Buch(elektronisch)2016

Singapore, my country: biography of M. Bala Subramanion

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Abstract

"When after three decades of research Singapore could produce its own water, the little city-state was said to have lost its vulnerability. No longer would every policy have to bend at the knees for water survival. It was finally time to celebrate liberty! When did the same moment come in Bala's life? Was it when in mid-Atlantic he heard of his promotion as Controller of Posts? Or was it when he was appointed by the President as member of the Parliamentary Elections Minority Committee? Or was it at a moment of tragic loss when he realised he had nothing more to lose? Singapore, My Country tells M Bala Subramanion's story, a second generation Indian who lost his father to the Death Railway, witnessed Subhas Chandra Bose at the Padang and later emerged as not only a senior civil servant but the man behind multiple social interventions, living in a fast evolving Singapore. The histories of the man and his nation remain seamlessly intertwined, each peppered with equal doses of endeavour, ingenuity and a sheer will to survive!"--

Themen

Postmasters general, East Indians, Postal service

Sprachen

Englisch

Verlag

WS Professional, an imprint of World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd

ISBN

9789813141308, 9789813141285

Seiten

260

DOI

10.1142/10068

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