Virtual meeting with an accomplished writer / Nazima Versay Kudus

On 11 June 2021, two classes from the Integrated Language Skills II (ELC151) course of Ms Nazima Versay Kudus had organised an online Question and Answer (Q&A) session with an accomplished writer, Dato’ Dr. M. Shanmughalingam to gain some insights on the process of writing short stories and his short story entitled “Birthday”. Ms Nazima: Good morning Dato’ Dr. M. Shanmughalingam, our speaker today and students from ELC151 P2PH110 2A and B classes. For this semester I have selected Dato’ Shan’s short story, “Birthday” as one of the reading texts in Integrated Language Skills II (ELC151) course. Before we begin our Q&A, let me introduce our distinguished speaker. Dato’ Shan holds an Honours degree from the University of Malaya, a Masters from Harvard and a Ph.D. from Oxford University. His short stories, poems and essays have appeared in national and international anthologies in France, India, Ireland, Malaysia, Singapore, the UK and the US, in university publications (Harvard, Malaya, Oxford and Singapore) and in national literary journals (Dewan Bahasa). Marriage and Mutton Curry is his first solo collection of short fiction. He has served among others at the Finance Ministry and Petronas, and is presently the managing director of investment holding and consultancy company, Trilogic Sdn. Bhd.