KRISNAN, Nadarajan Ratha
Communities of Singapore (Part 2),
Accession Number 000883
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 5
Total Reels
- Yeo Geok Lee
Interviewer
- 02:30:18
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 5
Metadata
- 3 Feb 1988
Recording Date
- 00:30:23
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- For background information only
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Personal background. Parents' family backgrounds. Father's migration to Singapore. Interviewee's experience of orphanage during childhood. Mother's death and funeral rites. Role of maternal grandmother and her children. Family life before parents' deaths.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 5
Metadata
- 3 Feb 1988
Recording Date
- 00:31:40
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- For background information only
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Synopsis
Where he stayed during lifetime. Changes in family's status from childhood to youth to early manhood. Japanese Occupation and its effect on family. Role of eldest brother after parents' deaths. Siblings' educational and vocational backgrounds. Family's social network at Serangoon Road. Childhood memories. Journey to school, leisure activities. Rationale behind house moves.Childhood involvement in Sree Veera Kaliamman temple. Routine activities and festivals (Panguni and Uthiran).
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Reel/Disc 3 of 5
Metadata
- 14 Jul 1988
Recording Date
- 00:31:23
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- For background information only
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Nanjalneervillyattu festival. Nature of initiation into and involvement in temple activities. Kampong Rotan at Serangoon Road. Racial profile. Social network, neighbours' parents' occupations. Informal neighbourhood boys' sports club. Non-Indians boys' involvement in temple. Marshall Road versus Serangoon Road lifestyles. Changes in Serangoon Road. Grandmother's ties to Joo Chiat. Indians in Joo Chiat and their occupations. Arab property owners in Serangoon Road in 1930s. Interior of shophouse home.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 5
Metadata
- 14 Jul 1988
Recording Date
- 00:31:42
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- For background information only
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Family servant. Rappa Terrace, description of house, social network. Klang Lane, Rappa Terrace, Rangoon Road neighbourhoods. Migrant and racially mixed non-migrant areas in Serangoon Road. Neighbours' occupations. Establishment of Indian shops in 1930s. Change in now extinct Indian shops in 1930s. Why family stayed put in Klang Lane. Relationship with Malay neighbours. Sree Veera Kaliamman temple in 1930s and 1940s; physical and congregational changes. "Untouchables" in temple. Interviewee's ties with temple.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 5
Metadata
- 14 Jul 1988
Recording Date
- 00:25:10
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- For background information only
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Perumal and Sree Veera Kaliamman temples; congregational differences. Milk vendors outside Ceylon Road temple. Kallang Road temple congregation. His role model. Factors behind his temple involvement. How he was enrolled in Anglo-Chinese School. Differences between Serangoon Road and Anglo Chinese School children. Incident of being gored by a bull. Freedom of worship under British in 1930s and 1940s. Examples of goodwill. "Untouchables"; their residential areas, occupations, migration to Singapore.
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