Engage with India's diversity with humility and mutual respect: President Tharman

S'pore-India ties in 'new phase', and both are working to strengthen cooperation, he says

- Anjali Raguraman

Understand the opportunities in different parts of India, because there will be opportunities for Singaporeans to add value with their skills and experience wherever they go, President Tharman Shanmugaratnam told overseas Singaporeans.

And in engaging with India's diversity, do so with mutual respect, he said, adding: "Whatever we do in India, do it with some humility."

"This is a continent that has its own deep history, depth of culture, and they've got ways of doing things that we can learn from as well - so it's a two-way learning relationship," Mr Tharman said.

Mr Tharman was speaking in New Delhi on Jan 15, at a reception with overseas Singaporeans to celebrate the longstanding relationship between the two countries, as well as the Republic's 60th year of independence.