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How Malaysia’s Parliament created a politician like Tajuddin
A permissive culture of allowing crude, sexist and racist comments to be made without much censure has created a house of representatives that can be far from august.
Living a lifetime with the ‘other’
Failing to honour differences is not only failing at being a united nation but also failing in life in its entirety.
New ideas for education
We need an education system that will produce a new generation of students and graduates who value differences and possess questioning minds.
When a building is not just a building
WHAT do we tell our children is the soul of this nation called Malaysia?
Learning from Hang Tuah
There is value to be found in the legendary story of a Malay warrior who was a model of courage, loyalty – and progressive cosmopolitanism.
How ‘Upin & Ipin’ can help out
With a little rewriting, a ‘national’ cartoon series acknowledged by many to be a Malaysian success story can help create a generation that appreciates each other’s cultures and differences.
Missing – our society-changing books
TODAY, I wish to take to task both public and private universities on the issue of writing and publishing books.
To help an ‘other’ is the real recipe for change
Just focus on helping one person a year, and the country will right itself in the most meaningful way possible.
A nation 'Becoming': How reading can make us better
While reading Michelle Obama's autobiography, 'Becoming', our columnist recalls how reading books has helped him look beyond his own life and see things from other perspectives.
Searching for a needle in a haystack
IN the final days leading up to the new year, I was asked, along with several other professors, to interview 24 candidates to be chosen for an award and also to be named valedictorian.
Insensitive words of Kedah MB may be interpreted as unprofessional conduct
THE rude and insensitive rantings of Kedah Mentri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor may be seen as the incompetent and unprofessional conduct of one person, or an example of the future of Malaysia under Perikatan Nasional and the so-called ‘Islamic’ party, PAS.