A Malay renaissance – of malaise?

Keeping tradition: Today, men donning tanjak, even in casual wear, are almost ubiquitous. — AI-generated image

WHEN I wrote Returning to Our Roots: The Anger and Heartbreak of Young Malay Men in 2021, the sight of young Malay men wearing the tanjak (traditional Malay male headgear) caught the imagination of (non-Malay) Malaysians.

We were smack in the middle of a global pandemic and grasping the political realities of the country at that time.