Title
Tamil Murasu Glass Plate
Year/Period
20th century
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Object size: 8.2 x 10.0 x 0.2 cm
Accession No.
2015-00096
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Ms Rajam Sarangapany
From the 1930s, a strong Tamil print culture began to evolve in Singapore and the region, contributing to the development of the Indian community’s cultural identity. The circulation of journals and other print media such as Tamilaham (published in 1922) spread sub-ethnic nationalist consciousness amongst Tamils in Singapore. Other Tamil newspapers such as Tamil Nesan, Tamil Murasu, Munnetram and Seerthirutham provided socio-political commentaries and propagated reforms.
