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Podcast: Yah Lah But
Episode: #713 ft. Janadas Devan - The Absurdity of a Singaporean Identity and the Fragility of Cohesion
Description: Janadas Devan, Chairman of the Singapore International Foundationโs (SIF) Board of Governors, reflects on Singaporeโs 60-year journey from unexpected independence to forging a national identity. He recalls how leaders like Lee Kuan Yew and S. Rajaratnam once doubted Singaporeโs survival, and we discuss the impact of policies, lived experiences, and institutions have had on social cohesion in Singapore. We also talk about current strains on social capital - from inequality to immigration and social media, and why he still believes in the future of Singapore.ย ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ (๐๐๐)๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ. ๐๐ด ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐๐60, ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ.๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ | https://www.sif.org.sg/ | https://www.instagram.com/siforg๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ดHaresh: SPEED DOES AMERICA๐บ๐ธ (Official Trailer)Terence: Behind the Scenes of World Aquatics Championships 2025 | Sony x World AquaticsJanadas: National Day Parade 2025๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ โ "๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐โGet a roundup our One Shiok Things & first dibs on our latest launches delivered straight to your inbox!Subscribe Here(00:00) A Message from SIF(00:40) Intro(01:39) Singapore's Survival and Global City Concept(04:19) Social Cohesion and Multiracial Achievements(17:13) Local-Foreign Relations and Future Social Cohesion(22:45) New Challengs: Immigration and Social Media(33:41) The Role of Education and Government Policies(36:11) The Evolving Singapore Identity(37:45) Peace and Cohesion of Singapore(38:03) Challenges of Racial Harmony(41:20) Understanding