{"id":564432,"date":"2025-11-16T21:12:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/?p=564432"},"modified":"2025-11-16T21:12:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:42:44","slug":"former-union-minister-p-chidambaram-releases-the-book-little-india-and-the-singapore-indian-community-through-the-ages-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/former-union-minister-p-chidambaram-releases-the-book-little-india-and-the-singapore-indian-community-through-the-ages-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram releases the book \u2018Little India and the Singapore Indian Community: Through The Ages\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram releases the book \u2018Little India and the Singapore Indian Community: Through The Ages\u2019<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

A beautiful chronicle recording the history of Indians living in Singapore, praises P. Chidambaram<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram released the book \u2018Little India and the Singapore Indian Community: Through the Ages\u2019, written by Mrs. Soundara Nayaki Vairavan, a Singapore citizen of Indian descent and a Tamil.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking at the book launch held on the evening of November 15 (Saturday) at Tagore Hall (Tamil Nadu Government Music College) in Chennai, P. Chidambaram said: \u201cSingapore Tamils have a 200-year history. People of Indian origin have been living there for two centuries, and among them, there are many Tamils. As Tamil is an official language of Singapore, I am extremely happy and proud that Tamils stand foremost among Indians living in Singapore.<\/span><\/p>\n

Little India there is a great and prosperous place. People there live like us, yet more comfortably, more prosperously, and more happily. Anyone travelling to Singapore from here cannot avoid visiting Little India. Indians have a significant role in the development of Singapore. There exists racial harmony among the people of Singapore. The Mariamman Temple is the very first temple there, and the Thaipoosam festival at the Dhandayuthapani Temple is celebrated on a grand scale. Notably, a large number of Chinese participate. Such is the flourishing level of religious harmony there.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Soundara Nayaki\u2019s book on Little India gives great joy. The reason is that it reflects our culture and our history. I appreciate this book. She contacted many people and gathered information and data. This book captures Little India in a beautiful manner, and I wish Soundara Nayaki continues to write.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Edgar Pang, Singapore\u2019s Consul-General in Chennai, received the first copy of the book. Renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. V. Chokkalingam delivered a felicitation speech.<\/span><\/p>\n

The book was first released in Singapore on April 25. The country\u2019s former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. George Yeo, released it.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year, Singapore celebrates its 60th birthday. Writer Mrs. Soundara Nayaki Vairavan stated that she considers this book her small contribution to Singapore on that occasion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leaders and dignitaries from various fields participated and graced the book launch held in Chennai.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram releases the book \u2018Little India and the Singapore Indian Community: Through The Ages\u2019 A beautiful chronicle recording the history of Indians living in Singapore, praises P. Chidambaram Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram released the book \u2018Little India and the Singapore Indian Community: Through the Ages\u2019, written by Mrs. Soundara Nayaki […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":564434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[67548,69381],"yst_prominent_words":[12363,11802],"read":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564432"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":564438,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564432\/revisions\/564438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564432"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=564432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}