Since The Painted Cat (2023) is Uthaya Sankar SB’s first book in English (transcreation), and there might/would be a whole new group of audience reading him for the first time, it would be good to list and document what the media, reporters, and comrades have said about Uthaya and his writing.
Here’s a list – and you may read their “say” in the book itself.
– Reena Enbasegaram (The Sun, 28 September 1998)
– Cheah Phaik Kin (New Straits Times, 2 December 1998)
– Bissme S (The Sun, 13 March 1999)
– Dina Zaman (New Straits Times, 4 July 2001)
– Amir Muhammad (The Edge, 19 November 2001)
– AmirMuhammad (New Straits Times,
13 February 2002)
– Rachael Philip (New Straits Times, 28 August 2005)
– AmirMuhammad (MalayMail, 23 July 2008)
– Zedeck Siew (KLue, July 2010)
– Geetha Krishnan (Cine Fashion, April 2011)
– Daphne Lee (The Star, 19 June 2011)
– Zedeck Siew (Kakiseni, 25 April 2013)
– Jennifer Pak (BBC News, 22 October 2013)
– Article
19 (24 January 2014)
– Tan Gim Ean (The Edge, 12 April 2021)
– AnnMarieChandy (The Star, 23 April 2021)
– Malaysia Cultural Insights Report
(British Council, June 2021)
– PENInternational (20 April 2022)
– Theevya Ragu (Free Malaysia Today, 30 May 2023)
– Beritakini
(30 May 2023)
– Dr. VictorPogadaev (Moscow, Russia)
–HarrieSukalinggam (Kajang, Selangor)
– Harvintha Reddy Athinarayanan
(Seremban, Negeri Sembilan)
– Sharon Bakar (Nilai, Negeri Sembilan)
– Gopala Krishnan (Butterworth, Penang)
– PalaniappanPeriannan (Ipoh, Perak)
– JemerGill (Reykjavik, Iceland)
– M. Mahendran (Bentong,
Pahang)
– Anuradha Chelliah (Banting, Selangor)
– Rohini Chowdhury (London, United
Kingdom)
– Sharon Nelson
(Kuala Lumpur)
– LakshmiKrish (Taiping,
Perak)
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