{"id":3476,"date":"2025-08-07T17:43:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/?p=3476"},"modified":"2025-08-15T02:04:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T02:04:54","slug":"mic-steps-in-with-rm15000-to-help-malaysian-photographer-realise-national-geographic-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/mic-steps-in-with-rm15000-to-help-malaysian-photographer-realise-national-geographic-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"MIC Steps In With RM15,000 to Help Malaysian Photographer Realise National Geographic Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"976\" height=\"976\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ng.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ng.jpg 976w, https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ng-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ng-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ng-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ng-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ng-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ng-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ng-740x740.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has stepped forward with RM15,000 in support of photographer Tinesh Sritharan, enabling him to pursue his assignment with the National Geographic Society to document the Great Migration at Kenya\u2019s Masai Mara National Reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the challenges of preparing for such a significant journey, Tinesh will now fly out this weekend to begin his project, <em>Echoes of the Savannah<\/em>, with the full support of MIC behind him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An FMT article, cited by YB Senator Dato\u2019 C. Sivaraj, brought the matter to the attention of MIC President Tan Sri S.A. Vigneswaran yesterday afternoon. MIC responded swiftly, reaffirming its commitment to uplifting and empowering Malaysians striving to excel on the world stage. All this was accomplished in less than three hours of Tinesh meeting with Tan Sri S.A. Vigneswaran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cThis is a proud moment. Tinesh\u2019s journey reflects the resilience of our youth, and MIC is honoured to help him carry the Malaysian spirit internationally,\u201d said Tan Sri S.A. Vigneswaran<\/strong> as he presented the cheque to the young Malaysian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has stepped forward with RM15,000 in support of photographer Tinesh Sritharan, enabling him to pursue his assignment with the National Geographic Society to document the Great Migration at Kenya\u2019s Masai Mara National Reserve. Despite the challenges of preparing for such a significant journey, Tinesh will now fly out this weekend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mic-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3479,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3476\/revisions\/3479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mic.org.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}