INTERVIEW WITH MR THANAGOPAL
Q: Tell us a bit more about yourself and your position in your community.
My name is Thanagopal, was an army contributions to the armed forces thereby receiving the Long Service Award too. Had the privellege to drive all thetaxis from the various companies in Singapore. For example, The London Cab n the now rare Yellow top.
Through my dedication n passion for the Holy Tree Balasubramaniam temple, I helped the temple get rid of corruption, also offering my commitment to the daily temple chores such as area cleaning and cooking. My beliefs and attitude towards life have shown many people including worshippers to have a clean way of life and the importance in having strong faith
Q:Who/What motivates you to do what you are doing now?
My late wife of course. She was a hardworking and dedicated community servant as well.
Q: Do you think you are making an impact to your community?
Maybe. I choose to stick with my faith n beliefs. That’s the very reason why people might look up to me, not for how I am, but who I am. Ultimately its down to the individual.
Q: What is your most memorable experience in this job?
No. What I do is not regarded as my job. Its my service to the community. One memorable experience is about the donation boxes. The boxes were once heavily guarded by locks n chains. But even though these security measures had been implemented, theft was still an issue. But now, without the security implementations, donations to the temple have steadily increased without theft and corruption.
*No live video footage was taken due to request of the interviewee
