Episode Details

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Pamela Sandanasamy returns to the pod to talk about her roots, her wish to find out about her maternal grandparents and how this took her to India. In 2008, as part of the TV programme Muthal Payanam (First Trip), she travelled to India for the first time. She arrived at the town Pattukottai and the village Anaikkadu in Tamil Nadu. This was where her grandparents came from. There, she met relatives who remembered them.

Part 1 | https://youtu.be/4CEY-EMAUMo

Part 2 | https://youtu.be/9wZQStgIX9Q

00:00 Introduction

02:55 My Roots

07:52 My Grandfather

12:39 My Grandmother

15:40 First Trip & TV Show

24:58 Getting to Pattukottai & Anaikkadu

30:35 Immigration to Singapore

36:42 The Economy

45:16 My Relatives

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, the people’s historian, and I document people’s memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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