{"id":229352,"date":"2022-10-04T01:28:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T19:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=229352"},"modified":"2022-10-04T01:29:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T19:59:10","slug":"book-launch-the-mystique-of-kelani-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/book-launch-the-mystique-of-kelani-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Launch:\u00a0The Mystique Of Kelani River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tamil creative writer and journalist <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=L.+Murugapoopathy\">L. Murugapoopathy<\/a><\/span>\u2019s\u00a0\u201cNadanthai Vaalee Kelani Gangai\u201d was previously serialized in Arangam, a\u00a0Tamil magazine published in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. It was published as a\u00a0book by Colombo Kumaran Book House in 2021. Arangam editor Seevakan\u00a0Poobalaratnam had written a foreword for this book.\u00a0This book depicts the economic and social changes and the politics of the time\u00a0as a story that took place along the banks of the Kelani Ganga, which flows\u00a0through Colombo,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/book-launch-the-mystique-of-kelani-river\/mystique-of-kelani-river-by-journalist-l-murugapoopathy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-229353\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-229353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mystique-of-Kelani-River-by-journalist-L.-Murugapoopathy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mystique-of-Kelani-River-by-journalist-L.-Murugapoopathy.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mystique-of-Kelani-River-by-journalist-L.-Murugapoopathy-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>Now, Mr Mahroof Noor Mohamed, a translator based in Melbourne Australia\u00a0has translated this work into English.<\/p>\n<p>This English translation titled The Mystique of Kelani River is currently\u00a0available for download and reading on Amazon Kindle.\u00a0In the past, Mahroof Noor Mohamed had translated some works of\u00a0Murugapoopathy into English and they were <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=L.+Murugapoopathy\">published in the Colombo\u00a0Telegraph<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>It is also noteworthy to mention that he has also translated the Tamil books\u00a0Vanavasam\u00a0and\u00a0Manavasam\u00a0&#8211; The autobiography of the immortal South\u00a0Indian poet\u00a0Kaviarasu\u00a0Kannadasan\u00a0&#8211; into English; however, due to copyright\u00a0issues, the publication of these books<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>are being delayed.<\/p>\n<p>The formal book launching event of <b>The Mystique of Kelani River<\/b> will be held\u00a0on Saturday 8th October;<\/p>\n<p><b>Australia (Melbourne \u2013 Sidney):<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>8.00 PM<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Australia (Perth ): <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>5.00 PM<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Australia (Brisbane):<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>7.00 PM <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Sri Lanka &amp;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>India: 2-30 PM\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>UK: 10.00 AM<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>France \u2013 Germany \u2013 Norway: 11.00 AM<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Canada:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>5.00 A.M<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>New Zealand: 10.00 AM<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Political and social justice activist,\u00a0writer, and academic\u00a0Dr. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Lionel+Bopage\">Lionel Bopage<\/a><\/span> will\u00a0preside over this Zoom event.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Writer and social worker Mr. S. Sundaramoorthy<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>will deliver the welcome speech.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lawyers Mrs Nivethana Achuthan, Mr Arooran Raveendran, and Ms Rizana Zubair and the translator Mr Mahroof Noor<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Mohamed will<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>share their reading experience of this book with us.<\/p>\n<p>The author of the sourcebook Mr Murugapoopathy will deliver the vote of\u00a0thanks.<\/p>\n<p>This event is organised by the Australia &#8211; Canberra Tamil Arangam.<\/p>\n<p>Join Zoom Meeting link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/84272509206?pwd=NW5OTTVmbkN1U002T1NzcFJET2pCQT09\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/84272509206?pwd=NW5OTTVmbkN1U002T1NzcFJET2pCQT09<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meeting ID: 842 7250 9206<br \/>\nPasscode: 005941<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":229353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,3,6738,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-review","category-colombotelegraph","category-events","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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