S.A. Ganapathy was a veteran of the communist underground resistance to Japanese occupation and postwar trade unionist in then Malaya (Malaysia).

S.A. Ganapathy, the first president of the 300,000-strong Pan Malayan Federation of Trade Unions (PMFTU) was hanged by the colonial authorities on 4 May, 1949 after being questionably convicted for allegedly being in possession of firearms. He was said to be on the way to the police to surrender a firearm, when he was arrested by the police and sentenced to hang in Pudu Jail.

P.Veerasenan was an active unionist in the 40s. He became the Secretary general of the Habour Labour Union. His brave and firm leadership made him an active unionist at the national Level. Besides being a committee member of the strong Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade Union (PMFTU), he was also the President of one section of the Singapore General Labour Union.

P.Veerasenan is introduced to the youths of today as a symbol of bravery and
sacrifice in fighting for workers rights. Among some of his great achievement along with other worker leaders were:

1. Increased the daily wage from 55 cents to 95 cents
2. Reduced the working days from seven to six
3. Established 8 working hours a day.
4. Employers must provide drinking water, housing and sanitation facilities for workers.

The history of P.Veerasenan, S.A. Ganapathy and other great fighters like him has been hidden from the public. The capitalist and the British feared them and had to put them to death.

-MERDEKA

For the last 3 years, Tamil Foundation has conducted “Young Scientific Explorers’ (YSE) involving 360 students in 2004, 1120 students in 2005 and 2094 students in 2006. YSE was developed to introduce science to young people in a fun manner using everyday items. It was conducted by visiting the participating schools and exhibiting 8 simple experiments, followed by a visit to the National Science Centre.

This project was a collaborative effort between The Centre for Community Initiatives (CCI) and Tamil Foundation, Malaysian Indian Science Intellectuals Association, (MISI), Education, Welfare and Research Foundation (EWRF) and the Head Masters Council (Selangor).   To take-off this pilot project, the Science Fair 2007 was held in Dewan Tunku Cancelor (DTC), University of Malaya and consisted of 49 teams from 44 schools across Wilayah and Selangor.

The Science Fair 2007 was a great success to us and hope that it can be further improved in “Science Fair for Young Children 2008”. In 2008, Science Fair  will be conducted in 6 zones in the months of April-May and as a follow-up of that, a National level competition will be held in the month of June involving up to 1125 students at the state level and 250 students at the national level.

This project aims to improve on the concept, supporting structure and implementation tools of Science Fair 2007 and help coordinate and organize Science Fairs primarily in Tamil Schools nationwide and thereby creating a greater awareness about science and scientific methods. It also aims to help motivate the students with the drive for achievement in their quest for knowledge.

6 Zones 

Total number of schools targeted to participate in Science Fair 2008 = 225 Tamil schools nationwide.

Science Fair provides an opportunity for students, individually or as members of a team to actually apply the theories and skills they have learned and acquired in their study of science. For students who have not studied science, the Science Fair project will be rather difficult. But if your respective classes and schools have made an effort to give students lots of experience solving scientific problems, the Science Fair provides a perfect platform for the kids to show what they’ve learned. It also provides a venue to show the students and the academic community on the whole, how important and useful SCIENCE is.

Science Fair 2008 is a very important tool to encourage our students to participate in more knowledge related activities and to make the learning process more fun oriented. For more information, please contact

Project Officer,
Science Fair for Young Children 2008
Tel: 03-2692 6533
Fax: 03-2692 6758

http://www.tamilfoundation.org

Truly…Deeply…Madly…A short film produced by Kay Elll Talkies, Directed by Varman Sanmugam

Genre : Action , Drama.
Synopsis : A story of a betrayal and vengeance, A guy whom had been cheated by his ex-girl friend planning a revenge on her. Does the revenge successful ?
Cast : Bob Nathan, Shamini
Technical Crew D.O.P - MG Kumar Crew - Fardi
Story, Screenplay, Direction - Varman Sanmugam
Producers - Kay Elll Talkies
Year of Production - March 2008

Website/Trailer: http://www.kayellltalkies.blogspot.com

Very romantic and melodious song, see it, feel it… Our support always for Mannin Mainthargal

Singer: Dilip varman
Artist: Shasitharan & Hanni
Direction & editing: k.k.khanna

Computer - கணினி - kanini
Website - வலைப்பக்கம் - valaip pakkam
Internet - இணையம் - Inaiyam
Browser - மேய்ப்பானில் - May ippaanil
Software - மென்பொருள் - Menphorul
Screen - வண்ணத்திரை - Vannaththirai
Network /network Area - வலை அமைப்பு - Valai amaippu
Cables - மின்கடத்திக்கம்பிகள் - Minkadathik kambigal
Microwave - நுன்னதிர்வலை - nunnathirvazlai
Server - மையக்கணினி - Maiyak kanini
Telephone cable - பேசிக்கம்பிகள் - Pesikkambigal
Signal - அதிர்வலை - Athirvalai
Personal computer - தனிக்கணினி - Thanik kanini
Directory - கோப்பு - Khoppu
Web server - இணையப்பரிமாறியில் - Inaiyap parimaariyil
Folder - தொகுப்பு - Thoghuppu
UNIX - வினைக்கலம் - Vinaikkalam
Files - கோப்பு - Khoppu
HTML/Coding - எழுத்துக்குறிப்பிடு மொழி - Yeluthukurippidhumozli
Internet banking - இணையவங்கி - Inaiyavanggi
Program - நிரல்கள் - Niralgal
Virus - கிருமி நிரல்கள் - Kirumi niralgal
Antivirus program - கிருமி அழிப்பான்கள் - Kirumi Azlippaangal
Floppy disk - நெகிழ்வட்டுக்கள் - Negilzvattugal
Hard disk - வண்தட்டடு - Vanthatthu
Password - கடவுசொற்கள் - Kadavusorkal
Online Dictionary - வலையகராதி - Valaiyakaraathi
Database - தகவல் தளம் - Thagaval Talam
Zip file - நெருங்கோப்பு - Nerungkooppu
Print - அச்சிடு - Atchchidhu
Keyboard - விசைப்பலகை - Visaippalagai