Foothills Estate was a lovely place
This photo essay chronicles the life of my grandfather, C. Rajah, who travelled from India to British Malaya in or around 1920. He eventually made his home in a rubber estate in the north of the Malay peninsula called Foothills Estate, Kulim. There, he grew his family and built a life that was, by a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pluto Journals
2024-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies |
| Online Access: | https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/jofstudindentleg.3.2.0003 |
| Summary: | This photo essay chronicles the life of my grandfather, C. Rajah, who travelled from India to British Malaya in or around 1920. He eventually made his home in a rubber estate in the north of the Malay peninsula called Foothills Estate, Kulim. There, he grew his family and built a life that was, by all accounts, a good one. The story I tell is based on tales I heard about him and Foothills Estate, documents in my possession and some items I inherited. It is an attempt to counter the stereotype in modern Malaysia that those who come from the estates are to be regarded as ‘uncultured, illiterate and poor’. |
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| ISSN: | 2634-1999 2634-2006 |