Riot Recollections - Ravindra Rawath

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Title
Riot Recollections - Ravindra Rawath
Year/Period
28 December 2013
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Object size: 100.0 x 66.7 cm,
Object size: Refer to parts
Accession No.
2025-00470

This image is part of the "Riot Recollections" (2013) series by documentary photographer Zakaria Zainal and writer Prabhu Silvam. It consists of portraits of eye-witnesses and their accounts of the riot that struck Little India on 8 December 2013 — the worst outbreak of violence Singapore had experienced in four decades since the outbreak of communal riots in the 1960s. The incident, sparked by a fatal accident involving a migrant worker at the junction of Race Course Road and Hampshire Road, injured 54 officers and 8 civilians and damaged 30 vehicles.Hitting the ground fresh a week after the incident, Zakaria and Prabhu sought to better understand what provoked the outpouring of anger by adopting the "vox populi" approach. Depicted here is Ravindra Rawath, a chef who swiftly helped diners at his restaurant make their way to safety to the nearest taxi stand when the riot broke out.