IT IS a monumental endeavour - the biggest lexicographical project the country has ever known. It took more than 30 years, starting in 1990, to complete.

A FAMOUS entertainer, some years before her demise, requested that newspapers and TV stations not use any photos or visuals without her wearing the tudung (hijab). Those were her jahiliah (ignorant) days, she had said. She was not alone. Many Muslim ladies today dread their earlier photos without the tudung to be posted even among family WhatsApp groups.

MUSLIMS in this country must ask really tough questions on what kind of Islam we are propagating.

MY rubber tapper father had one advice: “Jangan jadi macam ayah (don’t be like me).”

MOST Malaysians weren’t even aware that their Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp accounts were down from midnight last Monday. When they woke up on Tuesday morning, the social media apps under the Facebook behemoth were largely restored. For more than seven hours, the services were unavailable.

AT 61, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob is the one of the oldest Malaysian prime ministers appointed to office.

The Budget tabling next month should be one with a difference, setting the agenda for a country struggling with the pandemic and an economy in the doldrums.

Many questions remain unanswered for a country known as the ‘graveyard of empires’.

For Malaysia to win that elusive Olympics medal, we have to get into the mode of winning.

I LIKE the analogy of a football game. When players perform a dismal display during the first half, the coach must make tough decisions. He needs to relook his strategy. More importantly, he must bring in alternative players. He must discard any notion of hurting the feelings of even his best and most expensive players. It is about winning.

THERE was once a contrarian in Malaysian politics. He carried no baggage nor expectations of any political party unlike his other colleagues in Selangor.

A good strategy comes from a well-coordinated, well-thought out and people-friendly policies, concocted collectively by the best brains in various expertise and disciplines. When there is so much uncertainty, incoherence and despair in the air, the country can’t move far.