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The real meaning of Merdeka
As we celebrate our 63rd National Day, we need to take heed of the colonialisation cloaked in local colours still prevalent around us.
Of masks and masking
MASKS strapped, we venture out into the world with a sense of trepidation.
Keep calm and be informed
The disease that is spreading faster than the novel coronavirus is a mental and emotional one that brands an entire race as dangerous.
New resolutions for a new decade
Let’s usher in a revolutionary epoch – one with music, dancing and laughter for all.
Wishy-washy silence is not golden
We thought the new Malaysia would be a dynamic and energetic one but yet there still is so much ambivalence in so many policies.
No dignity in half-measures
You might need to do some unpopular things to right some wrongs. But if you look at the long-term benefits, the answer will be clear.
Whither our Merdeka spirit
Our independence was built on the spirit and willingness to accommodate. Now we have the best chance to write a new inclusive chapter in our country’s history, for the sake of our children.Our independence was built on the spirit and willingness to accommodate. Now we have the best chance to write a new inclusive chapter in our country’s history, for the sake of our children.
Don’t let the young tune out and switch off
SINCE I’ve been back I have not been reading the news. Partly that is because I have so much work to do. But I have to admit that I am also very disinclined to read the news because, well, most of it is dreadful. There is absolutely nothing cheery about it, nothing that makes me feel that there’s light ahead or anything to look forward to.
Never too late to start a new chapter in life
FEW people seem to have noticed that I have not been around in Malaysia for the better part of the last nine months. That’s one of the benefits of social media, that we can always seem present in the
Getting the ‘right sort’ of education
Education, done the right way, opens up your mind to the vast expanse of the universe and the limitless knowledge within it.
Let’s have a happy first anniversary
it has been an uneven year for Malaysia Baharu, but Malaysians should take pride that in this chaotic violent world today, we were arguably the only developing country that changed governments through the ballot box, without a single drop of blood being shed.
