As an educator, senior polytechnic lecturer Tan Boon Lee should have known better than to make racially insensitive comments. Is a teacher’s role just to impart knowledge?

Can our Indian restaurants offer discounts on meals to them? Can Nurses Day be celebrated with greater aplomb? How about a simple “Thank You” to every one who serves us?

Sundar Pichai, Indra Nooyi, Satya Nadella – just a few of the heads of hallowed brand names that dominate the headlines of corporate America.  They are all Indians, yes. But what many SG:Indians don’t know is that two of the three – Sundar and Indra – in fact hail from Tamil Nadu – Sundar was born in Chennai while Indra was born in Madurai. Satya Nadella was born in Hyderabad.   These are just a few of the luminaries produced by India and cultivated by an American educational system, who rose through the corporate ranks to lead the likes of […]

“Composed of five different thosai types (tomato, coriander, onion, vegetable and podi), Greenleaf Cafe’s Rainbow Thosai reminded me of something my grandmother used to make. What made it special was the Tamarind Leave Chutney.”

What defines us as Singapore Indians?   Culturally we are very different from Indians who hail from the subcontinent. Especially those of us born in Singapore and who have spent our entire lives here.   As a minority one would think that we will be more united as a result. Unfortunately that is far from true. At slightly less than 10%, we are the smallest ethnic community in Singapore, and sometimes it seems we are the most divided – perhaps because of our diversity.   Beyond the tacit acknowledgement that we are all descended from the subcontinent, is there anything […]