Singapore: where technology, tourism & tea converge

As a resident of suburban Kolkata, Singapore is a short hop of 4 hrs. 15 min. Needless to say, Singapore is a much preferred holiday destination for most Kolkatans, due largely to its easy accessibility as well as the historical connect.

In the days of yore, and I am talking about the mid-18th century when the British East India Company took possession of Kolkata as a trading hub and later on evolved as the capital of British India. Singapore too was a British trading post then.

Not many are even aware that Singapore was an integral part of the Bengal Presidency from 1830 to 1851, and the then British East India Company found this administrative system to be more cost-effective.

Nonetheless, even after Singapore’s cessation from…