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Malaysian Indians Who Made Headlines In 2022

by Khirthnadhevi Kumar
December 31, 2022
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Varnam Malaysia would take a moment to honour and recount the many Malaysian Indians that made it to the headlines this 2022. This year we have amazing Malaysian Indian success stories from age 8 years old right up to 93 years old. 

National Para Archer Suresh Selvathamby

Image Credit: Berita Harian

National para archer Suresh Selvathamby has once again made us proud by setting the seal on the Phuket Asia Para Archery Tournament 2022 in Thailand.

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National Karate Athlete C.Shahmalarani

IMAGE CREDIT: SHAHMALARANI (INSTAGRAM)

Shahmalarani becomes the first Malaysian to clinch a gold medal at WKF K1 Series A. She was bagged Champion after besting five intense fights and also defeating Annisa Nur Anggraini in Female Kumite -50kg at the final.

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Mr. World Heritage International 2022 Sivanathan Thevar Vikram

IMAGE CREDIT : SIVANATHANTHEVAR_VIKRAM (INSTAGRAM)Teacher by profession, Sivanathan Thevar Vikram was crowned for the Mr. World Heritage International 2022 held in  Mumbai, India. He impressed the crowd by wearing the national costume of Malacca’s empire during the National Costume Competition.

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National Badminton Players Thinaah and Pearly

Thinaah is The first Malaysian Indian to win the french open title together with her pair.

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Little Einstein Sarvysswharrann Yogeswaran

Image Credit: Yogeswaran Tamil Selvam Fcaebook page

Sarvysswharrann Yogeswaran is only aged 10 and made his way into the Guinness World Record this year with the fastest time to pack a school bag (under 16’s) in 31. 33 seconds.

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8-Year-Old with a double record in a year, Anjanaa Rhea

Anjanaa Rhea holds two world records, which are the  Kids World Record (3rd January 2022), as well as the Jackhi Book of World Records (30th March 2022) for identifying 230 country flags in just 4 minutes and 38 seconds.

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Royal scholarship student, Tharini Ravindra

Image credit: Istana Negara/Tharini Ravindra Kumar (facebook)

Tharini Ravindra Kumar received the prestigious BYDPA honourable scholarship this year.  This 24-year-old who is currently pursuing her studies in Genetic Science at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom was awarded this scholarship to pursue doctorate studies (PhD).

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 77-year-old Master’s graduate, Ram Sing Gengarajoo. 

Grandfather of eight grandchildren, Ram Sing completes his Master of Science in Safety, Health, and Environment studies at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and proves age is just a number to achieve goals. He also emerged as the oldest graduate at the 66th UTM Convocation Ceremony.

Related:  Pearly-Thinaah Ready to Smash Goals with New BAM Contract in Place

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93-Year-Old Athlete Pushpanathan

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Pushpanathan Letchmanan, Malaysia’s oldest track sprinter, has proven that age is no barrier by winning the 100m in his age group at the Malaysian Open Master’s Athletics Championships.

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First Malaysian Indian To Bag The TRT World Citizen Educator Award, Samuel Isaiah 

IMAGE CREDIT: SAMUEL ISAIAH / TRT WORLD CITIZEN (FACEBOOK)

The former English teacher Samuel Isaiah made Malaysia proud by earning the TRT World Citizen Educator Award 2020 which was held in Istanbul, Turkey. He is the First and the only Malaysian to receive this coveted award. Samuel has been bestowed with this award in recognition of his outstanding efforts to empower the quality of education in Malaysia.

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First Malaysian Indian Woman LRT Driver, Uma Devi 

Image credit: Lifetime Asia

Uma Devi Rengasamy has taken that approach and accepted the challenge of driving an LRT which makes her the first Indian woman to drive an LRT.

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First Malaysian Indian Female Dholis, Rebecca and Rachel

Malaysian twin dholis, Rebecca and Rachel, broke the stereotypes with their professional dhol performance. These girls are the first Malaysian females to take this challenge and many are in love with their beats.

Click HERE to read more. 

India’s Dance Jodi Dance Mugilan and Vikneswaran

Malaysian dancers Mugilan and Vikneswaran made it to India’s popular dance show ‘Dance Jodi Dance Reloaded Apac Special’ this year. These duos were selected as the winners of the show by judges , Baba Bhaskar, Sneha, and Sangeetha.

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Celebrating each other’s victories in a community will create more room for talent to outgrow. That is exactly what we at Varnam Malaysia strive to do, every single day. We thank you for an incredible year, and we are excited to board 2023 with you!

Happy New Year from all of us at Varnam Malaysia!

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