Chetty Melaka Community

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Chettiyar-s are well-known businesspeople from South India. These traders originated from Tamil Nadu and traveled across the Bay of Bengal to expand their trading network in places like Malaysia, Singapore, and Myanmar. Back then, there were no modern luxuries like four-hour flights. Instead, most Tamil people made the journey by sea, which took about 12 … Continue reading Chetty Melaka Community

Water Ghost of MacRitchie Reservoir

MacRitchie reservoir has plenty of nature trails of different distances and different difficulties. I had been there a couple of times to take the smaller trails. I had the courage to run my Decathlon Run 2021 there. One fine day Kannan and I went to the full stretch of 11Kms. This attraction has a haunting … Continue reading Water Ghost of MacRitchie Reservoir

A visit to Tampines Regional Library

Tampines library

On a sunny sunday, I took breakfast at Little India and left to Tampines library to resume 'Ini naan urangattum' - Tamil translation of a classic Malayalam novel ഇനി ഞാൻ ഉറങ്ങട്ടെ. I'll write about this novel later in a weekend. It was a coincidence, to read a story of Karna, beloved son of Kunti with … Continue reading A visit to Tampines Regional Library