An Indian from China Street: A Lasting Reality
By N. Balakrishnan
December 2024 FEATURE
THERE WERE ONLY three Indian families living on Penang’s China Street in the 1960s. And of course, no Malays at all. Perhaps it is only fitting it was called China Street, since there were so few non-Chinese living on it. The “Indian areas” of old Penang were in Penang Street and Market Street.We lived about three blocks away from the famous Chinese temple at the junction of China Street and Pitt Street. Our family ran a curry powder mill in...
N. Balakrishnan
is an entrepreneur with diverse interests who has been based in Hong Kong for more than 20 years. He grew up in Penang and attended Penang Free School. More information about him can be found at www.coolinvestor.biz.
