7/08/2013

The rise of the Indian elite class in Singapore

The Indian community used to be one of the most powerful elite class in Singapore during the colonial days. They are second only to the Seranis or Eurasians in power and influence. They were initially transferred from the East India Companies, the unofficial trading arms of the British Empire. And they spoke and wrote English which gave them that special advantage over the non English speaking locals. They were like the extended arm of the British colonial masters.

After the British departed, the Indian elite continued to dominate the civil service and occupied most of the senior positions, in politics, in the judiciary, in the uniform services and in many of the ministries and stats boards.

The dominance of the Indian elite was challenged when the other races took up English education and started to use English as the medium for communication. The public service employment pie was subsequently shared more evenly relative to the racial composition of the population. Even then, the Indian elite still enjoyed a much bigger share of the pie relative to the size of their population.

Today, the Indian elite is entering its golden years in this city. They are everywhere in the top echelon of management, from politics, the govt ministries and to the industries. The Mediacorp has just appointed Walter Fernandez as the Group Editor In Chief. And there is Warren Fernandez, the Editor of the Straits Times and Patrick Daniel as Editor in Chief of the Straits Times. The three of them would have a big say the in content of the Media and wield great influence on what the readers shall read.

In the Cabinet there is the Dep PM and Fin Minister in Tharman, Law and Foreign Affairs Minister in Shanmugam, MEWR in Vivian, and another minister Iswaran in the PM’s office, also Second Minister in Home Affairs and Trade and Industry.

In the judiciary the Chief Justice is Sundaresh Menon and Indian high court judges have always been a part of the bench. Then there are many prominent senior counsels in practice.

The Chief of Army is MG Ravinder Singh.

Most notable is that the Indian elite distinguished themselves in finance. Other than Tharman as Finance Minister, there is Ravi Menon as MD of MAS. And the CEO of DBS, the national bank, is Piyush Gupta. There are many top Indians in the foreign banks as CEOs or in top management, and also in GIC and Temasek, including Dhanabalan as the latter’s Chairman. Their dominance in finance is unchallenged and this will grow bigger over time.

In the academia there are many prominent professors heading many departments. So is the field of medicine. The Indian elites are everywhere stamping their influence and authority in their respective fields.

The field of IT is more or less dominated by Indian professionals mainly from India. There is however a strange phenomenon, that the local Indians are somehow not very good in IT. And there is an increasing community of very rich Indian PRs and new citizens finding residence in the City. And they brought along their businesses, now the biggest group among the foreign investors here.

The Indian community is now a very formidable force to reckon with in all fields of enterprise in the island and will play an increasing role in the growth and development of the country. Not forgetting we had two past presidents in Nair and Nathan, not counting the numerous very rich individuals among them. Singaporeans will have to be better acquainted with this development and acknowledge the bigger role played by the numerically small Indian community. But this is set to change with CECA and the India Indians finding this island a very conducive and good place to do business and bringing up children.

36 comments:

  1. IT IS GOOOOOOOOD!

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  2. The USA IT companies distrust Chinese. Western banks do not trust Chinese as well. This is because the white man see China as the greatest challenge to their hegemony.

    Silicon valley are flooded with Indians. This is a recent event. 10 years ago, Chinese was the wealthiest tribe in Silicon valley. Within 10 years, due to USA government's policy, Indians are replacing Chinese.

    All USA tech companies are flooded with Indians. According to friends working in USA, batches and batches of Indians are recruited from India. No recruitment is done in China.

    The only companies in Silicon valley that resist Indians is Apple. Steve Jobs is a yippee who visited India and even open a sex retreat with his buddy Robert Friedland. Friedland is now a billionaire criminal FT hiding in Singapore.

    In the old days, Steve jobs change from Hinduism to Buddhism. He no longer seek guidance from India but from Zen Buddhist in Japan.

    According to unconfirmed resource, Steve Jobs sanitize Apple from Indians because he think Indians are inefficient. Hence, Apple are the target of USA government and USA press.

    USA elites try very hard to get Steve Jobs hire Indians. Media rant that Steve Jobs hire slave workers through Foxconn. Also Apple is a target of tax evasion.

    But the problem is HP, IBM and everyone else manufactured through Foxconn and no one make a noise.

    All USA companies evade tax and everyone keep quiet.

    Today Apple CEO ceded to the pressure and start flooding Apple with Indians.

    But that is just an unconfirm news. But I think there is some credibility in it.

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  3. Economics Times Of India, sulk why there is so few Indians in Apple.

    Many Indians hate Steve Jobs for his ways and his protection for white man.

    White man elites hate Steve Jobs for spoiling the market

    Below is the excerpt. The article is crap and just rant why Apple do not hire Indians as senior management. Nothing else.


    Why Indian presence in Apple’s senior management level is next to nil

    .....

    Yet, what's known is that unlike the Microsofts or the Googles of the Valley, Indian presence in Apple's senior management level is next to nil.

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  4. You are making the mistake of identifying Sri Lankans as Indians. Sri Lankans (or Ceylonese) would object to this. The top civil servants, judges were Sri Lankans, e.g.Pillai, A.P.Rajah, Kukasekaram, Sinnathurai,etc.Many of the top profeesionals were Sri Lankans. The University of Ceylon was regarded as only second to Oxbridge and the Brits send their top personnel to be the Vice-Chancellors, e.g Dicey, the great Constitutional lawyer. The first Ceylonese Q.C. sat in the Privy Council.

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  5. Put it this way, all major banks and hedge funds are tools of policy maker to conduct financial war fare.

    There is financial war fare going on. The west and allying with India, against China. So there is no chance Chinese is going to move up to senior management in western banks.

    I give you a salient example how financial war is wage.

    In 1992, UK was about to join Euro. That is tentative of UK leaving the Anglo America sphere and integrating to Franco German sphere. At that time, UK pound is quasi peg to Deutschmark.

    USA decide to teach UK a lesson. Soros become USA front man. On 6 September 1992, he crash the pound, and make UK leave the peg. UK knew where this is coming from and since then she no longer talks about joining Euro.

    You cannot believe Soros alone did the feat without the support of USA banks.

    In 1997, around the time HK returned to China, Soros attacked first the SE Asia currency. But his greatest targets

    Many people think that HKMA successfully defended HKD. But in fact it is China who make the day.

    Finance and politics are intertwined. No way Chinese can ascend to top western banks base on todays' situation. The west and India are fighting a war with China.

    It is very stupid and teacherous that PAP flooded Singapore with FT Indians. They are here to colonize. I do not think PAP are totally unaware of the situation. They have sold Singapore.

    And one of the biggest traitor among them is George Yeo.

    FUCK George Yeo. His son got leukemia, serve him right.

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  6. You are making the mistake of identifying Sri Lankans as Indians. Sri Lankans (or Ceylonese) would object to this. The top civil servants, judges were Sri Lankans, e.g.Pillai, A.P.Rajah, Kukasekaram, Sinnathurai,etc.Many of the top profeesionals were Sri Lankans. The University of Ceylon was regarded as only second to Oxbridge and the Brits send their top personnel to be the Vice-Chancellors, e.g Dicey, the great Constitutional lawyer. The first Ceylonese Q.C. sat in the Privy Council.

    This is a classical boast that Sri Lanka is next to Oxbridge. You better get your facts right. Most Sri Lanka colonial FT that came here is Tamil.

    The Tamil Sri Lanka got high jobs because many missionary schools set up in Tamil land Sri Lanka. Also British saw the potential of using Tamil minorities to screw Sinhalese.

    As Tamil Sri Lankan are trained in administration, they got brought to SG. And many Tamil Sri Lankan misunderstood racism as meritocracy and think that they are clever.

    When Sinhalese ascend, all Tamil Sri Lankan got into shit. Sinhalese suggested the racial quota system.

    I do not see why Tamil need to fight in such high intensity. But Tamils are racist. They find India to support them.

    They fought the Sinhalese.

    They lost the war.

    Today, Sinhalese is dominating Sri Lanka top jobs. And the "Tamil talent" is better than Sinhalese is a sick racist joke.

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  7. Today Sri Lankan pretends they are "Sri Lankan" got nothing to do with India.

    In fact, there is no India until British created it. India today use to be a fragmentation of thousands of Princely states.

    Upon the India independence, Hyderabad want to go independece instead of joining India.

    If Hyderabad manage to go independence, then the standing of hyderabad will be like Sri Lanka.

    They will also claim I am "Hyderabadi", I am not India. India is a gangster state and would not see that. India invaded hyderabad.

    In fact all are South Asian culture.

    What separates out Sri Lanka and India is

    1) India does not have a strong navy to invade Sri Lanka during independence.

    2) Sri Lanka is a crown colony and she has a different adminstration system than British India.

    So Sri Lanka manage to maintain her independence. Else she will be same fate as Kashmir, Sikkim, Manipur, Hyderabad, Goa, Diu, Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

    Sri Lanka will be part of India.

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  8. Oh ya, I should use South Asians instead. That should include the Sri Lankans, the Tamils, the Northern Indians and South Indians, the Sikhs etc etc. There are so many tribes or Indians of different regions and states.

    In general, the South Asians are a dominant influence in this City.

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  9. According to the news from Taiwan it was the China economic czar Premier Zhu who defended ,pushed back the attack in HK financial market led by the funds of Soros

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  10. If fit my criteria (skin colour isn't one), I will even get an Indian, (doesn't matter from North, South, East, West or where) as my spouse.

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  11. If Indian is good, as boss I will hire Indian.

    I will eat Indian food if it is delicious.

    If India is a good place to tour, I will tour India.

    And I admire JBJ, Ravi and Vellama for their courage to challenge the PAP.

    You see, I am colour blind if it is good.


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  12. Actually SE Asia defeated Hindic civilization twice.

    The pre Islamic SE Asia was Hindic. We even had a caste system. Thanks to Vietnam and Islam, SE Asia got purge of Hindic civilization.

    Today there is still caste system in Bali.

    LKY often rant against Islam. But I beg to differ. Given a choice, I prefer Islam than Hindic.

    The minorities did get shit from Islam. But the moment you circumcise and convert, all persecution grinds to an halt. From that day onwards, Islamist treat you as a brother.

    You cannot convert out of shit in Hindic civilization. The Northern Dravidians aka Dalits, are fully assimilated into Aryan culture. They got even more and more shit.

    The 2nd surge of Hindic is in SG, whereby British brought in Indian administrators and mercenaries.

    My study of colonial culture is, British actually wanted India to take over SG. British hated Chinese. Then the Chinese are supporter of KMT. Brits flooded SG with 2 Indian divisions (that is a lot), and many other independent smaller FT Indian fight units.

    Who knows our big hero Lim Bo Seng is KMY cadre and even visited Chong Qing, the war time capital of China.

    Unfortunately FT Indians mercenary talk a lot and cannot deliver. They flee once they see Japs. The Malayan campaign was lost. Even then British help cover up for Indians.

    But you can see man white man in WW2 forum and blog accusing FT Indians being culprit of the BIGGEST UK MILITARY DEFEAT in her entire history.

    Recently I am digging this part of the history. I am trying to be neutral. As I know Japanese, I am reading Japanese resource. Japanese books on Malayan campaign regarding various colonial military units will be the fairest.

    Preliminary findings are, even Japs claim FT Indian mercenaries are cowards. I will publish my research in blog when it is completed.

    Did the Brits knew Indians cannot fight? I think they knew. Did the Brits practice meritocracy as they always claim?

    Answer is NO.

    Did the Brits arm the Chinese even though Chinese can fight?

    Answer is NO.

    What will happen if Brits arm the Chinese? My hypothesis is Malaya would not be lost, or Japan will see a "vietnam war".

    Today when I read many comments, ALL FT Indians will hammer any SG commenters who accuse India of rape. FT Indians claim that they never rape in SG.

    This commenters do not know history else they can fight FT Indians' lies. FT Indians did conduct rape in SG. The FT Indians surrender and most change job to work for Japan after Japanese took over SG.

    The Sikh police rape the white woman POWs.

    Indians military units have rape culture, even though they cannot fight. For example, ASSAM rifle today is the most notorious rapist unit in the whole world.

    This Sikh police rape of white women POWS, was documented non other than LKY's memoir.

    That is why I am very sure if SG is take over by FT Indians, rape will occur. After the war, FT Indians soldiers were ship back India.

    I hypothesize that if FT Indians fought, even if UK lost Malaysia through Malay nationalism, UK could have retain crown colonies such as SG, Malacca and Penang. UK would then flood the crown colonies with FT Indians. But FT Indians dont fight. They lost everything.

    Anyone who still believe in "meritocracy" in the world is a idiot. Meritocracy is the least important factor whether someone ascend. We are now in civilization war. We are in the front line of Sinitic against Hindic and Western. Racism is the most important factor to consider for promotion. We could be a backwater. Who make us a battle field? Its fucking PAP.

    Wake up.

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  13. http://vimeo.com/46181665

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Ruling_Class

    who are now in charge of our elite class?

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  15. Indians are natural masters. They lead much throughout human history in religion, science and humanities. The amount of wisdom in the Indin Culture is much beyond that of others due to its long civilization and the natural endowment in the Race. If they are leaders in their field, it is due to their innate quality, they are born to be highly intelligent and resilient. Even their most deprived hardly whine and cry. They understand and accept their stations in living. They know how to accept fate and take it in their stride as they understand life is transient.

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  16. 'All USA tech companies are flooded with Indians.'

    - It is ok for them to flood those companies with indians. Since they are lousy, these companies will never make it and will be taken over by europeans, russians or chinese companies.

    - It is also ok for them to be elites. Elites can be executed during a revolution. We have seen that in the french and chinese revolution.

    - History will keep repeating itself until people learned.

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  17. I am not against Indians. But I have to warn my tribe of civilization war.

    Its ok for the Chinese to live as a 2nd class citizen. HK people relish themselves under UK and never revolt. Macau never revolt against Portuguese.

    But to live as Dalits and to get shit on everyday is out of question. PAP are dogs and liars who do not have backbone. There are many Chinese who have backbones.

    To many Indians who get offended, I need to express my regrets.

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  18. It is ok to brain drain india so india will no longer exist or easily taken over by acer (ameri, china, europ, russ) one day after the brain draining is completed. This is international politics at the highest.

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  19. Who cares whether anyone is against or for Indians. All compete and perform on merit or meritocracy.
    The Better Man will win the Race and the Day.
    If You prove to be better, You be the Winner.
    Do You understand?

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  20. /// All compete and perform on merit or meritocracy. ///

    Or take the short cut way to success.
    Put on a white uniform and join the cronies.
    No need to compete or perform anymore.
    merit or no merit ... just say yes.

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  21. PAP stands for Performance and Perfection.
    And true to its definition, the Party picks the Best man/woman for the job regardless of Race, Religion and Colour.
    That probably explains why only the Very Best Talents in Sin are with It.

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  22. My dad is the PM. My pa is a minister. Why should I compete with you fairly based on meritocracy?

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  23. By putting the mediacorp studio in dbs new headquarter by Temasek Hldgs/ Mediacorp/DBS, it is giving DBS an unfair advantage over other local banks

    because it gives them free publicity every single day during the CNA news provide ample coverage to the dbs branding.

    DBS is regulated by MAS but how come the the authority dun see anything wrong with such an arrangement?

    IS this fair to other local banks ?

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  24. Why mediacorp cannot open a new studio suddenly and report from UOB Hq or OCBC Hq ?

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  25. I'm more interested in the Fall of the PAPig elite class in Singapore.

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  26. Ha ha ha .....

    Think RB everyday must be wondering whether his eyes are playing tricks on him or because age is catching up .......

    Somehow black and white tvs are as obsolete as those colourful longish bus tickets during the 1970s but now everyday when RB walks around MBFC or inside the elevators there, somehow things seem to be back to the seventies ......

    Almost everywhere he goes is like the 1970s era black and white screens ......

    Poor Mr Chua ...... Must be wondering himself whether he has become colour blind .......

    No wonder he recently often writes about this issue .......

    Going by what he writes, I think RB doesn't really have a penchant for miw .....

    Now, he also have to contend with "mib" ..... almost everywhere he goes at his work place ......

    oh my .....

    we all should think of a way to cheer RB up everyday otherwise life would be such a misery and a dread in such an environment ......

    how about every morning everyone buy RB kopi kau kau .......

    oh shit ..... why everything also black black ..... kopi also so black .....

    any innovative entrepreneur around to blend multi-colour kopi, like the colours and varieties we see on those brave souls heads --- blue, red, green, maroon, orange, purple ......

    purple kopi, any brave volunteer want to try .....



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  27. Ha ha ha .....

    Think RB everyday must be wondering whether his eyes are playing tricks on him or because age is catching up .......

    Somehow black and white tvs are as obsolete as those colourful longish bus tickets during the 1970s but now everyday when RB walks around MBFC or inside the elevators there, somehow things seem to be back to the seventies ......

    Almost everywhere he goes is like the 1970s era black and white screens ......

    Poor Mr Chua ...... Must be wondering himself whether he has become colour blind .......

    No wonder he recently often writes about this issue .......

    Going by what he writes, I think RB doesn't really have a penchant for miw .....

    Now, he also have to contend with "mib" ..... almost everywhere he goes at his work place ......

    oh my .....

    we all should think of a way to cheer RB up everyday otherwise life would be such a misery and a dread in such an environment ......

    how about every morning everyone buy RB kopi kau kau .......

    oh shit ..... why everything also black black ..... kopi also so black .....

    any innovative entrepreneur around to blend multi-colour kopi, like the colours and varieties we see on those brave souls heads --- blue, red, green, maroon, orange, purple ......

    purple kopi, any brave volunteer want to try .....


    Go get a life.

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  28. @ Veritas 6.06 pm

    "Go get a life."



    You referring to yourself?

    Actually, if readers pay close attention, this Veritas often "comment" from morning, afternoon and sometimes until night time lor .....

    Usually most people including myself do it before work or after work or during weekends or off days and even then 99.999% of the time not the whole day .....

    So Veritas, don't critise yourself publicly lah... sometimes I think many other readers feel "so sorry for you" that you keep "tripping yourself up publicly leh ....."

    "Not pain meh"?

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  29. *correction

    @ Veritas 6.06 am

    "Go get a life."



    You referring to yourself?

    Actually, if readers pay close attention, this Veritas often "comment" from morning, afternoon and sometimes until night time lor .....

    Usually most people including myself do it before work or after work or during weekends or off days and even then 99.999% of the time not the whole day .....

    So Veritas, don't critise yourself publicly lah... sometimes I think many other readers feel "so sorry for you" that you keep "tripping yourself up publicly leh ....."

    "Not pain meh"?

    July 09, 2013 7:08 am

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  30. .....it is goooooooooooooood!.....

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  31. SMILE & CHEERS.............

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  32. Choose the best available. If it happened to be PAP, or WP, or Indians, or even RB, so be it lah.

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  33. this is no coincidence
    sg has been hijacked, ... a bloodless coup no less.
    sg is a de facto 52 state of the evil empire, run by proxies, the ft.

    nature abhors vaccums
    fukus loathes any concentration of chinese.

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  34. Life is interesting in Blogoland. This whereone gets entertainment, have time of leisure and for some like me; learn much from enlightened folks. RB, Matilah Singapura, Vetitas, Agongkia, Patriot, Virgo 49 and other Non Identified are all my TEACHERS.

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  35. The Finance Ministry should stop holding back the citizens savings in the CPF through withdrawal delays and postponements. This is not acceptable after being forced to keep the money with PAP/CPF for at least 35 years!

    Stop the ever increasing 'minimum sums' the citizens are forced to deposit with CPF. The govt/finance ministry has the cheeks to keep boasting its growth in portfolio yet refused to admit the indirect CPF money source from the inexorable mandatory increase of the 'minimum sums' . Our hard earned money forcefully demanded by the govt finance ministry that wilfully detain our money despite making the intentions very clear by the thousands of Sporeans at rally that we want the money back now.

    Return all the CPF money you have borrowed from us at once since you can tell the world of many hundred of billions the PAP govt is keeping with MAS/Temasek.









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  36. PAP is such lousy banker.

    Any bank in Spore must return to the depositor on demand money held by the bank the amount she deposited,no question asked.

    Even a contractual FD, the most forefeit interests, the Bank must return the principal sums on demand.

    Not only the CPF refused to return the money, it even force the depositor to leave more money behind and the amount is increasing every year called 'minimum sums'.

    Whose money is it?

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