(© Jesse Therrien/sxc.hu) MULANYA ada Puteri Gunung Ledang: the Musical (PGL). Kemudian muncullah Putra: the Musical, Cheng Lock: the Musical, P Ramlee: the Musical, muzikal Ismail: the Last Days, Impak Maksima: the Musical, muzikal itu dan muzikal ini. Letih tangan kami menaip kalau nak ditaipkan semua muzikal yang pernah dipentaskan di sana sini, termasuklah muzikal […]
Making people disappear
By Yasmin Masidi(© Piotr Kozikowski/Dreamstime) WHEN I was media officer at a local feminist organisation, the Malaysian police claimed in their press statements to have solved 80% of crimes against women in 2005. That these figures were greeted with near-universal derision by activists working on women’s human rights would not, I wager, be a surprise to many. […]
Power-sharing models for the BN
By Deborah LohAS the Barisan Nasional (BN) struggles to reinvent itself in the current political climate, three ideas have been raised to remake it into a single multiracial entity. The coalition knows it has to respond to public perception that Umno is dominant over the other component parties. If it doesn’t, it risks losing more of the […]
The message of Deepavali for Malaysia
By Zedeck Siew[corrected] Tun VT Sambanthan and Toh Puan Umasundari Sambanthan visit Bukit Bintang Girls School (Original photos courtesy of Uma Sambanthan) UPON meeting her at her home in Petaling Jaya, one of the things that Toh Puan Umasundari Sambanthan inquired of me was my health. “Take care dear, it has been raining a lot lately,” she […]
The call of Kali
By Eddin KhooDevotees at the Sri Padhpathira Kaliamman Alayam temple (File pic by Danny Lim) “…will you walk through your fears, to dance with me?” – from a hymn of Kali AS often as the story has been told, it can’t be told enough. The narrative remains an essentially “modern account”. It encapsulates the great transformations […]
Deepavali reflections
By Sim Kwang YangEVERY year, as Deepavali approaches, I always remember my good friend, the great P Patto. For those five years when we were both serving Members of Parliament, the late Patto was my roommate at the DAP headquarters in Petaling Jaya. We slept in those fold-up canvas camp beds that must be obsolete now. (His snoring, […]
Siapa kuat?
Oleh Suraya Yaacob(© Revati Upadhya/sxc.hu) SELEPAS hampir sebulan menyambut Aidilfitri, kita sama-sama akan menyambut perayaan Deepavali. Kalau dilihat, ada persamaan antara kedua-dua sambutan yang meraikan “kemenangan”. Kemenangan “melawan” nafsu sepanjang berpuasa dan kemenangan yang baik atas yang jahat. Kita sepatutnya mengambil kesempatan menterjemahkan rasa muhibah antara kita dengan ziarah-menziarahi. Setiap tahun saya akan menyambut Deepavali bersama pengundi […]
Making history sexy
By Jacqueline Ann SurinWHO would think that young people, some only in their late teens, would be interested in history? Specifically Malaysian history, which, as I knew while surviving the Malaysian education system, was dry and boring. My school history lessons definitely did not inspire or engage me. The syllabus did little to help me feel connected to […]
Deconstructing the social contract
By Elizabeth Looi and Khairil AnharCorrected on 24 Oct 2008 at 2.45pm THE recent statement released by the Conference of Rulers on the social contract has generated much discussion. Among others, the statement emphasised the provisions in the Federal Constitution that make up the social contract. The rulers also announced that “it is not proper to dispute and question this […]
The prison of history
By Aloysious MoweI TOOK a look at the New York Times this morning before setting off to work. I found myself very moved by Maureen Dowd’s op-ed article about Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama. Powell’s “Aha!” moment happened as a result of seeing a photograph of a mother hugging the tombstone of her son, a young […]
