Darinee Alagirisamy – Tamils of Singapore & Tamil Nadu Part 3 | Chronicles of Old Singapore

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Dr Darinee Alagirisamy and I discuss the socio-economic and cultural issues facing the Tamil community today, the position of the Tamil language, and the question of integration with new citizens from India. We talk about the need to be self-aware, such as knowing the differences between how locals and new citizens communicate. Part 1 | https://youtu.be/9BWAHSYp71Q Part 2 | https://youtu.be/x7v1_JT5t_U Part 3 | https://youtu.be/JQdI926YIs4 00:00 A History of Resilience 07:38 Position of the Tamil Language 14:27 New Citizens & the Challenge of Integration 22:02 ‘Not here to take away our jobs’ 25:58 Dealing with Cultural Differences I’m Dr Loh KS, the people’s historian. I’m interested in the history of Singapore and the lives of its people. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city today. We discuss three topics: 1. People and places. 2. Change and continuity. 3. The importance of heritage. As a historian, I try to stay true to the oral history method on a video format and social media platform. I let the interviewee speak, as the ‘voice of the past’ as Paul Thompson put it. No clickbait, no BS, no posturing. The aim is to canvas a wide range of voices on various aspects of Singapore history and heritage – physical, social, cultural, economic. Do like the video, share your memories below and subscribe to the channel for future episodes. Write to lohkahseng@chroniclesresearch.com if you have any of these stories to share: • Old places or kampongs. • Communities – their way of life & culture. • Childhood & schools. • Work or business. Support Chronicles of Old Singapore on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ChroniclesofOldSingapore Follow the channel on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551786759344 Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/loh-ks TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lks992002 Chronicles Research & Education is my research consultancy on the history of Singapore: https://www.chroniclesresearch.com/ Caveat: this is above all a podcast based on personal memory. As has been well-documented in oral history, memory is not always reliable and what is recalled here should not be taken as fact. However, as Alessandro Portelli noted, the subjectivity of oral history is also its great strength, and what is inaccurately remembered may point to how deeply meaningful the past is to people. #singaporehistory #memory #heritage #nostalgia #oralhistory #socialhistory #history #singapore