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Haresh SHARMA, the resident playwright with The Necessary Stage since 1990, has written more than 130 plays in an illustrious career that has spanned more than three decades. A 2015 recipient of the Cultural Medallion, the highest arts honour for Singapore artists, his plays have been staged from Melbourne to London. Haresh is best known for ‘socially conscious’ plays that raise probing questions about societal issues.
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The son of a daily-rated worker and a housewife, N Gunalan spent his early years in a small flat in government housing quarters where the families staying there shared bathrooms. In one generation, his family’s fortune was transformed, thanks to education and hard work. He went to university and built a distinguished career in journalism. Now the Chief Editor of Tamil News and Current Affairs at Mediacorp, he is passionate about promoting the Tamil language and using his position to help the community.
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