Ahmad Ismail (source: Oriental Daily), against a map of Malaya (public domain. Source: wikipedia.org) IMAGINE this. It’s 2013. The Pakatan Rakyat is in government and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is Malaysia’s 7th prime minister. In Kedah, Datuk Ahmad Ismail passionately repeats his 2008 message that Chinese and Indian Malaysians are squatters, and that Malay Malaysians […]
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Music in motion
By N Shashi Kala(© Paulo Correa / sxc.hu) THE PC Fair that took place from 12 to 14 Dec 2008 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre was crowded with people looking for cool and funky, cheap and cheerful stuff. Of all the gadgets on offer, the ones that caught my eye were at the booths hawking MP3 and […]
Sarawak’s renewed political hopes
By Sim Kwang YangIllustration of Dayak people, dated 1864 (Public domain; source: Wikipedia.org) SARAWAK’S Dayaks seldom feature with any significance in the national imagination of Malaysia, and certainly do not make headlines in the national media. This reflects the political marginalisation of the Dayaks in their home state. The Dayaks collectively make up nearly half the state’s population, […]
The Adventures of Agongman!
By Zedeck SiewSO, this arrived at my Inbox through unidentifiable but guaranteed legitimate sources. The dutiful entertainment insider that I am, I serve my readers, even the comic-book, super-hero, leotard-loving nerds. (I am one, myself.) This is exciting. The nerdier among us will know of Super President, DePatie-Freleng’s critically acclaimed and largely unnoticed Saturday morning pleasure. If […]
Acknowledging failures in religion
By Aloysious Mowe(© Johnny DiBiasi / sxc.hu) THE headlines in the newspapers as I sit down to write this are as gloomy as the dank December day in Washington, DC, outside. Sunni militants bomb a Shia mosque in Iraq, killing Shia worshippers. Responsibility for the terrorism in Mumbai is claimed by a group calling itself the Deccan […]
Kontroversi fatwa berterusan
Oleh Shanon Shah(© Ilker / sxc.hu) ADA perkembangan terbaru dalam isu fatwa di Malaysia. Tanggal 2 Dis 2008, Utusan Malaysia melaporkan yang Majlis Muzakarah Fatwa Kebangsaan mengaku tidak boleh memaksa kerajaan negeri mewartakan fatwa berkaitan rokok. Alasannya kerana kuasa mewartakan fatwa terletak di bawah Jabatan Mufti Negeri masing-masing. Sebelum ini, ahli parlimen PAS, Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa, […]
PKR’s plan for the monarch
By Deborah LohSupporters during PKR’s annual congress, 29 Nov 2008 KUALA LUMPUR, 12 Dec 2008: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is defending the Malay rulers’ rights as part of efforts to balance the power currently concentrated in the executive, its vice-president R Sivarasa said. He said two areas in the Federal Constitution ought to be reformed to reflect […]
N For Nude
By Amir MuhammadA nude day has comeAnd nothing it can do Can do me wrong Amir Muhammad is a writer, publisher and moviemaker who lives in Damansara, which is more a state of mind than geography. Amir’s Alphabet will have 26 parts but will not be presented in order, as he was never a fan of the […]
The landslide of cause and effect
By KW MakLandslide in Bukit Antarabangsa (all pics courtesy of Raj Kumar) THE landslide that claimed people’s lives and destroyed property in the wee hours of 6 Dec 2008 in Bukit Antarabangsa was an eerie reminder of the 1993 Highland Towers tragedy. Almost like a knee-jerk reaction, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi declared an immediate […]
Why Malaysia needs the ISA
By Wong Chin HuatCorrected on 10 Dec 2008 at 10.00am Police negotiating with protester wearing “Mansuhkan ISA” headband outside Masjid Negara, 13 Sept 2008 (pic by Lainie Yeoh) NO, your eyes do not fool you. Nor have I been visited by Special Branch officers and “turned over”. I was at the Petaling Jaya Civic Centre car park Sunday […]
