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Articles by Linette Lim (4 articles total for all time)

Apr 9, 2010

Migrant Workers in Singapore
Meet Labu, a 26-year old Bangladeshi construction worker in Singapore. Labu is unable to work because of an injury to...

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Linette Lim
OPINION | Culture: Social Issues, Politics: Immigration

Feb 14, 2010

India: An Ode to Hyderabad
The disconnect between the past and the present. There is much evidence of it here: women balancing wood or jugs...

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Linette Lim
OPINION | Culture: City Life, Culture: Desi, Culture: Travel

Jan 24, 2010

Book Review: Looking East To Look West - Lee Kuan Yew's Mission India
A recent book by veteran Indian journalist, Sunanda Datta-Ray, has sparked some controversy here. In Looking East To Look West...

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Linette Lim
REVIEW | Politics: Asia, Media: Journalism, Culture: Books - Non Fiction

Jan 5, 2010

Life Lessons From an Autowallah
After all this time in India, my greatest takeaway was not found in the advertising firm I am working at,...

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Linette Lim
OPINION | Culture: Society, Culture: Desi, Culture: City Life

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