Abstract
Anitha Devi Pillai and Puva Arumugam, <em>From Kerala to Singapore: Voices from the Singapore Malayalee Community</em>
Highlights
Flipping quickly through From Kerala to Singapore: Voices from the Singapore Malayalee Community, you might think you have a coffee table book in your hands
Are you less a Malayalee if you are not literate in Malayalam but learn other languages to fit in, or marry a non-Malayalee Singaporean? Are you the same person when you’ve found a new home to raise your family and plant your roots? One of the interviewees who migrated in 1977 said she and her husband first thought they would return after five years, but that stretched to 10 years, 20 years
The mother of two daughters, who has lived in Singapore longer than she had in Kerala, says: “These days I am restless when I am in Kerala and look forward to getting back to Singapore
Summary
Anitha Devi Pillai and Puva Arumugam, From Kerala to Singapore: Voices from the Singapore Malayalee Community. Flipping quickly through From Kerala to Singapore: Voices from the Singapore Malayalee Community, you might think you have a coffee table book in your hands. From Kerala to Singapore, by Anitha Devi Pillai and Puva Arumugam, delves into the journey of Malayalees to British Malaya/Singapore, documenting their transformation from a diaspora of economic migrants to citizens.
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