This week saw the launch of Valiram: The First Hundred Years, a coffee table book showcasing the history of several generations of the Valiram family since their arrival in Malaya in the 1800s. As Malaysia’s leading luxury and lifestyle retail specialist, Valiram is backed by a Sindhi family legacy filled with tales of joy, tragedy and tenacity. Valiram’s current executive directors Ashvin, Sharan and Mukesh set the tone for the afternoon with heartfelt speeches.

“Our father always reminded us that family and upholding the family name is always the main priority,” said Mukesh. “We’re proud of how far the family name has come.” Mom Datin Champa Valiram, who was the driving force behind the writing of the book, also addressed the crowd warmly. Officiating the launch ceremony were Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah and Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin. Guests later adjourned to the foyer of the grand ballroom for high tea, before collecting their signed copies of the book.

 

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Photo 1 of 28 Balraj and Rani Gill
Photo 2 of 28 Mohana Gill
Photo 3 of 28 Datuk Tan Teow Choon and Michael Chai
Photo 4 of 28 Yong Yoon Li and Dato' Syed Haizam Hishamuddin Putra Jamalullail
Photo 5 of 28 Datin Sri Chris Abishegam
Photo 6 of 28 Dato' Sri Jeffrey Raymond
Photo 7 of 28 Ashvin Valiram
Photo 8 of 28 Lim Teck Soon, Baljit Kaur and Rakesh Kumar Sharma
Photo 9 of 28 Lavina Valiram and Ferhat Nazri-Aziz
Photo 10 of 28 Shikha Grover, Dishna Amarasekera and Mona Dewan
Photo 11 of 28 Angela Karto, Elizabeth Lee-Yong, Sarah Illyas and Ung Yiu Lin
Photo 12 of 28 Datin Sri Mary Lourdes Chandran and Dato' Sri Bernard Chandran
Photo 13 of 28 Tan Sri Zainul Azman
Photo 14 of 28 Tunku Mohamed Alauddin Naquiyuddin
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Photo 16 of 28 Karen Abraham, Nigel A. Skelchy and Shivaanya Tirathra
Photo 17 of 28 Dr Rajiv Bhanot
Photo 18 of 28 Maureen Ooi, Theresa De Silva and Edwin Kumar
Photo 19 of 28 Members of the Valiram family and their royal guests gather on stage for a group photo.
Photo 20 of 28 Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin
Photo 21 of 28 Datin Sri Mary Lourdes Chandran, Dato' Sri Bernard Chandran, Marion Caunter, Florence Fang and Tan Sri Mohd Ariffin Yusuf
Photo 22 of 28 Caroline Russel, Datuk Ramli Ibrahim and Rajee Alagendra
Photo 23 of 28 Lim Wei-Ling
Photo 24 of 28 Tunku Dato’ Mu’tamir Tunku Tan Sri Mohamed, Datin Paulene Tunku Mu'tamir and Gita Melwani
Photo 25 of 28 Ashvin Valiram, Sharan Valiram. Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah. Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin and Datin Champa Valiram
Photo 26 of 28 Datin Anita Ranai and Datuk Shah Lalchand Ranai
Photo 27 of 28 Tan Sri AK Nathan, Datuk Shamrat Sen Gupta and Tan Sri Ravindran Menon
Photo 28 of 28 Sharan Valiram and Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah