SINGAPORE – Writer Meira Chand’s first reaction when she received a call about the Cultural Medallion was “Oh my goodness, no. How am I going to tell Suchen?”
The soft-spoken 81-year-old is “great friends” with fellow Cultural Medallion recipient Suchen Christine Lim.
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