The rhythmic beats of dhaak drums, colourful traditional attire, elaborate religious rituals and the aroma of Kolkata street food transformed an open ground near Farrer Park MRT into a bustling mini-Kolkata during the Bengali Association Singapore’s (BAS) Durga Puja celebrations.

Held from Oct 16 to 21, the festivities marked BAS’s 70th anniversary, celebrating seven decades of preserving Bengali culture and bringing the community together in Singapore.

The celebrations, held between Owen Road and Burmah Road, attracted several thousand visitors, including...

With hundreds of handcrafted dolls, six months of preparation and an entire floor devoted to storytelling, Mrs Sujatha Krishnan’s Navaratri display has become a remarkable celebration of Indian heritage in Singapore.

Every Navaratri, an entire floor of a three-storey house in Jalan Puteri Jula Juli undergoes an extraordinary transformation.

Hundreds of dolls, miniature landscapes, mythological figures and elaborate settings come together to create one of Singapore’s most impressive Golu displays.

Behind this painstaking annual undertaking is Mrs Sujatha Krishnan, whose...

A yearly spiritual tradition combined with a penchant for collectables compelled a family in Sengkang to transform their modest study room into a cultural spectacle this Navratri.

In addition to the more conventional five-tier golu set-up, the family’s matriarch and artist at heart had also put together themed displays based on Formula One (F1), the FIFA World Cup, Bintan’s Nirvana Resort, Paris, and Harry Potter.

“The idea struck me after we visited Legoland in Dubai and our son started to...

Singaporean short films Coast to Coast and What Remains At Dawn will be making their world premiere at the 35th Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF).

The films, which surround Indian-origin profiles, are programmed under the Singapore Panorama section of the festival, which is presenting 16 short films by local filmmakers.

Screenings for the films have sold out. tabla! spoke with the creators behind the two films to share more about their process and journey to SGIFF.

Director Megan Lim En’s...

Irfan Razack, chairman and managing director of Prestige Group, is looking to expand the gamut of his companies’ interests beyond traditional real estate, with plans to develop hospitality-style senior-living assets across India as well as venture into tertiary education.

The group is already working on a pilot senior-living project, Mr Irfan told tabla!. Unlike conventional retirement housing developments that focus on selling residential units, his vision is to create hospitality-oriented assets designed around the needs and experiences of older residents.