AbstractThis study tries to identify the image of the Malaysian Tamil community and to look at the social problems that surround the Malaysian Tamil community by analysing the poems written by Mr. Seeni Naina Mohamed. Its aim is to explore the various techniques deployed in exposing the prevailing problems amongst the Tamil community of Malaysia, as found in the ‘Thenkoodu Collection of Poems’. This study uses the sources of data which are taken from the 265 poems found in the ‘Thenkoodu Collection of Poems’. A Sociologist Theory – Functionalist Perspective is used as a reliant for this qualitative study. This study is aimed at analysing the underlying social problems of the Malaysian Tamil community, using the thematic analysis collected through the documental study and the unstructured interviews conducted. The study finds that the social problems amongst the Malaysian Tamil community can be divided into 6 social indicators. These poems also put forth the solutions to the problems,.....