Professor Vithiananthan: “Apart from his contribution to Tamil, he was a wonderful parent!”

Prof Vithiananthan Centenary; Inset: Mahizhnangai Rajmohan (daughter of Prof. S. Vithiananthan)

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Professor Su. Vithiananthan was a great educator, researcher and Tamil scholar from Sri Lanka. He was the Head of the Tamil Department at the University of Peradeniya and later the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jaffna. His birth centenary (May 8, 1924) was celebrated recently by his students and Tamil activists

Professor's work is well known in the Tamil speaking world. Kulasegaram Sanchayan talks to his daughter Mahizhnangai Rajmohan, who lives in Melbourne, about his life as a single person and how his birthday centenary was celebrated.

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