LETTER | Tamil culture and Hinduism are inextricably related
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LETTER | I am not sure what Mohan Shan, the president of Malaysian Hindu Sangam (MHS), means by Hinduism.
Is he talking about the right-wing Hinduism espoused by the Hindutva forces in India, or more syncretic forms of the religion evident in the southern states of India?
In the Malaysian Indian or Tamil context, the variant of Hinduism is not the Hindutva version, but a variant that is defined by the Tamil or Dravidian culture over long years of history.
It makes no sense for Mohan to talk about the spread of Dravidian ideology in Tamil schools in Malaysia.
GEORGE TOWN (Feb 23): Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) is expected to take up to three months to repair the power cables under the Penang Bridge at KM3.2 that caught fire yesterday.
Penang Infrastructure and Transport Committee chairman Zairil Khir Johari said TNB had told that to the Chief Minister during a briefing on the fire incident this morning. However, it depends on the level of damage and negotiations with PLUS Malaysia Berhad because it requires the closure of the route on the Penang Bridge, he said in a statement today.
According to Zairil, the 4pm incident affected all three circuits under the bridge that caused a power disruption lasting for 35 seconds in several areas.
GEORGE TOWN: The electrical cables under the Penang Bridge at Kilometre 3.3 caught fire today, causing massive traffic jams, which stretched for over .
MalayPeninsula-cuylenburg-1898
$15,500.00
Title
A Map of the Malay Peninsula Compiled by and Published for The Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Singapore.
1898 (dated)
1 : 506880
Description
One of the most important 19th-century maps of the Malay Peninsula to appear on the market in recent decades, this is the definitive large-scale 1898 masterplan created by and for the colonial administration of British Malaya. This chromolithograph map captures a critical moment in Malay history where Britain was beginning to consolidate its suzerainty over the resource-rich peninsula. The enormous map (more than 60 inches high!) was drawn and compiled by the premier Royal Asiatic Society surveyor, John van Cuylenburg, and published in large-scale format in London by Edward Stanford s Geographical Establishment. Coverage extends roughly from Phatthalung and Trang, Siam/Thailand south to include Singapore and the adjacent straits. British colonial beachh