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Kota Tua, Jakarta's elegant but faded Old Town, gears up for renewal

During colonial times, Jakarta's old town was a major trading hub and centre of cultural exchange between the East and West.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ....

Kota Tua , Sumatera Barat , Jakarta Raya , Straits Settlements , கோட்டா த்தூ , ஜகார்த்தா ராய , நீரிணை குடியேற்றங்கள் ,

From Servitude to Underclass : The Empire's South Indian 'Coolies' in Postcolonial Malaysia


Malaysian Indians form 7% of Malaysia’s population and 80% of them are descendants of the British Empire’s “coolies.” Though an integral part of the nation’s polity, they are a marginalised underclass. The roots for this lie in colonial capitalism and the postcolonial state’s race-based policies, which displaced them from their traditional plantation and public sector work enclaves, into low-paying jobs and poor housing. Successive governments have failed to ameliorate their suffering, offering them only political expediency for electoral gains. The coolies’ plight can be resolved through a class-based policy strategy that addresses the root cause of their social and economic precarity. ....

United Kingdom , Andhra Pradesh , Peninsular Malaysia , Malaysia General , Tamil Nadu , Malaysian Indians , Malaysian Chinese , British Empire , Madras Presidency , Straits Settlements , ஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம் , ஆந்திரா பிரதேஷ் , தீபகற்பம் மலேசியா , மலேசியா ஜநரல் , தமிழ் நாடு , மலேசியன் இந்தியர்கள் , மலேசியன் சீன , பிரிட்டிஷ் பேரரசு , மெட்ராஸ் ப்ரெஸிடந்ஸீ , நீரிணை குடியேற்றங்கள் ,