Sharpened Word - January 2019

Happy New Year! We hope the year 2019 will continue to bring good omen and prosperity to all our friends and acquittance.

SW had an eventful 2018 where we managed to host a wide variety of talks and forums for our audience in Ipoh, topics ranging from books, music, art, movies and even social topics and we aim to continue with such a wide-ranging topic for the community.

For the upcoming event in January, we are proud to bring Dato' Dr. M. Shanmugalingam to Ipoh and talk about his book "Marriage and Mutton Curry", which was launched late last year.

Dato's knack on literary writing started way back and he came second in an Oxford short story competition in 1977 while undertaking his doctorate studies in England. His academic excellence has enabled him to study at Universiti Malaya (then), crossing the Pacific to Harvard for his master degree and…