Uncle Maricar grew up working in the mutton abattoirs of Jalan Besar, now he retraces the laborious journey from knife to delicious keema.
Route:Desker Road (next to Swee Choon)—Rowell Road—Kampong Kapor Road—Norris Road (Azmi Restaurant)
Written by: Mumtaz Maricar
Voiced by: Re. Sommasundram (Tamil) / Karthikeyan Somasundaram (English)
Click here to check out the map of this route on Brown Voices' Instagram page!
This programme is a part of Singapore Writers Festival 2021. Find out more at singaporewritersfestival.com.
About Tekka Food Steps:
Explore the histories of Little India on foot through this self-guided audio tour. Through deeply personal stories from Little India’s communities that stretch across two centuries, five unique characters reminisce about their favourite foods, sights, smells, and sounds. Be guided by their stories, in either English or Tamil, and uncover traces of Little India’s multi-layered history still evident in its landscape today.
A production by Brown Voices
Producer & Director (English): Vithya Subramaniam
Sound Designer: Ramesh Krishnan
Writers (English): Hemang Yadav, Mumtaz Maricar, Karthikeyan Somasundaram, Pramila D/O Krishnasamy, Lewin Bernard
Translator & Director (Tamil): Karthikeyan Somasundaram
Voice Artists: Pramila D/O Krishnasamy, Re. Sommasundram, Karthikeyan Somasundaram, Mumtaz Maricar, Hemang Yadav
Musicians: Munir Alsagoff & Mohamed Noor
Poster Designer: Vimal Kumar
