat saya
untuk membaca lebih mendalam lagi. Saya percaya buku <i>Khanda Puranam</i> mampu memberi pandangan baharu kepada para pembaca.”
— <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Thanesh
Kumar Letchumanan</span></b> (Balik Pulau, Pulau Pinang)<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUI9bF53ydwBOI5yWpiZztjHH--9iPhRnPY5ehSAOExB5frKqiDNbUUlfE1jbx-oPA1c-hdMmYoaVUrn6p4rGAB2SqFa331kohcpN3MgggubrCp8eeBH0v-gcFhY_3lp0NKoCQpjJpHkdgumMqbIOrD_m3RhbbgK2BdGdSoYm6DYklnJZYrgEFHHCyw/s1113/Reaksi%20Daniel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1113" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUI9bF53ydwBOI5yWpiZztjHH--9iPhRnPY5ehSAOExB5frKqiDNbUUlfE1jbx-oPA1c-hdMmYoaVUrn6p4rGAB2SqFa331kohcpN3MgggubrCp8eeBH0v-gcFhY_3lp0NKoCQpjJpHkdgumMqbIOrD_m3RhbbgK2BdGdSoYm6DYklnJZYrgEFHHCyw/w400-h280/Reaksi%20Daniel.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">“Saya berasa gembira apabila melihat buku <i>Khanda Puranam</i>. Buku ini menceritakan
tradisi Dewa Murugan seperti perang antara <i>sura</i>
dan <i>asura</i>. Pada pandangan saya, semua
anak muda beragama Hindu wajar membaca buku ini kerana mereka dapat mengetahui kisah
<i>purana</i> dan tidak melupakan tradisi lama.”
— <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Daniel
Shankar</span></b> (Rawang, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBmDd6UjcxUfiKdovsKPOY5QZmDhwwUjMSRY2FInYmappnMtRmEFBBHmbnMAdRWUoFzNiQ81ViE2rbAc8Gd1Yk3CsgPodLKPQ-Ug6mRKrOyhAGKSIu9coBqiEnnkGSa_kwnBbJYwUL3L-jqKUeevBUWVzG8HVWc7RPdipcUeWMoxIErEC1LeX-fDYMg/s1058/Reaksi%20Sargunan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1058" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBmDd6UjcxUfiKdovsKPOY5QZmDhwwUjMSRY2FInYmappnMtRmEFBBHmbnMAdRWUoFzNiQ81ViE2rbAc8Gd1Yk3CsgPodLKPQ-Ug6mRKrOyhAGKSIu9coBqiEnnkGSa_kwnBbJYwUL3L-jqKUeevBUWVzG8HVWc7RPdipcUeWMoxIErEC1LeX-fDYMg/w400-h400/Reaksi%20Sargunan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">“It
is my good fortune and privilege to know this great soul. Uthaya is a prolific
and talented writer. <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/04/khanda.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Khanda Puranam</span></a></span></i></b> is his latest work, a
retelling of the <i>Skanda Purana</i>
(Fables of Lord Muruga), retold entirely in Bahasa Malaysia. Uthaya has been
through a hard time lately, having lost his home partially in the recent <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2021/12/banjir.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Sri Muda floods</span></a></span></b> (December 2021) and then
shortly after, held under <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/04/lokap.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">police detention</span></a></span></b> (April 2022). He is a
gentleman and an icon of Malaysian literature.” — <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Prof.
Dr. Sargunan Sockalingam</span></b> (University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSgJTbd43paVuKdrw_UvwD7N-nnVVbvfaXnD1fA1xc7YCKZRWC8h0HM4YweXgiprpjp3vgNCVJouuO_KATGVenVMaM3HhGDbXl6L055iXTuKOtd-ppFKrEcWedA1PseQKHZYtjpuq_iL1RLNEaK05lyLI22rqzgy2bf0JtHTh5MOV2f2-QUPB0ksQIrQ/s960/Reaksi%20Victor%20Low.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSgJTbd43paVuKdrw_UvwD7N-nnVVbvfaXnD1fA1xc7YCKZRWC8h0HM4YweXgiprpjp3vgNCVJouuO_KATGVenVMaM3HhGDbXl6L055iXTuKOtd-ppFKrEcWedA1PseQKHZYtjpuq_iL1RLNEaK05lyLI22rqzgy2bf0JtHTh5MOV2f2-QUPB0ksQIrQ/w400-h300/Reaksi%20Victor%20Low.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">“I’m on page 76 of <i>Khanda
Puranam</i> (2022) and I am not liking the Suras and Indra very much.” — <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Victor Low</span></b> (Baba Low’s
@ Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur)<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDr8819SR0crRk_r0FwAM6iETG_uvv6jPAFBGF4y55wiXbkgaNQOXXsTMsYJHy1stuLd5aO0ezuqxR9sf1cfjUfgU-9APS6YcRPRNjPdswZuztuaZ7oZ43H-PQIkq4AjXanRNQ_VTLHJxW75ozRGTeHCEPvREJUZihqeXz0-Mgx1YMNVZwAsNpFjs5qw/s895/Reaksi%20Mad%20Sentul.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="895" data-original-width="746" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDr8819SR0crRk_r0FwAM6iETG_uvv6jPAFBGF4y55wiXbkgaNQOXXsTMsYJHy1stuLd5aO0ezuqxR9sf1cfjUfgU-9APS6YcRPRNjPdswZuztuaZ7oZ43H-PQIkq4AjXanRNQ_VTLHJxW75ozRGTeHCEPvREJUZihqeXz0-Mgx1YMNVZwAsNpFjs5qw/w334-h400/Reaksi%20Mad%20Sentul.jpg" width="334" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">Saya jarang membaca atau memberi tumpuan kepada buku-buku
keagamaan, epik ataupun buku-buku mengenai dewa-dewi. Sebab utamanya saya
berbuat demikian, buku-buku tersebut saya rasa susah untuk difahami dan saya
akan lupa apa sebenarnya yang saya baca.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sebaik saya dapat tahu bahawa saudara Uthaya dalam proses
menulis buku <i>Khanda Puranam</i>, saya
kagum terhadap beliau kerana bukannya mudah untuk buat kerja-kerja penceritaan
semula <i>purana</i> Hindu. Tetapi, oleh
kerana Uthaya tidak menceritakan semula keseluruhan teks asal, maka saya rasa
ia adalah sesuatu yang lebih ringkas dan lebih mudah untuk difahami.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
Saya ucapkan tahniah
pada Uthaya kerana tampil menghasilkan buku <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/04/khanda.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Khanda Puranam</span></a></span></i></b>
dalam Bahasa Malaysia. Muka depan buku tersebut juga sungguh cantik dihiasi
dengan gambar <i>vel</i> serta judul buku. —
<b><span style="color: #0000cc;">M.
Mahesvaran @ Mad Sentul</span></b> (Kapar, Selangor)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoV7uc9Y4ZqNQaswz29pGCdtRrfXdnE548d7G6pI3Twh_iD2ImvHrcqq8Cx9BvW6_fWHnVAvsdVvAMVmFZlFbWMt-xoltL4gPwNA4a8cIvl7erltj05dwNS3RH1QuzV4q9m6uZlllXA6zx4zl5xDgSfCw7eXULgVSawK1icBTZQDIHWjpe1o9Ghjuag/s1280/Reaksi%20Anuradha.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1247" data-original-width="1280" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoV7uc9Y4ZqNQaswz29pGCdtRrfXdnE548d7G6pI3Twh_iD2ImvHrcqq8Cx9BvW6_fWHnVAvsdVvAMVmFZlFbWMt-xoltL4gPwNA4a8cIvl7erltj05dwNS3RH1QuzV4q9m6uZlllXA6zx4zl5xDgSfCw7eXULgVSawK1icBTZQDIHWjpe1o9Ghjuag/w400-h390/Reaksi%20Anuradha.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">Saya terkejut apabila membaca <i>Khanda Puranam</i> (2022) dengan tajuk-tajuk yang “pelik” [<i>contoh</i>: Kisah 12] tetapi saya yakin
Uthaya membuat kajian yang menyeluruh sebelum menulis buku ini. Pelbagai
persoalan timbul dalam diri semasa menghayati versi penceritaan semula ini.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Namun, selepas membaca kandungan buku, saya dapat memahami <i>purana</i> ini dan saya dapati tidak banyak
aspek yang berkaitan dengan Dewa Murugan. Huraian yang diberikan dalam
pascakata menjelaskan aspek ini.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal">Buku ini boleh dijadikan titik permulaan untuk mendalami
pelbagai karya klasik India dan saya kagum dengan usaha Uthaya menyampaikan
teks-teks klasik secara terperinci melalui penulisan Bahasa Malaysia.
Sememangnya, mudah difahami dan dihayati. — <b><span style="color: #0000cc;">Anuradha Chelliah </span></b>(Banting, Selangor)<o:p></o:p></p></span></div></span></span></span></div>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-45376483195100130292022-06-16T00:17:00.004+08:002022-06-26T18:51:14.479+08:00Kandungan Khanda Puranam<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy5xcBFzjghAmf9d5pyQOaJsLyKPHfBnn_TZ0UXepXXiOR0QM7nLuX2DPlQNd2XzljTClTGwqkZAB-y1vnyyHHF4A6ePgHuxqoxzA0eOHMdhmnyzVbE6IjHWvzn6tPY9SnxuLtr2FWxqzBqQSFAJxlmCh7A_YPuwH2s-x230t0JRXLVU1gB-CDy6g4qw/s960/Kulit%20Mock3A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy5xcBFzjghAmf9d5pyQOaJsLyKPHfBnn_TZ0UXepXXiOR0QM7nLuX2DPlQNd2XzljTClTGwqkZAB-y1vnyyHHF4A6ePgHuxqoxzA0eOHMdhmnyzVbE6IjHWvzn6tPY9SnxuLtr2FWxqzBqQSFAJxlmCh7A_YPuwH2s-x230t0JRXLVU1gB-CDy6g4qw/w400-h300/Kulit%20Mock3A.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Berikut
ialah kandungan buku </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/04/khanda.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Khanda Puranam</span></a></span></i></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">
(2022) yang merupakan penceritaan semula </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Skanda
Purana</i><span style="font-family: georgia;">, sebuah </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">purana</i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> terkenal </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2014/03/hindu.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Hinduisme</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">,
dalam </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2010/03/bahasa-malaysia.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Bahasa Malaysia</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">.
</span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Perenggan
pertama</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> dipaparkan dengan harapan mampu menarik minat orang ramai
memiliki dan membaca buku ini.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Prakata </i>(14 halaman)<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Pengantar </span></i><span lang="EN-US">[<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/06/eulogi.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">rujuk sumber</span></a></span></b>]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1. Shiva Dilaknat<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sikap Dewa Shiva menimbulkan kemarahan Daksa.
Sebagai bapa mentua, Daksa mengharapkan kehadirannya menerima layanan dan
penghormatan sewajarnya daripada dewa yang mengahwini puterinya, Sati.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">2. Yagam Tanpa Shiva<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Pada suatu hari, Daksa mengambil keputusan mahu
menganjurkan upacara <i>yagam</i> secara
besar-besaran. Sebagaimana tradisi, upacara pengorbanan suci di depan unggun
api ini bertujuan membawa kepada <i>sarva
mangalam</i>; seluruh alam dilimpahi sejahtera.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">3. Selamat Tinggal, Sati<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sati yang juga dikenali sebagai
Daksayani <span lang="EN-US">sedang bergembira
bersama dayang-dayang dan rakan-rakan di <a name="_Hlk105782324">Kailasa, Gunung
Gandhamadana.</a> </span>Sewaktu sedang berhibur di taman yang dipenuhi pelbagai
tumbuhan, hidupan, dan kolam berair jernih, Sati ternampak beberapa <i>sura</i> berpakaian cantik.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">4. Sati dan Shiva Dihina<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ketibaan Sati di tapak <i>yagam</i> di <span lang="EN-US">Kanakhala menerima sambutan yang berbelah bagi.
Para <i>sura</i> dan maharishi tercari-cari
jika Shiva hadir sama. Jika dewa itu hadir, mungkinkah berlaku lagi sengketa
dengan Daksa? Dan andai Sati hadir sendirian, apakah pula reaksi Daksa jika
ditanya soalan bertubi-tubi?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">5. Rudra Thandava<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Berita mengenai Sati yang membunuh diri dengan
melompat ke dalam api <i>yagam</i> segera
disampaikan kepada Shiva oleh Narada yang merupakan malaikat penyampai maklumat
antara manusia dan dewa-dewi.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">6. Kemunculan Tarakasura<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ketiadaan Sati di sisi membuatkan
Shiva merasai suatu kehilangan dan kekosongan yang sukar dimengerti.
Sesungguhnya, sejak berkahwin, Sati yang juga digelar Shakti merupakan kuasa
atau sakti yang memberikan tenaga kepada Shiva. Tanpa Shakti, Shiva merasakan
jiwa tidak bermaya.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">7. Parvathi Bertemu Shiva<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Para <i>sura</i> pergi bertemu Himavan dan Meena di Himalaya. Mereka
menceritakan tentang apa yang berlaku selama ini. Turut diceritakan bagaimana
Sati lahir semula di <i>bhuloka</i> sebagai
Girija.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">8. Manmatha Diberi Tugas<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Para penghuni Indraloka menyeru
Indra mendapatkan khidmat Manmatha iaitu Dewa Cinta. Dia yang juga dikenali
sebagai Madana sering membawa busur istimewa di mana talinya terdiri daripada
lebah. Manmatha menjadi ejen bagi memutikkan cinta antara pasangan muda di
seluruh alam.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">9. Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Pada saat Shiva merenung ke dalam
matanya, Parvathi sudah memutuskan bahawa dewa itulah bakal suaminya. Tindakan
Shiva membakar Manmatha sehingga hangus sebelum terus meninggalkan puncak
Himalaya benar-benar mengecewakan Parvathi.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">10. Shiva Bertemu Parvathi<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Apakah tujuan kedatangan anda
semua?” Shiva bertanya kepada rombongan yang berhimpun di hadapannya.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">11. Perkahwinan Shiva dan Parvathi<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Shiva berdiri penuh gagah di hadapan
Parvathi. Gadis itu langsung tidak menyangka pemuda yang mengutuk dan menghina
Shiva sebentar tadi adalah dewa itu sendiri yang menyamar sebagai seorang <i>brahmachari</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">12. Air Mani Shiva<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Shiva dan Parvathi menikmati alam
perkahwinan dengan penuh kasih sayang. Shiva yang sekian lama menjadi <i>sanyasi</i> seperti mendapat semangat dan
kekuatan baharu kerana tergoda dengan Parvathi yang jelita dan mempersona.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">13. Bayi di Sungai Ganga<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Vishnu mengusulkan supaya mereka
segera mengadap Shiva dan merayu supaya diberikan pengampunan dan pembebasan
daripada penyeksaan yang sedang dialami. Tanpa bertangguh, mereka semua
bergegas ke Kailasa.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">14. Panglima Perang<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sewaktu Shiva dan Parvathi tiba
di tebing Sungai Ganga, Vishnu, Lakshmi, Brahma, Saraswathi, Indra, Vayu, Kubera,
dewa-dewi, bidadari, malaikat, <i>gandharva</i>,
<i>yaksha</i>, dan pelbagai pihak lain sudah
berkumpul di sana. Kesemua mereka amat gembira dengan kemunculan bayi yang
merupakan anak Shiva.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">15. Kelahiran Vajranga<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Daksa ialah individu yang tercipta daripada ibu
jari kanan Brahma, Sang Pencipta. Maka, Daksa bukan insan biasa. Hasil
perkahwinannya dengan Prasuti, maka lahirlah enam puluh anak perempuan.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">16. Indra dan Varangi<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Vajranga mahu melupakan peristiwa
hitam berkaitan Indra. Tambahan pula selepas berkahwin dengan <a name="_Hlk105877312">Varangi</a> dan memulakan hidup baharu. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">17. Dendam Tarakasura<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tidak lama kemudian, Varangi
mengandung dan melahirkan seorang bayi lelaki. Sebaik sahaja bayi berkenaan
lahir, <i>naraka</i>, <i>bhuloka</i>, dan <i>swarga</i>
bergegar. Gempa bumi dan tsunami melanda. Gerhana matahari turut terjadi tanpa
disangka.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">18. Vishnu Selamatkan Sura<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Lihatlah keadaan diri anda semua
yang sudah ditundukkan dengan amat mudah oleh Tarakasura, Simhamuka, Surapadman,
para tentera <i>daitya </i>daripada
keturunan Diti, dan tentera <i>danava</i>
daripada keturunan Danu,” kata Vishnu kepada para <i>sura</i> yang sudah menjadi tawanan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">19. Asal Usul Sura, Asura<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Para <i>sura</i> pergi mengadap Brahma di Satyaloka dan menceritakan apa-apa
yang sudah berlaku. Brahma mendengar dengan teliti.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">20. Gugurnya Tarakasura<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sebaik mendapat tahu tentang
berita kelahiran Murugan, Agni segera ke tebing Sungai Ganga. Dia amat teruja
melihat air mani Shiva yang bertukar menjadi janin, kini sudah muncul sebagai
seorang bayi yang amat sempurna. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">21. Vahana Murugan<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Apabila melihat abangnya, Tarakasura
yang hebat, tumbang dengan begitu mudah kepada Murugan, Simhamuka segera
menyerah diri. Dia memohon keampunan dan belas kasihan. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">22. Dunia Jadi Gelap<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Shiva dan Parvathi sedang berehat
di halaman kediaman mereka di Kailasa sambil berbual-bual tentang pelbagai
perkara yang berlaku sejak kelahiran Murugan. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">23. Parvathi di Kanchi<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Pertapaan Parvathi di bawah pokok
mangga di tebing Sungai Palar berjalan lancar. Dia dan para pengikutnya
menyukai suasana di Kanchi. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">24. Indra Hilang Kuasa<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sebagai seorang bayi yang masih
menyusu, Balamurugan selalu duduk di riba Parvathi. Segala butir perbualan
Shiva dan Parvathi didengar olehnya dengan penuh tekun dan teliti. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">25. Minta Bantuan Vishnu<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Apabila menyedari dirinya sudah
tidak ada apa-apa kuasa dan harta, Indra memutuskan untuk menyembah pihak atasan
yang ada kuasa dan kemampuan untuk membantu dia kembali menikmati segala
kemewahan yang pernah dimiliki.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">26. Samudra Mathana<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Kita perlu hidup bersama dan
bersatu sebagai sebuah keluarga. Lupakan segala sengketa dan masalah demi
kemakmuran bersama. Kalau <i>sura</i>
menderita, maka <i>asura</i> akan turut
menderita. Dan kami golongan <i>sura</i>
tidak sanggup untuk membiarkan golongan <i>asura</i>
menderita.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">27. Asura<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Para <i>asura</i> yang melarikan diri bersama bekas berisi <i>amrita</i> terkejut melihat seorang wanita jelita menjelma di hadapan
mereka. Mimik muka, gerak mata, dan aksi tubuh badan sungguh menggoda. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Pascakata </i>(8 halaman)<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Biodata </span></i><span lang="EN-US">[<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2018/08/biouth.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">contoh biodata</span></a></span></b>]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Penyumbang </span></i><span lang="EN-US">[<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasankarsb.blogspot.com/2022/04/dana.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">senarai di sini</span></a></span></b>]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
<span lang="EN-US">Mahukan maklumat
lanjut berkaitan buku <i>Khanda Puranam</i>?
[<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2022/04/khanda.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">klik di sini</span></a></span></b>]</span></span></p>Uthaya Sankar SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18369076782173406425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1468035250015738449.post-53244986330572969062022-06-15T23:45:00.015+08:002022-06-20T21:30:44.060+08:00Kandungan Lakaran Diri<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEDw-XqmVA5QadTC-gQn-9SIHrONRpqGGTpUaiiIddGqgb3T8AKcg0wVTaqWS1bgqw0T6_LfhFvMJhkkQrDi7SWNcFiv_aII3w9XXLFUy6C9YhQvw46XQEcUxk54DdWSAJCmzNGkEf9Hi7_xuZAnH-7R-rn4fjTcH0T18wwQki-r9ty6ZwI729kNiISQ/s1280/AA%20Judul%20PIX.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEDw-XqmVA5QadTC-gQn-9SIHrONRpqGGTpUaiiIddGqgb3T8AKcg0wVTaqWS1bgqw0T6_LfhFvMJhkkQrDi7SWNcFiv_aII3w9XXLFUy6C9YhQvw46XQEcUxk54DdWSAJCmzNGkEf9Hi7_xuZAnH-7R-rn4fjTcH0T18wwQki-r9ty6ZwI729kNiISQ/w400-h225/AA%20Judul%20PIX.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Berikut ialah kandungan antologi <b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kavyan.blogspot.com/2022/06/ald.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Lakaran Diri</span></a></span></i></b>
(2022).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prakata</span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">1. Ankh di Bilik 31 - </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><i>Malini Lakshmi Bai </i>[<b><a href="https://youtu.be/3fgL5RyPSC8" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">dengar petikan</span></a></b>]</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">2. Bukan Sekadar Teman - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">Anuradha Chelliah</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">3. Cinta Makaron - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">N. Nitha</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">4. Darurat di Pulau Cinta - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">Uthaya Sankar SB</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">5. Dia Bukan Ayahku - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">Jayakumary Marimuthu</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">6. Ditunang Sebayan - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">Felecia Lubok</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">7. Duta Chetti Melaka - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">Uthaya Sankar SB</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">8. Hanya Engkau Untukku - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">Thanusya Shanmuganathan</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">9. Kalau Sekali Termakan Cili - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">Kamalah Suppiah</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">10. Kaum Cina dan Akhbar Melayu - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">Koh Yok Hwa</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">11. Kaum Cina dan Bahasa Kebangsaan - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">Koh Yok Hwa</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">12. Lakaran Diri - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">Anuradha Chelliah</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">13. Lambaian dari Kashmir - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">Malini Lakshmi Bai</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">14. Lemambang Gawai Antu - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">Felecia Lubok</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">15. Meera - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">M. Mahendran</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">16. Putera - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">Koh Yok Hwa</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">17. Secangkir Kopi O - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">Jayakumary Marimuthu</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">18. Seorang Tua dan Sebuah Bangunan - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">M. Mahendran</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">19. Sepotong Kek, Segenggam Gula-gula - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">Kamalah Suppiah</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">20. Tamat - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">N. Nitha</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">21. Vivahana - </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">Thanusya Shanmuganathan</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Biodata</span></span></i></p>
<span lang="EN-US"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sila
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