Storm in a curry pot

TNP PICTURE: Gavin Foo

CURRY seems to be the flavour of the moment in Singapore.

And it is all thanks to the curry-cooking saga - where an Indian family reportedly agreed during mediation six or seven years ago to not cook curry while their Chinese national neighbours were at home - that continues to rage on.

The New Paper finds out how the Community Mediation Centre, the mediation unit at the centre of the story, handles disputes between neighbours and speaks to one woman (Miss Michelle Teo, pictured above) who took the Internet to rant against the Chinese family.