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SO YOU ARE AN INDIAN CITIZEN LOOKING FOR A JOB IN KUALA LUMPUR -- THIS SITE IS FOR YOU! To begin with, it has to be said, that you certainly have good taste and an appreciation for the finer things in life, if you have chosen to seek a job in Malaysia. Not only is Kuala Lumpur one of the most dynamic cities in Asia, with all of the firstclass facilities you would expect of a worldclass center of commerce, but it is also very Indian friendly. A significant proportion of the population here hails from India, and you will see reminders of India all over the city in the forms of Hindu temples, tandoori chicken stalls, and even Bollywood stars in the cinemas. Kuala Lumpur's Little India is one of the finest in the region. There is also (must it be said) a Little India neighborhood in Singapore, but KL's Little India is more authentic and original. It has an edge, and that's what gives it a charm. If you are Indian and you relocate to Kuala Lumpur, you won't pine for home -- you won't have a chance.
The Tamil script evolved from an ancient southern form of the Brahmi script, but was also influenced by the Grantha script. It is currently used to write the Tamil language in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu as well as in Sri Lanka. Interestingly, the Tamil language is one of the oldest recorded languages in southern India. The earliest texts, written in the southern variant of Brahmi, date from just before the 1st century CE. Overtime the script changed, and by the 8th century CE the Tamil script has evolved into more or less its modern form.
Tamil is one of the two classical languages of India. It is the only language in that country which has continued to exist for over two thousand years. It is spoken today by approximately 65 million people living mainly in southern India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Africa, Fiji, the West Indies, Mauritius and Reunion Islands, United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Tamil is the pre-eminent member of the Dravidian Language family and has one of the longest unbroken literary traditions of any living language in the world. [1]
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India has also surpassed China as the leading country of origin for international students in the US, the Open Doors 2002 report, published by the Institute of International Education (IIE) said.
"The agency also tabulated that out of the total number of Indian students visiting the US, nearly 75 per cent come for graduate studies and the rest for undergraduate studies. Interestingly, around 30 per cent of the visiting Indian students are women.
The report released by the IIE observed that more than 67,000 Indians are currently enrolled in the institutions of higher learning, with the Chinese closely following with 63,000. In 2003 itself, nearly 90,000 Indian students enrolled in American colleges. Overall, India accounts for 11.5 per cent of international students enrolled in American universities.
"Studies reveal that almost 90 per cent of foreign students stay back in the US because immediately after completing education, they are allowed to work legally for a year to gain 'practical work experience'. During this period, most students seek employers' help in converting their visa from student visa to H1 visa , whereby they can work for three years, extendable by another three years."
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"However, in the long-run, it spells a huge loss for America. Stringent visa norms and receding job opportunities means that Indian students graduating from US universities will have to look elsewhere, in order to be able to strike it big, signifying a loss of wealth for the US economy as manpower and resources will be lessened..."
America's loss, other countries' gain. And Malaysia is one of those other countries hoping to gain from the ongoing, cascading Indian diaspora. Though it must be said, that just like in other countries, there is an undercurrent of racism in Malaysia, and Indian workers have on occasion (at least on one occasion) been rounded up by the police. There will be more about this particular incident life later in the article, and the impact on Indo-Malaysian relations. But first I want to trump up the positives to working in Malaysia -- there is enough negativity in the world as it is, without me adding to it.
j o b + r e s o u r c e s SO, YOU HAVE MADE UP YOUR MIND -- YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR A JOB IN MALAYSIA. Well, here are some jobs for those looking for jobs in Malaysia, specifically the Kuala Lumpur area, and specifically in the IT trade. If you are interested in studying IT or another tech or other field in Malaysia, there is a special site for you -- click here:
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Agilent Malaysia conducts yearly campus visits, recruitment drives and career exhibitions locally and overseas (Australia, Taiwan, Japan, UK and USA). On-line and print advertisements are placed on campus web-sites and on notice boards to inform students of upcoming Agilent events and invite applications. Agilent Malaysia's campus recruitment team, comprised of engineering and human resources managers, conducts on-campus interviews during their visits. Students are also encouraged to apply for jobs on the website listed above.
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Doctor Jobs: http://www.doctorjob.com.my/.
Expatriates -- Malaysia: http://expat3.securesites.net/classifieds/mly/.
GetAFreelancer: http://www.getafreelancer.com/.
Gulliver Resort Jobs: http://www.mygulliver.com/malaysia/.
Intel Malaysia: http://www.intel.com/jobs/malaysia/.
JobsDB: http://www.jobsdb.com/MY/EN/V6HTML/JobSeeker/jobalert/jobalert_e.htm.
Job Street: http://my.jobstreet.com/default.htm.
Learn 4 Good: http://www.learn4good.com/jobs/language/english/list/country/malaysia/.
Monster India: http://www.monsterindia.com/.
Naukri: http://www.naukri.com/.
Solo Gig: http://www.sologig.com/.
Tip Top Jobs: http://my.tiptopjob.com/.
m a l a y s i a n + d i s c r i m i n a t i o n IN SPITE OF ALL THE BRIGHT NEWS ABOVE, IT HAS TO BE SAID, THAT ALL IS NOT ROSY FOR PEOPLE OF INDIAN DESCENT IN MALAYSIA. At times (or at least at one time) Indian workers have been rounded up by the police, and faced appalling treatment from the law. Life for the resident Indian community of Malaysia (who have been living there for generations) is also tough. Malaysian Indians represent the most underprivileged community in the entire country, and are regularly discriminated against.
Before we move on any further, let us head a few steps back, and recall an incident which happened in the year in 2003, an incident which still reverberates in the arena of Indo-Malaysian relations. This is how the new was reported on Rediff.com (the story was published on March 9 2003):
"The Malaysian police on Sunday rounded up around 270 Indians, including many IT professionals, and allegedly defaced their passports, slapped and kicked several of them before releasing all but five later.
"This was the outcome of a dawn swoop in search of illegal immigrants on one high-rise apartment in the ethnic Indian dominated Brickfields neighbourhood in central Kuala Lumpur.
"'There were around 270 of us, and we have already got the signatures of 178, and we'll get the rest by Monday,' said Dilip, an IT professional, who presented a petition to the Indian High Commission on behalf of all those detained after being released on Sunday night.
"A Malaysian police officer had earlier told PTI that some 164 Indians had been picked up during a raid on one building adding they were released following the intervention of the Indian High Commission and proof that they had valid visas.
"Some showed they were working for companies registered in Malaysia's Multi-media Super Corridor, the Information Technology project zone running from Kuala Lumpur to the new development of Cyberjaya, some 45 minutes' drive away, he said.
"'This has been a black day for all of us,' Indian High Commissioner Veena Sikri said addressing the detainees after their release.
""We have taken the matter to the highest authority, and we will get to the bottom of the issue.'
"Police initially denied Indian officials access to the detained Indian nationals, but later relented.
"Several Indians taken into custody showed PTI their passports, pointing out that their visas had been scratched.
"A Malaysian immigration official, who verified the defaced visas, said the individuals and their employers would have to apply to his department for a fresh visa.
"The detainees recounted how police burst into their homes and herded them to a nearby police station, from where some were taken to jail.
"'We were handcuffed and made to kneel or sit in the police station car park, some of us were slapped and kicked,' said Nagaraju Cheekoti, an IT professional working for WWI Malaysia.
"Some said they were ordered to do sit-ups, while others said they were stripped to their underwear, slapped and kicked inside the station. Police confiscated their cell phones and refused them access to telephones.
"Police officials at the Brickfields station refused to speak to PTI.
"'We don't want to stay in this country if we are treated like this. We have come here at the invitation of Malaysian companies,' said one of the detainees to a chorus of approval from other detainees. 'We don't feel safe,' he said..."
How is life like for the resident Indians of Malaysia:
This is from the Tamil Nation homepage: "Large scale migration of Indians from the sub continent to Malaya followed the extension of British formal rule to the west coast Malay states in the 1870s. As early as 1901 the Indian population in the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States was approximately 120,000, and by 1947 it had grown to almost 600,000 for Malaya and Singapore.' At the time of Independence in 1957 it stood at a little over 820,000. In this last year Indians accounted for approximately 11 per cent of the total population of Malaya and Singapore.
"The overwhelming majority of migrants from India were Tamil speakers from the south of the sub continent. In 1947 they represented approximately 77 per cent of the total Indian population in Malaya and Singapore. Other South Indians, mainly Malayalee and Telegus, formed a further 14 per cent in 1947, and the remainder of the Indian community was accounted for by North Indians, principally Punjabis, Bengalis, Gujeratis, and Sindhis.
"These ethnic divisions corresponded closely to occupational specialisation. For example the South Indian Tamils were predominantly labourers, the majority being employed on rubber estates, though a significant minority worked in Government public works departments. The Telegus were also mainly labourers on the estates, whilst the Malayalee community was divided into those who occupied relatively more skilled labouring positions on the estates and those who were white collar workers or professionals. The North Indians, with the exception of the Sikhs, were mainly merchants and businessmen. For example, the Gujeratis and Sindhis owned some of the most important textile firms in Malaya and Singapore. The Sikhs were either in the police or employed as watchmen.
"There were, in addition, three further ethnic and religious groups whose political and economic importance in Malaya far exceeded their numerical strength. Two were important business communities the Chettiars, a money lending caste from Madras, and the South Indian Muslims (Moplahs and Marakkayars) who were mainly wholesalers. The third group were the Ceylonese Tamils who were employed principally in the lower levels of the Civil Service and in the professions.
"The close correspondence between the ethnic and occupational divisions of the Indian community was inevitably reflected in the community's geographical distribution in Malaya. The South Indian Tamils were concentrated mainly in Perak, Selangor, and Negri Sembilan, on the rubber estates and railways, though a significant proportion found employment on the docks in Penang and Singapore The Telegus were mainly on the rubber estates of Lower Perak and parts of Selangor, while the Malayalees were located predominantly in Lower Perak, Kuala Lumpur, parts of Negri Sembilan, and Johore Bahru. The business communities, the Gujeratis, Sindhis, Chettiars, and South Indian Muslims, were concentrated in the urban areas, principally Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh, and Singapore. The Ceylon Tamils were also mainly an urban community, though some were found in rural areas working as subordinate staff on the estates...."
The Tamil Nation goes on to record: "Despite the fact that the Indians constitute about 8% of the country's population of 22 million they own less than 2% of its national wealth. According to The Economist (22nd Feb 2003), they make up 14% of its juvenile delinquents, 20% of its wife and child beaters and 41% of its beggars. They make up less than 5% of the successful university applicants. The story of the Indians has been a case of progressive deterioration from the time Malaysia became independent in 1957.
"The mass Indian (South Indian) immigration can be traced back to the early 20th century when the British brought them to meet the labour force requirements in the colonial public services and in private plantations. While the bulk of the Tamils were employed in the plantations, the Sri Lankan Tamils and Malayalees were in supervisory or clerical positions. Of the North Indians, the Punjabis were in the police force, while the Gujaratis and Sindhis were in the business sectors (mostly textiles). Despite the mass exodus of South Indians back to India after independence and after the racial riots of May 1969, the Tamils (South Indians) today constitute about 80% of the total Indian community." Which explains all the Tamil style blue pyramid Hindu temples you see in Malaysia these days!
According to the Tamil Nation, Malaysian Indians themselves are to some extent responsible for their present unenviable and ignominious status, and the policies of the Malaysian Government since independence had not been helpful either. Ignorance born out of poverty in the plantations resulted in many of them not getting citizenship which was offered in 1957 when Malaysia became independent. This prevented them from getting jobs.
That is not to say that there is discrimination against, say, IT workers arriving in Kuala Lumpur from Mumbai. The Malaysian Government will no doubt be glad to have your skills in the country. However, it is good to know your history, and like India, Malaysia has been shaped by imperialism and racial discrimination. As so often happens, one race exploits another. Organizations like Tamil Nation are fighting against this most odious of human weaknesses, and fighting to uplift the rights of Malaysian Indians.
i n d i a n + s h o p p i n g IF YOU ARE INDIAN AND HAVE ALREADY MADE THE MOVE TO KUALA LUMPUR, YOU WILL MOST DEFINITELY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT WHERE YOU CAN BUY INDIAN FOOD PRODUCTS AND SPICES AND STUFF. You will also want to know al the best places to dine and hang out. With the huge Indian native population, there are of course countless Indian supermarkets and restaurants and street markets where you can find all the things you enjoyed back in India. Here is a list -- incomplete I must confess!! - of some of the Indian shopping solutions in Kuala Lumpur:
Citra Spice Mart (M) Sdn Bhd: website: http://www.citras.com.my.
"One of the best reasons to come here would be to savour the various Indian snacks, such as vadai, stringhoppers and appum, all freshly made on the spot. There's even a Punjabi food stall with authentic, freshly made chappati, prata and sweetmeats. Not everything at this night market is Indian, though. You can still get your Malay and Chinese food fix with delicious char kueh teow, yong tau foo, tau foo far, lol-lok and nasi lemak."
i n d i a n + f o o d FOR A MORE DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE INDIAN DINING POSSIBILITIES IN KUALA LUMPUR, CLICK HERE. There are Indian eateries scattered across Kuala Lumpur, but here we are concentrating on the Indian restaurants in Little India. And the selection is:
Karuna's Vegetarian Restaurant: Grand Paradise Hotel, 62, Jalan Masjid India, Brickfields. Phone: 03/2273 0100.
b r i c k f i e l d s + f a c i l i t i e s MORE IN DEPTH INFORMATION ON PUBLIC SERVICES, BANKS, DOCTORS AND MEDICAL SERVICES AND SO ON IN BRICKFIELDS:
Public Bank Berhad: 68 Jalan Tun Sambanthan, Brickfields. Phone: 03/2272 5930, 03/2273 6494.
g e t t i n g + t h e r e To get to Little India from Masjid Jamek station you can take either the Star LRT or Putra LRT.
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