Born in 1947, veteran Tamil-language writer and educator Pon Sundararaju has been a regular contributor to Singapore Tamil literature since his first play was aired by the Singaporean Broadcasting Corporation in 1968. His oeuvre to date of over 40 plays for television, 30 plays for radio, numerous short stories and two published collections of short fiction, can be read as a modern history of the Tamil community’s struggle to maintain their Tamil identity and prosper in twentieth-century Singapore. In 2007, Pon received the Pulamai Thendral award from World Tamils Unity Society, Tamil Nadu, for his literary contributions.