TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baskaran,Bala
AU  - Abdullah,Said
AU  - Senkuttuvan,Arun
TI  - VR Nathan: Community Servant Extraordinary 
SN  - 9789814379847
AV  - LF103.F6 .A889 2012 
U1  - 378.41 
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - Singapore
PB  - ISEAS Publishing
KW  - Bankers
KW  - India
KW  - Biography
KW  - Community activists
KW  - Singapore
KW  - Endowments
KW  - Officials and employees
KW  - Hindu temples
KW  - Management
KW  - Hinduism
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Message --; Preface --; Acknowledgements --; 1. VR’s Inter-religious Leadership --; 2. An Immigrant who Made Good --; 3. Introduction to Temple Management Affairs --; 4. Invitation to Help out HEB --; 5. An Era of Change in HEB --; 6. VR’s Signal Contribution to HEB’s Transformation --; 7. Celebrating Hindu Festivals --; 8. Transforming the Temple Scene --; 9. VR’s Views in Public Deliberations of Issues Affecting Indians --; 10. VR’s Legacy --; Appendix --; About the Authors; restricted access
N2  - In conveying his condolences to VR Nathan's wife, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that "as chairman of Hindu Endowments Board, VR Nathan had served the Indian community with distinction and unwavering commitment". Lee also said that VR "had done much for inter-religious harmony in Singapore". Soon after, Zainul Abidin Rasheed, then Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said in Parliament that he was "very amazed" when he saw at VR's funeral leaders of different faiths paying their last respects and offering prayers. That perhaps is the ultimate tribute any Singaporean of faith could hope for. This is the story of what made an unemployed immigrant from India with little education transform into an ideal Singaporean - successful in his career, yet caring for fellow citizens
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1355/9789814379854
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789814379854
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789814379854/original
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