My little workstation at National Library Singapore during my research fellowship
The National Library of Singapore offers to journalists, curators, historians, academics or independent researchers with established records of achievement in their chosen fields the Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship programme, a six-month residential fellowship to research using valuable historical materials, and collections available at the Library.
Research fellows are required to Stay in Singapore during their Fellowship at the Library. They need to complete a 3,000-word and a 6,000-word paper based on their research findings within three months of the end of their fellowship and send two copies to the National Library Board for archiving.
And they have to give at least one public presentation, such as a lecture or seminar based on the research to members of the academia and librarians in Singapore, and to members of the public where appropriate
Presenting my findings
I was selected for the Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship for the year 2016 by the National Library Board in June 2016 to study the literary works of Tamil authors and to record their voices on their lives, culture and social progression of the Tamil Diaspora in the 20th Century progression of the Tamil Diaspora in the 20th Century
I am the only Indian and a Tamilian. Exited to learn that an Indian is selected for the first time, local Tamil Newspaper Tamil Murasu carried a write up on me (Tamil Murasu dated 7.5,2017)
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Tamil Murasu May 7 2017
I landed at Singapore on 17th January 2017 and stayed there for 7 months till 15th July 2017. During my stay I was invited by the National Library to give a series of Talks and they were called An Evening With Maalan
Poster on my speech
Vasantham, the Tamil telivision interviewed me on my findings
Later when National Library Board published CHAPTERS ON ASIA- SELECTED PAPERS FROM THE LEE KONG CHIAN RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP 2014-2016Chapters on Asia a book featuring selected papers from Lee Kong Chian Research Feleowship it selected my paper to include it in the publication.
My study can be read at the following links
Short Version: http://maalan.co.in/abstract-voices-of-singapore-tamil-writers/
Full paper: http://maalan.co.in/voices-of-singapore-tamil-writers/
