Grandma writes book on migrants’ struggles


  • Nation
  • Monday, 01 May 2006

HER LEGACY: Muthammal showing a copy of her book at the launch in Kuala Lumpur on Friday night.

KUALA LUMPUR: Her family’s experience as indentured labourers from India and their struggle to make new lives for themselves in Malaya is encapsulated in a book by Muthammal Palanisamy as a gift to her grandchildren. 

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