Pariahs beat drums to attract attention
From ‘Avoid touchy word’, 25 June 2011, Mailbag, ST Life! (Shanmuguam Kasinathan):…Firstly I think the playwright (Alfian Bin Sa’at) is myopic in the sense that there are so many issues to dramatise,...
View ArticleNo Indians at 1973 Sultan Gold Cup
From ‘No mention of Indian fans at soccer event’, 10 July 2011, Your Letters, Sunday Times (Menon Jaya Narayanan): In her column last Sunday (Dangerous to be colour blind), Dr Lee Wei Ling recalled...
View ArticleNo MRT stations named after Indians
From ”Is there an MRT station named after a prominent Indian Singaporean?’, 5 Aug 2011, ST Forum (MR DANNY CHUE):…Is there an MRT station here named after a prominent Indian Singaporean? At the start...
View ArticleSingaporeans are less peeved at work than Indians
From ‘S’pore No. 2 in peeves tally’, 30 Sept 2011, article by Jennani Durai, ST …Singapore has come in second in a survey of 16 countries tallying the number of pet peeves in the office. In the No. 1...
View ArticleUOB staff going blackface
From ‘Seeing red over blackface photos’, 12 Feb 2012, article by Jennani Durai, Sunday Times Several Chinese employees of United Overseas Bank have raised eyebrows online after posting pictures of...
View ArticlePetain Road named after fallen French Marshal
From ‘Should Petain Road be renamed?’ 20 March 2012, article by Tommy Koh, ST, and ‘Petain Road’, 24 March 2012, My Point, ST Forum …There is a road in the Jalan Besar area called Petain Road. The...
View ArticleSex Violence and Family Values NOT allowed for All Rating
From ‘S’pore film yanked from release over offensive racial remarks’, 9 Oct 2012, article by John Lui, ST A LOCAL comedy that had originally been given an M18 film classification has had its release...
View ArticleDaniel Ong calling neighbour Sivalin-ganam style
From ‘He made fun of my name’, 26 Oct 2012, article by Foo Jie Ying, TNP A dispute between neighbours over renovation noise led to one of them making a police report against the other, claiming that...
View ArticleMDA banning Elangovan’s Stoma
From ‘Media Development Authority bans Elangovan’s play Stoma’, 9 Jan 2013, article by Huang Lijie, ST Singapore playwright Elangovan’s first play after a three-year hiatus will not be staged. The...
View ArticleWorkers’ Party flooded with Chinese
From ‘Workers’ Party lacks minority representation’, 28 Jan 2013, ST Forum (Paul Antony Fernandez):…As a Punggol East resident, I have reservations about whether the decision was the right one – during...
View ArticleIamclarena calling Indians smelly
From ‘Police investigating ‘iamclarena’ for making racist remarks on Twitter’, 11 Jan 2014, article by Lim Yan Liang The police are investigating a Twitter user for making racist remarks on the social...
View Article‘Lau Pa Sat’ in Tamil can be used to curse people
From ‘STB to correct Lau Pa Sat and tighten translation process’, 7 Nov 2014, article by Chew Hui Min, ST The Lau Pa Sat sign which was incorrectly translated has been removed and will be corrected,...
View ArticleSharon Au mocking Indian accent at SEA Games ceremony
From ‘SEA Games: Host Sharon Au apologises for insensitive remarks during opening ceremony’, 6 June 2015, article by Lee Min Kok, ST Former MediaCorp actress Sharon Au has apologised for her attempt at...
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