Malaysian Indians
Subtitle: Towards a New Paradigm
By: Kalaimuthu K.
Publisher: Scribers Ideashop
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ipoh, Malaysia
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 253
Description: This is an English edition. A Tamil version is also available.
Notes: "A malaysiatamilsangam.com project."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-253).
Table of contents: label: Contents; label: Foreword
title: v; label: Introduction
title: vi; label: Acknowledgment
title: ix; label: Contents
title: xii; label: Tables & Maps
title: xvi; label: Pronunciation/Transliteration
title: xvii; label: Abbreviations
title: xxi; label: Malaysian Indian Demography; label: Who are the Malaysian Indians?
title: 1; label: How many Tamils are there in Malaysia?
title: 2; label: Where in Malaysia do Indians live?
title: 4; label: When did the Indians come to Malaysia?
title: 6; label: Why did the present day Indians come to Malaysia?
title: 10; label: What was life like in the plantations for the Indians?
title: 11; label: Tamil Education in Malaysia; label: Why do Malaysian Tamils consider Tamil schools important?
title: 14; label: Is Tamil Education a Middle Class Preoccupation
title: 16; label: How has the Malaysian Government helped Tamil education?
title: 18; label: Tamil Schools and Private Initiatives
title: 22; label: How do Tamil schools survive financially?
title: 24; label: Do all Tamil parents send their children to Tamil schools?
title: 26; label: What is the condition of Tamil schools in Malaysia?
title: 27; label: What is the drop-out rate in Tamil schools?
title: 29; label: What is the future of Tamil education in Malaysia?
title: 31; label: Apart from the schools how else has Tamil been promoted in the country?
title: 33; label: Tamiļavel Ko Sarangapany (1903-1974)
title: 38; label: Where are the Tamil Libraries in Malaysia?
title: 39; label: What is the overall academic achievement of 	Malaysian Indians?
title: 41; label: How do these figures reflect in the employment market?
title: 43; label: Does the academic achievement and employment demography indicate an upward social mobility?
title: 45; label: Language and Tamil Identity; label: Why is Tamil Language intrinsic to Tamil racial identity?
title: 46; label: Who is a Dravidian?
title: 47; label: Language Ethnologue: Dravidian Family Tree
title: 48; label: How old is the Tamil language?
title: 50; label: Are there any Tamil dialects?
title: 51; label: “Modern Standard Tamil” - How did this speech arise?
title: 52; label: What is the Christian Missionary Contribution to the development of Tamil?
title: 56; label: Arumuga Navalar (1822-1879)
title: 59; label: What is the “Tamil Purist Movement”?
title: 61; label: Key Events and Personalities in the Tamil Purist Movement
title: 63; label: Is there a Standard Tamil Pronunciation?
title: 70; label: Is there a Standard Transliteration to Tamil?
title: 73; label: How did the modern Tamil alphabets come about?
title: 74; label: When were the first Tamil books printed?
title: 77; label: Do Malaysian Tamils think Sanskrit is superior to Tamil?
title: 82; label: How has Tamil influenced the Malay language?
title: 83; label: Some Malay Words in Tamil Colloquial Usage
title: 84; label: A Collection of Tamil/Sanskrit/Hindi Possible Loan Words in Bahasa Melayu
title: 85; label: Indians and Religion in Malaysia; label: Do Malaysian Indians share a common religion?
title: 94; label: What are the main festivals observed by Malaysian Indians? What are the holy days?
title: 96; label: Why is Deepavali important to Malaysian Indian Hindus?
title: 97; label: Why do devotees carry kavadi to celebrate Thaipusam?
title: 99; label: Do Malaysian Indians go on pilgrimages?
title: 101; label: When were Hindu temples first built in Malaysia?
title: 102; label: What is the role of Hindu temples in the community?
title: 103; label: Do Malaysian Indians believe Brahmins the only people eligible to conduct worship?
title: 105; label: What is the role of Malaysia Hindu Sangam?
title: 106; label: A Formal Hindu Theological Education
title: 108; label: What are the other expressions of Hindu religiosity in Malaysia?
title: 109; label: Swami Satyananda (1909-1961)
title: 115; label: Is Thirukural a holy book?
title: 118; label: Do Malaysian Hindus reckon a “holy book”?
title: 119; label: What is the conversion rate among Malaysian Indians?
title: 120; label: Why do Malaysian Indians convert to another faith?
title: 122; label: What are the Malaysian Indian attitudes towards conversion?
title: 123; label: Tamils in Sri Lanka and Violence; label: Who are Sri Lankan Tamils?
title: 124; label: Are there Tamils in places other than the India-Sri Lanka region?
title: 125; label: Tamil Global Distribution
title: 126; label: Indian Diaspora 2001 Estimates
title: 127; label: Is Tamil Eelam a country?
title: 129; label: What is the Tamil Eelam-Sri Lanka conflict about?
title: 131; label: Tragedy in Serendipity
title: 132; label: How does the Tamil Eelam-Sri Lanka conflict affect Malaysian Indians?
title: 149; label: What about the INA or the IIL, were there no heroes then?
title: 151; label: Are the Tamil Eelam soldiers terrorists? or freedom fighters?
title: 157; label: Are Malaysian Indians a violent people? Do they take  a cue from Sri Lanka?
title: 158; label: Do Indian movies foster violence?
title: 159; label: Is gangsterism a Malaysian Indian problem in schools?
title: 160; label: How many Indians are Drug Addicts?
title: 161; label: Is there an Indian martial art?
title: 162; label: Malaysian Indian Socio-Politics; label: What is the role of Indians in Malaysian politics?
title: 165; label: Presidents of the Malaysian Indian Congress
title: 167; label: How else are Indians organized socio-politically in Malaysia?
title: 168; label: The political awakening of the Indians in Malaya ... a chronology
title: 169; label: What is the Dravida Kazhagam?
title: 192; label: Was there a Communist Movement among Malayan Indians
title: 199; label: Prominent Malayan Indian Communists
title: 202; label: What will the future of Indian politics be like?
title: 204; label: What is Islamization and what does it mean for the Indian community?
title: 205; label: Why Malaysian Indians are called “pendatang” - what does it mean?
title: 207; label: Are Malaysian Indians cut off from mainstream economy?
title: 208; label: Are Malaysian Indians emigrating from Malaysia?
title: 209; label: What is the Indian share of the equity market?
title: 210; label: Who are the richest Malaysian Indians?
title: 211; label: What is the incidence of poverty among the Malaysian Indians?
title: 212; label: What is toddy?
title: 213; label: Nutritional Value of Toddy
title: 214; label: Is alcoholism a problem among Malaysian Indians?
title: 215; label: Malaysian Tamil  Families; label: What are gender roles like for Malaysian Indians?
title: 217; label: Do Malaysian Indians favour the extended family?
title: 218; label: How Prevalent is Single Motherhood among Malaysian Indians?
title: 218; label: Is it true that domestic violence is prevalent among Indians?
title: 219; label: Are Malaysian Indians seriously bound by the caste system?
title: 220; label: How many Malaysian Indians are “Persons with Disabilities”?
title: 221; label: Why are “a/l” or “a/p” in Malaysian Indian names? Is there a convention for Tamil names?
title: 222; label: Why is a “dei” or “da-” offensive only sometimes?
title: 224; label: Why do Indians adorn a “potu” on their forehead?
title: 225; label: Origin Myths of Tamils; label: Do the Tamils come from a Lost Continent?
title: 226; label: Ice Age Civilizations?
title: 227; label: What is Lemuria?
title: 228; label: The Politics of Origin Myths
title: 229; label: Was the Indus Civilization Tamil?
title: 232; label: A Chronology of the Indus Valley
title: 233; label: Bibliography
title: 236