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Life notes of our father, Mr.K.Viswalingam 'Another personality Mr.K.Viswalingam 75* !!!' I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Mr. Sivasamy Peraman, the senior pioneer Tamil writer of Singapore and Chief Author of Tamil Amutham Literary Magazine, who wrote history on the title, his wife Mrs.Chandra for his approval and help, and to Mr.So.V.Thamizhmaraiyan, a devoted Tamil devotee friend of Singapore who helped in every way.

It is significant that the author Mr. Sivasamy Peraman wrote and compiled the life history of Late.Mrs.Kasthuri Amma in an article entitled 'Madam.Kasthuri and Women's Upliftment...' in the last year 2019, which was later published in Dailythanti newspaper.

Father is only 73 years old now, however, no one in our family usually celebrates birthdays, so I am happy to present the life notes compiled as a historical document by planning to celebrate each day of the four years 73*, 74, 75 & 76 as a platinum jubilee 75th birthday. Thanks...

Father! Platinum Jubilee 75th Happy Birthday !!!

With memories...

~ Engineer Balakrishnan,

Singapore.

18-07-2022.

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Engineer Mr.Balakrishnan, a friend who has been living with his family in Singapore for about twenty years, has a wealth of experience in the construction industry, and written about him in the two books 'Parinaamam' and 'Thodarum Parinaamam', which are subtitled 'The story of an individual - Oru Thanimanithanin Kathai', written by the diligent efforts of Mr.Balakrishnan. We learned a lot and were very happy.

He is a multi-racial democrat who works with Tamil organizations and is progressive.

In the upcoming month of January 2024, his father Mr. K. Viswalingam would like to commemorate his 75th birthday by presenting and compiling his life notes from time to time. Based on that 'Another personality Mr.K.Viswalingam 75* !!!' I am proud to present an article titled

Happy Platinum jubilee 75th Birthday to Great Man !!!

Mr. K.Viswalingam and Mrs.Kasthuri Ammaiyar, who came to Singapore in March 2019, visited the Tamils Representative Council Multipurpose Co-operative Society office with their families and heard and appreciated the work of the members and the Thiruvalluvar Tamil Valarchi Kazhagam. Along with family welfare, the efforts of both who served public welfare should continue; will continue.

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Another personality Mr.K.Viswalingam 75* !!!

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On 18-01-1949, the seventh son of his father Late.Mr.P.Krishnan and mother Late.Mrs.K.Bakkiyam, a native of Sundipallam village , Jayankondam Taluk, Ariyalur District. His brothers Late.Mr.Periyasamy Janaki, Late.Mr.Samikannu Pichammal, Mr.Nagarajan Kamalam and sisters Late.Mrs.Meenakshi Swaminathan, Late.Mrs.Visalakshi Raman and Late.Mrs.Ambujam Krishnan were six siblings.

The Indian nation began to breathe the air of freedom, not only Mr.K.Viswalingam's family, but the entire village was toiling in the clutches of poverty.

Such was the life of the common people in India at that time. Mr.K.Viswalingam's father, Late.Mr.P.Krishnan, owned a considerable amount of agricultural land. However, the reason for the poor environment is that the earth always had trusted with water from the sky source. The land itself is now a place of value, handed down to descendants over time.

In a family whose parents worked as small-scale farmers and wage laborers, Mr.K.Viswalingam was the only one who studied up to class 10 due to his father's strictness and his mother's caress, and then dropped out.

Mr.K.Viswalingam's father, Late.Mr.P.Krishnan had a remarkable school education in those days. That's why he was nicknamed 'Pallikoodaththar'. Realizing the benefits of education, he scolded the last son to study well and worked for that hard. His mother Late.K.Pakkiyam is also a hard worker and can go to agricultural work. Maharasi, who had seven children, should guarantee at least two meals a day for all, despite the persistent poverty; Confirmed.

Late.Mr.P.Krishnan's father's name is Late.Mr.Parattaiyan. The family group including Late.Mr.Parattaiyan is also known as 'Vaanaraththaan family'.

Mr.K.Viswalingam was interested in watching movies for entertainment in the environment where he traveled like other minors to work as a wage earner, drive a plate rickshaw, to work in a grocery store, in the grip of poverty and hunger. Mr.K.Viswalingam gratefully remembers that his cousin Late.Mr.Singharam, who was in Kumbakonam, helped many people including himself by getting small jobs such as driving a flat rickshaw.

Being a fan of ardent Nadigar Thilakam Sivaji Ganesan, he never fails to watch movies of any actor including Puratchi Thalaivar MGR. He used to go to nearby towns like Meensurutty, Jayankondam, Kattumannarkoil, and Kumbakonam with his village friends on foot and on rented bicycles and return home after watching movies. Not only for him but also for the public, the only form of entertainment at that time was watching movies. For example, the practice of going to theaters as a family in a bullock cart was widespread.

The days of poverty, hard work, and the illusion of cinema in youth have passed...

One day in 1971, a call-up letter arrives stating that there will be recruitment in the army in the month of May. After going to Trichy, which is about a hundred kilometers away, for training and tests, his relative, Keezhachengalmedu Late.Mr.Arumugam Uncle's advice was effectively engaged and returned home, in the next month, the work-related training call order is coming. On July 2, 1971, he went to Bangalore to bid farewell to his family in a flood of joy and underwent a six-month training session; and was selected. After being selected he gets the appointment order and as the first step toward success, he started his career as a guard in the Central Industrial Security Force in Kolkata Port in January 1972 with various dreams for the future.

The khaki-colored pant was the first pant worn by Mr.K.Viswalingam in his life, a uniform issued by the Central Industrial Security Force. After sending the first month's salary to his parents, he bought himself black pants, a striped red shirt, and a pair of white canvas shoes and made his dream come true.

In the '70s, the dream of a working-class Indian youth, who usually wears trousers, lungis, and dhotis, begins with wearing pants, which shows the status of the entire social life.

Married on 05-12-1973, with Late.Mrs.Kasthuri, the youngest daughter of Late.Mr.V.Arumugam and Late.Mrs.Pichammal of Reddiyur village, Kattumannarkoil circle, Cuddalore district. Reddiyur village is five to six miles away from his native village. Late.Mr.Arumugam and Late.Mrs. Pichammal have two daughters. The eldest of them, Mr.Rosepattu, is married to Mr.A.Masilamani, the son of his maternal uncle, and lives in Reddiyur. Mr.K.Viswalingam has a family blessed with brothers-in-law, Late.Mr.Perumal, Late.Mr.Duraisamy, Mr.Sivasamy, Late.Mr.Radha , Mr.Murali , Mr.Kannan and Mr.Kolanji.

Marriage life begins in Manali, Chennai, with dreams Mr.K.Viswalingam and Late.Mrs.Kasthuri gives birth to three sons.

Over time, the Viswalingam Kasthuri couple raised their three sons to become engineering graduates in austere conditions.

The eldest son, Mr.Balakrishnan, who is an engineer, lives in Singapore with his family, daughter-in-law Mrs.Kavitha and granddaughter Miss.Nila. The family lives in Tirunelveli with daughter-in-law Mrs.Dhanalakshmi, granddaughter Miss.Harini, grandson Mr.Johan and second son, Mr. Ravikumar, is a computer engineer, and the third son, Mr.Shanmugam, is working as a software expert at Infosys in Chennai.

On the one hand, the number of family members continues to grow, on the other, mother, mother- in-law, father, father- in-law, and siblings continue to aged and passed away.

Since Mr. K. Viswalingam's work was a central government job, he had to go and work in many parts of India.

Details of places worked are as follows:

1) Bangalore, Karnataka State, 1971 July 2.

2) LPT Kolkata Port, West Bengal, 1972.

3) MPT Chennai Port Trust, Tamil Nadu, 1973.

4) MRL Chennai Oil Refinery, Manali, Tamil Nadu, 1975.

5) TPT Tuticorin Port, Tamil Nadu, 1977.

6) SSP Selam Steel Plant, Tamil Nadu, 1982.

7) Thiruvananthapuram Training Centre, Promotion Course, 1982.

8) Kalpakkam Training Centre, Promotion Course, 1983.

9) Kalpakkam Training Centre, Promotion Course, 1984.

10) SHAR Sriharikota Space Centre, Andhra State, 1985.

11) TPT Tuticorin Port, Tamil Nadu, 1987.

12) Indian Oil Corporation, New Delhi, 1989.

13) Rajasthan Kota Training Centre, Promotion Course, 1989.

14) RDM Zinc & Lead Mining, Udaipur, Rajasthan, 1992.

15) DSP Durgapur Steel Plant, West Bengal, 1992.

16) Rama Janma Boomi, Babri Masjid Problem, Lucknow, Faizabad, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, 1992.

17) Parliament, Internal Security, New Delhi, 1994.

18) Election Security, Jammu & Kashmir, 1995.

19) Election Security, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, 1995.

20) Rajasthan Kota Training Centre, Promotion Course, 1994.

21) BNP Bhawanathpur Limestone Mine, Bihar, 1997.

22) VSP Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Andhra Pradesh, 1999.

23) Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 2001.

24) Liasioning Officer, High Court of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 2002.

25) KKNPP Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, Tamil Nadu, 2003.

26) MAPS Kalpakkam Nuclear Power Plant, Tamil Nadu, 2006.

Central Industrial Security Force is one of the subordinate military forces. And although he has faced various challenges and adventures in various workplaces such as civil unrest, election work, and parliamentary security work.

Recalled by him, Proudly involved to had security for former President of India, Late.Dr.Shankar Dayal Sharma, former Prime Minister of India, Late.Mr.P.V.Narasimha Rao, and Mr. Balan K.Nair IPS, Ex.SSP etc.,

Also recalled a long-standing friendship of Mr. Srinivasan Ex.DC, KKNPP and Mr. Sampath Ex.AC and NLC amidst various friendships.

He has served the nation for 33 years in a row and won three remarkable medals and a sectoral reward for courageously thwarting a remarkable kidnapping incident as a contribution to the security of his motherland.

According to the course of the central government work, they traveled to various northern states and realized and followed the diversity of India and the language, culture, and customs of India. During Diwali and school summer vacations, he used to go with the family to their native. With all the special features of the respective celebrations, on days like Diwali, they buy a lot of firecrackers and light them along with their neighbors, especially Mr.K.Viswalingam who has an insatiable interest in bursting firecrackers even today.

Mr.K.Viswalingam was an honest officer who performed challenging tasks with excellence and gradually got promotions quickly and continued to work efficiently and proudly as Sub-Inspector.

In the towns where he worked, it was customary for Mr.K.Viswalingam with his family to visit his circle of friends and the homes of his officers and meet them on festivals and weekends and receive their greetings and entertain them in the same way.

'Bakkiyam Illam', started in 1991 by Mr.K.Viswalingam, was completed as a storied house in 1999 amid ten years of economic crisis and was celebrated with a grand housewarming ceremony.

Krishnan - Bakkiyam Samadhi and Bakkiyam House, raised by Mr.K.Viswalingam, were all built from his own fired brick kiln. Bricks and tiles fired in that brick kiln were also used by other relatives to help build houses. Bakkiyam and Krishnan are the names of Mr. K.Viswalingam's mother and father.

The main reason for the economic crisis was that the eldest son Mr.Balakrishnan and the next son Mr.Ravikumar studied in a self-financing engineering college at the same time and at the same time started building a house in their native village.

For the education of his children that Mr.K.Viswalingam sold all his small agricultural lands on 'Mamaraththu kollai' located in the middle of the village and 'Naththam Porampokku' located on Jayankondam Road. He gave back the lands he had bought at Sundipallam, Reddiyur as Pokkiyam and the lands maintained by Brother K.Nagarajan and Brother A.Masilamani along with other reasons, and left agriculture completely.

Later on, the site was acquired under the National Highways Department's NH45C road widening project. So, Bakkiyam House was demolished in 2018. In the same year, amid the space crunch, 'Bakkiyam House' was rebuilt by Sir.Mr.K.Viswalingam and stands tall in his native.

After working as an inspector in the Central Industrial Security Force, and living in his native village from retirement, he realized the need and promoted small businesses with excellence. At the same time, he continues to provide his best participation and activity in the social and political arena.

He had great respect, for the founder of the Human Rights Party of India, Late.Mr.L.ELaiyaperumal Ex.MP, who contributed to the dawning of the downtrodden people in Tamil Nadu, India. And he is supporting and encourages the ideas and activities of the leader of the Liberation Tigers Party, Ezhuchiththamizhar Thol.Thirumavalavan MP, who is actively promoting the politics of the poor.

In March 2019, who had come to visit the family of his eldest son living in Singapore, he met Mr.So.V.Thamizhmaraiyan, a dedicated Tamil devotee of Singapore, to pay his respects and exchanged greetings. And praised the lifestyle of Mr.K.Viswalingam, who is serving the welfare of the family and for public welfare, and every family head should follow.

It was in this situation that the news that Late.Madam.Kasthuri, the wife of Sir.Mr.K.Viswalingam, died suddenly at the age of 64 on 29-12-2020 at 10:40 am.

The funeral and cremation took place on 30-12-2020 at 05:00 PM with the support of family and relatives.

Farewell to Madam.Kasthuri !!!

On 17-12-2021, on the occasion of the close of one year after the death of Madam.Kasthuri, Tithi rituals were performed by the relatives in her native village Sundipallam, and then the memory of Madam is being honored as the first year anniversary.

After the death of his wife, Mr.K.Viswalingam, who is a symbol of the ideal family man who is in constant grief, even though he occasionally suffers from minor health problems due to his old age, Even today, even at the age of 73, he wakes up early in the morning, takes a walk, bathes and gets ready for crawl, looking at the newspaper of the day.