{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=807","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=805","results":[{"id":15447,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Vittal Rao K.","bio":"\nVittal Rāo K (Tamil: விட்டால் ராவ் கி) (born 12 May 1942) is a  Tamil writer who was born at Hosur, a small town in the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu, India. Although a Kannadiga by birth, Tamil was his medium of instruction since he did his schooling in Tamil Nadu. A man of varied talents, he took to writing in his early twenties, but he became a recognizable face in the local literary circles when his short stories started appearing in popular Tamil weekly magazines such as Ananda Vikatan  in 1967. In his literary career spanning over four decades, Vittal Rao has written 9 novels, 5 collections of 140 short stories and 7 essays ranging from world cinema to fine art, history and literature.\nVittal Rao was born in Hosur, a small town in the old Salem district of Tamil Nadu, India. He was the sixth of eight siblings born to Saraswathi and Krishna Rāo. He spent most of his childhood and adolescent days in Salem before moving to Chennai in 1960 to work as a radiographer at Stanley Medical College and Hospital there. It was during this time that he developed an interest in fine arts and literature which encouraged him to enroll at the prestigious Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai (formerly known as the Madras School of Art) in Chennai. He joined Madras Telephones later, in 1963, where he continued to work until his retirement in May, 2002. Working at Madras Telephones, allowed him to pursue his interest in fine arts and literature. One of his favorite pastimes included browsing the Moor Market, near the Madras Central Railway Station, which used to be a popular hangout of literary and art aficionados where used books from around the world could be bought at a bargain.\nHis first short story appeared in the popular weekly, Ananda Vikatan  in 1967, and from there on his writings have appeared in all the popular as well as little literary magazines.","raw_bio":"Vittal Rāo K (Tamil: விட்டால் ராவ் கி) (born 12 May 1942) is a  Tamil writer who was born at Hosur, a small town in the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu, India. Although a Kannadiga by birth, Tamil was his medium of instruction since he did his schooling in Tamil Nadu. A man of varied talents, he took to writing in his early twenties, but he became a recognizable face in the local literary circles when his short stories started appearing in popular Tamil weekly magazines such as Ananda Vikatan  in 1967. In his literary career spanning over four decades, Vittal Rao has written 9 novels, 5 collections of 140 short stories and 7 essays ranging from world cinema to fine art, history and literature. Vittal Rao was born in Hosur, a small town in the old Salem district of Tamil Nadu, India. He was the sixth of eight siblings born to Saraswathi and Krishna Rāo. He spent most of his childhood and adolescent days in Salem before moving to Chennai in 1960 to work as a radiographer at Stanley Medical College and Hospital there. It was during this time that he developed an interest in fine arts and literature which encouraged him to enroll at the prestigious Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai (formerly known as the Madras School of Art) in Chennai. He joined Madras Telephones later, in 1963, where he continued to work until his retirement in May, 2002. Working at Madras Telephones, allowed him to pursue his interest in fine arts and literature. One of his favorite pastimes included browsing the Moor Market, near the Madras Central Railway Station, which used to be a popular hangout of literary and art aficionados where used books from around the world could be bought at a bargain. His first short story appeared in the popular weekly, Ananda Vikatan  in 1967, and from there on his writings have appeared in all the popular as well as little literary magazines.","slug":"vittal-rao-k","DOB":"1942-05-12","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/vittal-rao-k","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:55.332036","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":16},{"id":15448,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Kalki Sadasivam","bio":"\nThiagaraja Sadasivam (4 September 1902 – 21 November 1997), better known as Kalki Sadasivam, was an Indian freedom fighter, singer, journalist and film producer who was one of the founders, along with Kalki Krishnamurthy of the Tamil magazine Kalki. He is well known as the husband of famous classical carnatic singer M.S. Subbulakshmi.\nKalki Sadasivam was born in a Brahmin family on 4 September 1902 at Aangarai in Tiruchirapalli District, the third of 16 children of Tyagarajan and Mangalam Iyer. Impressed by the fiery speeches and writings of Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal, Lokamanya Tilak and Aurobindo Ghosh, Kalki Sadasivam joined the freedom movement at an early age and being a disciple of Subramaniya Siva desired to kill an Englishman and court imprisonment for the sake of it. As a result, he quit school and enlisted in the Bharata Samaj, serving Subramaniya Siva who was afflicted with leprosy and ardent involving himself in the Swadeshi Movement. On listening to speeches by Rajagopalachari and Mahatma Gandhi he later adopted non-violence.\nSadasivam had two daughters named Radha and Vijaya from his first wife, Smt. Apithakuchambal, who died in 1938. In July 1936, Sadasivam met M.S. Subbulakshmi, who subscribed to his ideological and political views. The two eventually married on 10 July 1940 after his first wife died. Radha later became a popular musician in her own right.","raw_bio":"Thiagaraja Sadasivam (4 September 1902 – 21 November 1997), better known as Kalki Sadasivam, was an Indian freedom fighter, singer, journalist and film producer who was one of the founders, along with Kalki Krishnamurthy of the Tamil magazine Kalki. He is well known as the husband of famous classical carnatic singer M.S. Subbulakshmi. Kalki Sadasivam was born in a Brahmin family on 4 September 1902 at Aangarai in Tiruchirapalli District, the third of 16 children of Tyagarajan and Mangalam Iyer. Impressed by the fiery speeches and writings of Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal, Lokamanya Tilak and Aurobindo Ghosh, Kalki Sadasivam joined the freedom movement at an early age and being a disciple of Subramaniya Siva desired to kill an Englishman and court imprisonment for the sake of it. As a result, he quit school and enlisted in the Bharata Samaj, serving Subramaniya Siva who was afflicted with leprosy and ardent involving himself in the Swadeshi Movement. On listening to speeches by Rajagopalachari and Mahatma Gandhi he later adopted non-violence. Sadasivam had two daughters named Radha and Vijaya from his first wife, Smt. Apithakuchambal, who died in 1938. In July 1936, Sadasivam met M.S. Subbulakshmi, who subscribed to his ideological and political views. The two eventually married on 10 July 1940 after his first wife died. Radha later became a popular musician in her own right.","slug":"kalki-sadasivam","DOB":"1902-09-04","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India","url":"/sootradhar/kalki-sadasivam","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:55.343273","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":16},{"id":15449,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Sandilyan","bio":"\nBhashyam Iyengar (6 November 1910 - 11 September 1987), better known by the pen name of Sandilyan, was an Indian writer known for his historical fiction novels in Tamil. He is known for his historical romance and adventure novels, often set in the times of the Chola and Pandya empires.\nSandilyan was born in Tirukoilur, Tamil Nadu on 10 November 1910 to Ramanujam Iyengar and Poongovilvalli. His family was from Thiruindalur village near Mayiladuthurai. He did his schooling in Chennai Pachaiyappa's School and Saidapet Model School. His college education came from Tiruchirappalli St. Joseph's College. While in college, he was influenced by the visit of C. Rajagopalachari and joined the Indian independence movement. He became a member of the Indian National Congress. He married Ranganayaki in 1929.\nAfter finishing college he moved to T. Nagar in the 1930s. He became friends with his neighbours V.Swaminatha Sharma who was working in Thiru. Vi. Ka's weekly magazine Navasakthi and the noted Tamil writer Kalki Krishnamurthy. With their encouragement he wrote his first short story titled Shantha Seelan. Impressed with his work, Kalki published his short stories like Kannammavin Kadhal, Adhirshtam in Ananda Vikatan. Encouraged by this success Sandilyan started learning the Tamil language formally from a Tamil Pandit named Thirukannapuram Srinivachariar. He started writing Tamil short stories in the Tamil Weekly Sudesamithran and also worked as a reporter in Sudesamithran from 1935 to 1942. Later he became a sub-editor at the English daily newspaper Hindustan Times.","raw_bio":"Bhashyam Iyengar (6 November 1910 - 11 September 1987), better known by the pen name of Sandilyan, was an Indian writer known for his historical fiction novels in Tamil. He is known for his historical romance and adventure novels, often set in the times of the Chola and Pandya empires. Sandilyan was born in Tirukoilur, Tamil Nadu on 10 November 1910 to Ramanujam Iyengar and Poongovilvalli. His family was from Thiruindalur village near Mayiladuthurai. He did his schooling in Chennai Pachaiyappa's School and Saidapet Model School. His college education came from Tiruchirappalli St. Joseph's College. While in college, he was influenced by the visit of C. Rajagopalachari and joined the Indian independence movement. He became a member of the Indian National Congress. He married Ranganayaki in 1929. After finishing college he moved to T. Nagar in the 1930s. He became friends with his neighbours V.Swaminatha Sharma who was working in Thiru. Vi. Ka's weekly magazine Navasakthi and the noted Tamil writer Kalki Krishnamurthy. With their encouragement he wrote his first short story titled Shantha Seelan. Impressed with his work, Kalki published his short stories like Kannammavin Kadhal, Adhirshtam in Ananda Vikatan. Encouraged by this success Sandilyan started learning the Tamil language formally from a Tamil Pandit named Thirukannapuram Srinivachariar. He started writing Tamil short stories in the Tamil Weekly Sudesamithran and also worked as a reporter in Sudesamithran from 1935 to 1942. Later he became a sub-editor at the English daily newspaper Hindustan Times.","slug":"sandilyan","DOB":"1910-11-06","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/sandilyan","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:55.351661","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":16},{"id":15450,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Gnani Sankaran","bio":"\nN. Vembusamy Sankaran (4 January 1954 – 15 January 2018), known popularly as Gnani, was an Indian journalist and writer in Tamil language. He wrote articles under the pseudonyms Vamban, Cynic and Nandan, and is known for frank and uncompromising views on politics and culture, which he has expressed in the media for 30 years. He functioned in multiple roles in newspapers, magazines, plays and films. His son Manush Nandan works as a cinematographer in Tamil cinema.\nGnani was born to Jayalakshmi and N. Vembusamy on 4 January 1954 in Chengalpattu, a town in India's erstwhile Madras State (now Tamil Nadu), where he was also schooled. His father worked as a journalist with an English daily. As a student Gnani showed interest in oratory, writing and acting. He was a part of first Rail Passenger's Association. He graduated from the Madras Christian College.\nHe started as court reporter for Indian Express, when he reported on embarrassing gaffes for the judiciary. Eventually he fought with Indian Express. Although he was fired, he successfully sued them for breach of labour laws. He soon joined eminent Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan, becoming a sure investigative journalist.","raw_bio":"N. Vembusamy Sankaran (4 January 1954 – 15 January 2018), known popularly as Gnani, was an Indian journalist and writer in Tamil language. He wrote articles under the pseudonyms Vamban, Cynic and Nandan, and is known for frank and uncompromising views on politics and culture, which he has expressed in the media for 30 years. He functioned in multiple roles in newspapers, magazines, plays and films. His son Manush Nandan works as a cinematographer in Tamil cinema. Gnani was born to Jayalakshmi and N. Vembusamy on 4 January 1954 in Chengalpattu, a town in India's erstwhile Madras State (now Tamil Nadu), where he was also schooled. His father worked as a journalist with an English daily. As a student Gnani showed interest in oratory, writing and acting. He was a part of first Rail Passenger's Association. He graduated from the Madras Christian College. He started as court reporter for Indian Express, when he reported on embarrassing gaffes for the judiciary. Eventually he fought with Indian Express. Although he was fired, he successfully sued them for breach of labour laws. He soon joined eminent Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan, becoming a sure investigative journalist.","slug":"gnani-sankaran","DOB":"1954-01-04","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/gnani-sankaran","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:55.365581","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":16},{"id":15451,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Javar Seetharaman","bio":"Javar Seetharaman (1919-1971) was an Indian author, screenwriter and actor.\nN. Seetharaman was a lawyer from Trichy. He joined Gemini Studios to pursue a career in films. Besides acting, He also wrote the script and dialogues for a number of Tamil and Hindi Films. He came to be called as Jawar or Javert due to his portrayal of Javert in the 1950 Tamil film, Ezhai Padum Padu based on Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.\n","raw_bio":"Javar Seetharaman (1919-1971) was an Indian author, screenwriter and actor. N. Seetharaman was a lawyer from Trichy. He joined Gemini Studios to pursue a career in films. Besides acting, He also wrote the script and dialogues for a number of Tamil and Hindi Films. He came to be called as Jawar or Javert due to his portrayal of Javert in the 1950 Tamil film, Ezhai Padum Padu based on Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. ","slug":"javar-seetharaman","DOB":"1919-01-07","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Chennai","url":"/sootradhar/javar-seetharaman","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:55.373677","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":16},{"id":15452,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Daniel Selvaraj","bio":"\nD. Selvaraj (Tamil: டி. செல்வராஜ்; 14 January 1938 – 20 December 2019) was a Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India. He was the author of a number of novels, short stories, and plays in Tamil. He was a lawyer by profession and was involved in various Communist and left leaning writers' organisations like Democratic Writers Association India and the Progressive writers association of Tamil Nadu (TNPWA). He was an executive committee member of the TNPWA.. He received the Tamil Nadu Government's literary award for the best novel of 2011 for his work on tannery workers of Southern Tamil Nadu titled \"Thol\". He did the field work for Thol for a decade before writing it. The novel was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award for Tamil in 2012.\nSelvaraj was born to Daniel and Gnanam Ammal in 1938 in Thenkalam,  Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, India. His parents were plantation labourers who worked in the tea plantations in Munnar at the Kerala- Tamil Nadu border. He obtained his B.A. degree in Tirunelveli (1959) Hindu College and his law degree in Madras (1962) Madras Law college. His early inspiration came from Maupassant short stories, Dickens and Thomas Hardy's novels. His Principal in Hindu college Professor Alexandar Gnanamuthu introduced him to Shakespeare and Selvaraj was hooked on good literature for his life. He published his first short story in Janasakthidaily's weekly magazine, the official magazine of Communist Party of India (CPI). During 1957-58, he also published regularly in the progressive literary magazine Shanthi run by T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan, along with Sundara Ramaswamy he was a regular contributor to \"Shanthi\". As a writer he was influenced by the Communist ideals of P. Jeevanandham and became a member of the TNPWA. His short stories and novels appeared regularly in literary magazines like Neethi, Semmalar, Kannadasan and Thamarai. His first noted work was the novel Malarum Sarugum (1967) written on the background of the peasant agitation in the Tirunelveli district. It is considered to be the first Dalit novel written in Tamil. He followed it with Thaeneer (1973) which was about the plight of the tea plantation workers. He wrote a number of plays, the most notable of which are yugasangamam (1968) and \"Paatu Mudiyum Munnae\". Yugasangamam was awarded the best play award by Tamil Nadu Government's literary association and is currently a part of the curriculum at the Tamil studies department, Delhi University. \"Paatu Mudiyum Munnae\" was staged all over Tamil Nadu by T.K. Balachander troupe and lyrics for the play were penned by Paatukkottai Kalayanasundaram - which led to a close relationship with this legendary poet. He sharpened his writing skills with constant criticism and guidance from Tho.Mu.Si. Raghunathan/ Thi.Ka.Sivasankaran/ Jeevanandam. In fact when Jeevanandam was the editor of \"Thamarai\" D.S. was the one editing the magazine behind the scenes. He spent years and years researching his novels before sitting down to pen them. His \"Thol\" novel is an apt example of that effort. He spent 10 years researching the novel in Dindigul tanneries and erstwhile workers in tanneries before writing it down. \"Thol\" was awarded the Tamil Nadu Government Award for the best novel of 2009 and the novel has been given the honour by Sahitya Akademi in 2012. He lived his last years in Dindigul. He was married to Bharathaputri and had three children (Siddharthan Prabhu, Sarvagan Prabhu, Veda gnana lakshmi all 3 married) . He happily shared his time between writing, his advocate practice and playing with his 5 grand children.","raw_bio":"D. Selvaraj (Tamil: டி. செல்வராஜ்; 14 January 1938 – 20 December 2019) was a Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India. He was the author of a number of novels, short stories, and plays in Tamil. He was a lawyer by profession and was involved in various Communist and left leaning writers' organisations like Democratic Writers Association India and the Progressive writers association of Tamil Nadu (TNPWA). He was an executive committee member of the TNPWA.. He received the Tamil Nadu Government's literary award for the best novel of 2011 for his work on tannery workers of Southern Tamil Nadu titled \"Thol\". He did the field work for Thol for a decade before writing it. The novel was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award for Tamil in 2012. Selvaraj was born to Daniel and Gnanam Ammal in 1938 in Thenkalam,  Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, India. His parents were plantation labourers who worked in the tea plantations in Munnar at the Kerala- Tamil Nadu border. He obtained his B.A. degree in Tirunelveli (1959) Hindu College and his law degree in Madras (1962) Madras Law college. His early inspiration came from Maupassant short stories, Dickens and Thomas Hardy's novels. His Principal in Hindu college Professor Alexandar Gnanamuthu introduced him to Shakespeare and Selvaraj was hooked on good literature for his life. He published his first short story in Janasakthidaily's weekly magazine, the official magazine of Communist Party of India (CPI). During 1957-58, he also published regularly in the progressive literary magazine Shanthi run by T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan, along with Sundara Ramaswamy he was a regular contributor to \"Shanthi\". As a writer he was influenced by the Communist ideals of P. Jeevanandham and became a member of the TNPWA. His short stories and novels appeared regularly in literary magazines like Neethi, Semmalar, Kannadasan and Thamarai. His first noted work was the novel Malarum Sarugum (1967) written on the background of the peasant agitation in the Tirunelveli district. It is considered to be the first Dalit novel written in Tamil. He followed it with Thaeneer (1973) which was about the plight of the tea plantation workers. He wrote a number of plays, the most notable of which are yugasangamam (1968) and \"Paatu Mudiyum Munnae\". Yugasangamam was awarded the best play award by Tamil Nadu Government's literary association and is currently a part of the curriculum at the Tamil studies department, Delhi University. \"Paatu Mudiyum Munnae\" was staged all over Tamil Nadu by T.K. Balachander troupe and lyrics for the play were penned by Paatukkottai Kalayanasundaram - which led to a close relationship with this legendary poet. He sharpened his writing skills with constant criticism and guidance from Tho.Mu.Si. Raghunathan/ Thi.Ka.Sivasankaran/ Jeevanandam. In fact when Jeevanandam was the editor of \"Thamarai\" D.S. was the one editing the magazine behind the scenes. He spent years and years researching his novels before sitting down to pen them. His \"Thol\" novel is an apt example of that effort. He spent 10 years researching the novel in Dindigul tanneries and erstwhile workers in tanneries before writing it down. \"Thol\" was awarded the Tamil Nadu Government Award for the best novel of 2009 and the novel has been given the honour by Sahitya Akademi in 2012. He lived his last years in Dindigul. He was married to Bharathaputri and had three children (Siddharthan Prabhu, Sarvagan Prabhu, Veda gnana lakshmi all 3 married) . He happily shared his time between writing, his advocate practice and playing with his 5 grand children.","slug":"daniel-selvaraj","DOB":"1938-01-14","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/daniel-selvaraj","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:55.382564","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":16},{"id":15453,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Nadarajah Selvarajah","bio":"Nadarajah Selvarajah (Tamil: நடராஜா செல்வராஜா) (b. October 20, 1954, Jaffna) is a Sri Lankan librarian, writer and bibliographer. Selvarajah has written more than 43 books until June 2017. So far he has compiled 11 volumes of Nool thettam - a bibliography of Tamil books. He has also compiled a bibliography of Tamil publications in various countries such as Malaysia and Singapore (Malaysian-Singapore Noolthettam). He has also compiled a volume  of Noolthettam in English, which contains English publications of Sri Lankan Tamils.\nSelvarajah was born in Dandugama in Colombo District in 1954,  and moved to  Anaikoddai in Jaffna in his early 16's. He had his early education in Negombo, Vivekananda Maha Vidyalayam and St. Mary's College. His career began in 1976 as a librarian at Ramanathan College, Chunnakam in Sri Lanka. And then  served as  the Central Librarian  for the  Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in the Jaffna District. During 1981-82 he served for a year in Indonesia under the United Nations Development Programme, where he organised a Model Rural Community Library System for that country in the Village Marengmang near  the provincial capital, Bandung, in the Island of Java. In 1983 he became the Chief Librarian at the Evelyn Rutnam Institute for Inter-Cultural Studies affiliated to the Jaffna College. In 1990 he became an advisor to the Department of Hindu Culture under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs in Sri Lanka. Since 1991 Mr. Selvarajah is a consultant to the Jaffna Public Library.\nSelvarajah currently lives in Luton with his family. He has retired from the Postal Services (Royal mail Group UK) after 18 years of Services in March 2017. He is the founder of the charity European Tamil Documentation and Research Centre (ETDRC) in the United Kingdom in 2009. He is an active member, and Sri Lankan representative  of the Books Abroad, Scotland service, through which has freely provided books to libraries in Sri Lanka. In 2017 he was awarded, the UK Informed Peer Recognition Award (IPRA). He is the first Sri Lankan who has received this prestigious award for his services to the Community, and the Country as a professional librarian.\n","raw_bio":"Nadarajah Selvarajah (Tamil: நடராஜா செல்வராஜா) (b. October 20, 1954, Jaffna) is a Sri Lankan librarian, writer and bibliographer. Selvarajah has written more than 43 books until June 2017. So far he has compiled 11 volumes of Nool thettam - a bibliography of Tamil books. He has also compiled a bibliography of Tamil publications in various countries such as Malaysia and Singapore (Malaysian-Singapore Noolthettam). He has also compiled a volume  of Noolthettam in English, which contains English publications of Sri Lankan Tamils. Selvarajah was born in Dandugama in Colombo District in 1954,  and moved to  Anaikoddai in Jaffna in his early 16's. He had his early education in Negombo, Vivekananda Maha Vidyalayam and St. Mary's College. His career began in 1976 as a librarian at Ramanathan College, Chunnakam in Sri Lanka. And then  served as  the Central Librarian  for the  Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in the Jaffna District. During 1981-82 he served for a year in Indonesia under the United Nations Development Programme, where he organised a Model Rural Community Library System for that country in the Village Marengmang near  the provincial capital, Bandung, in the Island of Java. In 1983 he became the Chief Librarian at the Evelyn Rutnam Institute for Inter-Cultural Studies affiliated to the Jaffna College. In 1990 he became an advisor to the Department of Hindu Culture under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs in Sri Lanka. Since 1991 Mr. Selvarajah is a consultant to the Jaffna Public Library. Selvarajah currently lives in Luton with his family. He has retired from the Postal Services (Royal mail Group UK) after 18 years of Services in March 2017. He is the founder of the charity European Tamil Documentation and Research Centre (ETDRC) in the United Kingdom in 2009. He is an active member, and Sri Lankan representative  of the Books Abroad, Scotland service, through which has freely provided books to libraries in Sri Lanka. In 2017 he was awarded, the UK Informed Peer Recognition Award (IPRA). He is the first Sri Lankan who has received this prestigious award for his services to the Community, and the Country as a professional librarian. ","slug":"nadarajah-selvarajah","DOB":"1954-10-20","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/nadarajah-selvarajah","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:55.391365","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":16},{"id":15454,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"P. Singaram","bio":"\nPazhanivel Singaram (Tamil: பழனிவேல் சிங்காரம்), known as Pa. Singaram (12 August 1920 - 30 December 1997) was an Indian Tamil writer. Despite having authored only two novels, he is considered to be one of the greatest Tamil novelist of the modern era. His Puyalile Oru Thoni is considered to be one of the very important Tamil fiction of all time.\nSingaram was born on 12 August 1920 as the third son of Ku.Pazhanivel Nadar and Unnamalai Ammal in a town called Singampunari in present-day Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu. His elder brothers were named Subramanian and Bhaskaran. The family was involved in clothes business along with Singaram's grandfather Kumarasamy Nadar.\nSingaram had his primary education at Singampunari Primary school and further education at St.Mary's higher secondary school Madurai.","raw_bio":"Pazhanivel Singaram (Tamil: பழனிவேல் சிங்காரம்), known as Pa. Singaram (12 August 1920 - 30 December 1997) was an Indian Tamil writer. Despite having authored only two novels, he is considered to be one of the greatest Tamil novelist of the modern era. His Puyalile Oru Thoni is considered to be one of the very important Tamil fiction of all time. Singaram was born on 12 August 1920 as the third son of Ku.Pazhanivel Nadar and Unnamalai Ammal in a town called Singampunari in present-day Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu. His elder brothers were named Subramanian and Bhaskaran. The family was involved in clothes business along with Singaram's grandfather Kumarasamy Nadar. Singaram had his primary education at Singampunari Primary school and further education at St.Mary's higher secondary school Madurai.","slug":"p-singaram","DOB":"1920-08-12","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/p-singaram","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:55.402655","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":16},{"id":15455,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Kailayar Sellanainar Sivakumaran","bio":"\nKailayar Sellanainar Sivakumaran (also known as K. S. Sivakumaran; (October 1, 1936 - September 15, 2022) is a Sri Lankan Tamil writer, art & literary critic, Journalist and radio & TV personality.  He writes and broadcasts both in Tamil and English.\nSivakumaran was born in Singalavadi, Puliyantheevu, Batticaloa City in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka.\nHe had his early education at Aanaipanthy Boys’ School and St. Mary's Practicing School, St. Michael's College (then managed by North American Jesuits) and Government College all in, Batticaloa from 1947 to 1953. The family migrated to Colombo in October 1953. In Colombo; he studied up to the University Entrance Class (known as HSC) at the Colombo Hindu College (Bambalapitiya and Ratmalana) and at St. Joseph's College, Darley Road.  He continued his education as an external student and graduated in English, Tamil and Western Classical Culture from the University of Peradeniya.","raw_bio":"Kailayar Sellanainar Sivakumaran (also known as K. S. Sivakumaran; (October 1, 1936 - September 15, 2022) is a Sri Lankan Tamil writer, art & literary critic, Journalist and radio & TV personality.  He writes and broadcasts both in Tamil and English. Sivakumaran was born in Singalavadi, Puliyantheevu, Batticaloa City in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. He had his early education at Aanaipanthy Boys’ School and St. Mary's Practicing School, St. Michael's College (then managed by North American Jesuits) and Government College all in, Batticaloa from 1947 to 1953. The family migrated to Colombo in October 1953. In Colombo; he studied up to the University Entrance Class (known as HSC) at the Colombo Hindu College (Bambalapitiya and Ratmalana) and at St. Joseph's College, Darley Road.  He continued his education as an external student and graduated in English, Tamil and Western Classical Culture from the University of Peradeniya.","slug":"kailayar-sellanainar-sivakumaran","DOB":"1936-10-01","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Colombo, Sri Lanka","url":"/sootradhar/kailayar-sellanainar-sivakumaran","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:55.412060","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":16},{"id":15457,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Indra Soundar Rajan","bio":"\nIndra Soundar Rajan (Tamil: இந்திரா சௌந்தர்ராஜன், born 13 November 1958)  is the pen name of P. Soundar Rajan,  a well-known Tamil author of short stories, novels, television serials, and screenplays. He lives in Madurai.\nHe is something of an expert on South Indian Hindu traditions and mythological lore. He was employed in TVS Group of Companies before becoming a full-time writer. His stories typically deal with cases of supernatural occurrence, divine intervention, reincarnation, ghosts, and are often based on or inspired by true stories reported from various locales around the state of Tamil Nadu.\nTwo or three of his novels are published every month in publications such as Crime Story and Today Crime News. He has done more than 300 episodes in Podhigai TV program named\"Kanchiyin Karunai\", which tells the greatness of Shri Chandrasekhara Saraswathi Swamigal, the pontiff of Kanchipuram Shankara mutt.","raw_bio":"Indra Soundar Rajan (Tamil: இந்திரா சௌந்தர்ராஜன், born 13 November 1958)  is the pen name of P. Soundar Rajan,  a well-known Tamil author of short stories, novels, television serials, and screenplays. He lives in Madurai. He is something of an expert on South Indian Hindu traditions and mythological lore. He was employed in TVS Group of Companies before becoming a full-time writer. His stories typically deal with cases of supernatural occurrence, divine intervention, reincarnation, ghosts, and are often based on or inspired by true stories reported from various locales around the state of Tamil Nadu. Two or three of his novels are published every month in publications such as Crime Story and Today Crime News. He has done more than 300 episodes in Podhigai TV program named\"Kanchiyin Karunai\", which tells the greatness of Shri Chandrasekhara Saraswathi Swamigal, the pontiff of Kanchipuram Shankara mutt.","slug":"indra-soundar-rajan","DOB":"1958-11-13","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/indra-soundar-rajan","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:55.428472","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":16},{"id":15458,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Suba Veerapandian","bio":"\nSubbaiah Veerapandian (born 22 April 1952), known popularly as Suba Veerapandian or Subavee, is an Indian Tamil political activist, author, orator, former Tamil professor  and former film artist. Since 2007, he has been serving as the general secretary of the Dravida Iyyakka Tamilar Peravai, a Tamil Nadu-based political organisation that aims to promote Ambedkarite, Dravidian and Marxist ideals in the State and elsewhere.\nIn 2021, Subavee was appointed to two posts – Member of the Advisory Committee for Tamil Nadu Text Book and Educational Services Corporation, and as chairperson of the newly constituted Social Justice Monitoring Committee of Tamil Nadu\nSubavee was born in Karaikudi on the early morning of 22 April 1952 as the youngest of seven children to Rama.Subbaiah (1908–1997) and Visalatchi (d.19 September 1987). His eldest living brother is Tamil film director S. P. Muthuraman. As per the norms in their region, Subavee's parents gave him another name – Pazhaniyappan (name of his paternal grandfather) – which became obsolete over time.","raw_bio":"Subbaiah Veerapandian (born 22 April 1952), known popularly as Suba Veerapandian or Subavee, is an Indian Tamil political activist, author, orator, former Tamil professor  and former film artist. Since 2007, he has been serving as the general secretary of the Dravida Iyyakka Tamilar Peravai, a Tamil Nadu-based political organisation that aims to promote Ambedkarite, Dravidian and Marxist ideals in the State and elsewhere. In 2021, Subavee was appointed to two posts – Member of the Advisory Committee for Tamil Nadu Text Book and Educational Services Corporation, and as chairperson of the newly constituted Social Justice Monitoring Committee of Tamil Nadu Subavee was born in Karaikudi on the early morning of 22 April 1952 as the youngest of seven children to Rama.Subbaiah (1908–1997) and Visalatchi (d.19 September 1987). His eldest living brother is Tamil film director S. P. Muthuraman. As per the norms in their region, Subavee's parents gave him another name – Pazhaniyappan (name of his paternal grandfather) – which became obsolete over time.","slug":"suba-veerapandian","DOB":"1952-04-22","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/suba-veerapandian","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:55.436493","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":16},{"id":15459,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"P. S. Subrahmanya Sastri","bio":"\nP. S. Subrahmanya Sastri (29 July 1890 – 20 May 1978) was a Sanskrit scholar, who also acquired mastery over Tamil language and literature. He was the first to translate Tolkāppiyam into English.\nSubrahmanya Sastri did his S.S.L.C. at National High School, F.A. at St. Joseph's College and B.A. Mathematics at SPG (later Bishop Heber's) College – all in Tiruchirappalli. He started his professional career as a Mathematics assistant at the Central High School (now Srinivasa Rao Higher Secondary School), Thiruvaiyaru, and National High School, Tiruchi.\nHe studied Sanskrit under Nilakanta Sastri, a specialist in grammar and philosophy. He also learnt Nyaya (logic) and Alankara Sastra (Poetics and Literary Criticism) from Prof. S. Kuppuswami Sastri of the Madras Presidency College (professor of Sanskrit and comparative philology, and curator of the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras) and Mimamsa (Linguistics) from Chinnaswami Sastri of the Benares Hindu University. A graduate in M.A. (Sanskrit), Subrahmanya Sastri also passed L.T. through Teachers’ Training College at Saidapet, Chennai.","raw_bio":"P. S. Subrahmanya Sastri (29 July 1890 – 20 May 1978) was a Sanskrit scholar, who also acquired mastery over Tamil language and literature. He was the first to translate Tolkāppiyam into English. Subrahmanya Sastri did his S.S.L.C. at National High School, F.A. at St. Joseph's College and B.A. Mathematics at SPG (later Bishop Heber's) College – all in Tiruchirappalli. He started his professional career as a Mathematics assistant at the Central High School (now Srinivasa Rao Higher Secondary School), Thiruvaiyaru, and National High School, Tiruchi. He studied Sanskrit under Nilakanta Sastri, a specialist in grammar and philosophy. He also learnt Nyaya (logic) and Alankara Sastra (Poetics and Literary Criticism) from Prof. S. Kuppuswami Sastri of the Madras Presidency College (professor of Sanskrit and comparative philology, and curator of the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras) and Mimamsa (Linguistics) from Chinnaswami Sastri of the Benares Hindu University. A graduate in M.A. (Sanskrit), Subrahmanya Sastri also passed L.T. through Teachers’ Training College at Saidapet, Chennai.","slug":"p-s-subrahmanya-sastri","DOB":"1890-07-29","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Tiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu, India","url":"/sootradhar/p-s-subrahmanya-sastri","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:55.450566","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":16}],"description":"<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 24px;\"> The Great Poets and Writers in Indian and World History! </p>","image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_description/black.jpg"}