TODAY I want to reiterate what I wrote a long time ago because I believe it is still relevant, and especially so in the aftermath of the recent six state elections in Malaysia. I am referring to my column headlined “The pain of pebbles in our shoes”, published on May 29, 2013. It was my take on the already fraying state of our race relations.
I started the article by describing a scene in the movie Ever After, based on the Cinderella story, where the stepmother, played by Angelica Huston, has just sold her stepdaughter, played by Drew Barrymore, to a villainous low-life. When the stepdaughter asks the stepmother if she had ever loved her, the stepmother replies, “How can anyone love a pebble in their shoe?”
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