Remembering ‘appa’

Emeritus Prof Singaravelu pioneered courses such as Tamil Culture and Civilisation in Bahasa Malaysia for students.

WE would like to tell you about our father. He was a phenomenal but complex man. Singaravelu Sachithanantham was born in 1936 in South Street, Topputhurai in Chennai, India.

The eldest of nine children, he demonstrated academic fortitude early on, learning Tamil by tracing out letters in the sand at his school on the beaches of South India.