Recognising Penang’s Global Legacy Around Its Esplanade
By Eugene Quah
July 2024 FEATURE
IN EARLY MAY, I was invited to the annual state-level Vaisakhi festival at Fort Cornwallis by the Sikh community. The choice of the fort as an annual venue for this holy day is symbolic. In 1881, one of the rooms of the fort was actually used as a gurdwara by a contingent of Sikh policemen newly stationed there.Sunset was half an hour away, and mercifully, there was a slight breeze blowing seawards on that blisteringly hot day. As the dignitaries...
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Eugene Quah
is an independent researcher and writer who is working on a book tentatively called “Illustrated Guide to the North Coast of Penang”. He rediscovered the joys of writing after moving back to Penang from abroad.
