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How Colonialism, Labour, and Hinduism Became Entangled in Malaya’s Rail Network

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Temple Tracks: Labour, Piety and Railway Construction in Asia is a fascinating new book by Vineeta Sinha, a professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the National University of Singapore. It explores how Indian migrant workers, brought to colonial Malaya and Singapore to build and maintain the railway system, were not just labourers laying down tracks — they were also community-builders and religion-makers.

In this episode, we speak to the author about the intersection of railways, migrant labour, and Hindu temples and how it resulted in interesting parallels and divergences in political thought between the South Indians, specifically the Tamils in Tamil Nadu and those in Malaya/Singapore.


Image Credit: NUS FASS/Berghahn Books

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