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Who is a Brahmin in Singapore?

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A case study of Brahmin identity and community in Singapore is presented and a cognitive model that explains how individuals ascribe, contest and renegotiate Brahmin identity is developed. A discussion on beliefs about the Singaporean Brahmin community revealed that such a community is imagined.

Author: Parameswaran, Ashvin, Sebastian, Rodney
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 2007
Public affairs, Social aspects, Analysis, Social classes, Social class, Brahmans

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J. G. Farrell's Indian works: his majesty's subjects?

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J.G. Farrell's work was global and spanned virtually a century lighting upon three important crises in three different countries during three different periods. His work 'The Singapore Grip' focused on the period leading up to the surrender of Singapore during the Second World War.

Author: Goonetilleke, D.C.R.A.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 2003
Influence, Wars, War, World War II, 1939-1945, Singapore foreign relations, Farrell, J.G.

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Paul Scott's later novels: the unknown Indian

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Paul Scott's 'The Raj Quartet' and 'Staying On' hold a mirror to the India that existed between 1942 to the eve of independence in 1947 and additionally investigates the nature of human destiny.

Author: Goonetilleke, D.C.R.A.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 2007
Criticism and interpretation, Critical essay, Raj Quartet (Fictional work), Staying On (Fictional work), Scott, Paul

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Subjects list: Singapore, India, Works
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