Letter From The Bureau Ep 1: Getting to know Little Singapore in the south of India
16:08 mins
Synopsis: Join The Straits Times's foreign desk editor Bhagyashree Garekar in this podcast series as she talks about life as it goes on, amid, and in spite of the headlines, with one of ST’s 30-odd correspondents in 15 cities across the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe every month. They will share with you some of the more interesting things they are reporting on from the countries they are based in.
In this episode, she hosts Rohini Mohan - ST's India correspondent - about a unique region in south India where the people have strong historical, economic and emotional ties to Singapore.
They chat about the following:
Where is 'Little Singapore' in south India and why it gets this name (0:55)
Read Rohini Mohan's stories: https://www.straitstimes.com/authors/rohini-mohan
Produced by: Bhagyashree Garekar (bhagya@sph.com.sg) & Ernest Luis
Edited by: Aleemah Basirah
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