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Article: Sepoys, convicts and the 'bazaar' contingent: the emergence and exclusion of 'Hindustani' pioneers at the Singapore frontier.
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- Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
- Article date:
- February 1, 2004
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Within the Indian diaspora, which makes up approximately 7 per cent of Singapore's population, two subcategories emerge as particularly salient bases for community: subdivisions based on religion and ethnic differences based on place of origin. At one level the latter subcategory has adopted a north--south divide which is particularly salient in Singapore and Malay(si)a. At another, the mid-categories 'south' and 'north' can themselves be subdivided along regional lines--Tamil, Malayalee, Telugu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Gujarati, Bengali, etc. It has often been the case, however, that the history of subordinate communities has been appropriated by larger groups that are seen to ...
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