Thaipusam in Penang – Beyond races

On Friday afternoon, I was at the Koleksi Vipasana panthal on Jalan Utama (Western Road), a panthal put up mainly by my friends who are mostly of Chinese decent. I went there to lend support to their…

Differentiating Pus from Blood

I vaguely remember reading an article on noble and sportsmanlike behaviour and its relation to culture some time ago. In it the writer described the laments of a mother in ancient China. She moaned…

Pelajaran sejarah untuk Dr Mahathir

“Melayu mudah lupa” ungkapan keramat Dr Mahathir. Oleh kerana beliau sudah tergolong sebagai Melayu, maka wabak pelupa orang Melayu pun sudah meresap ke dalam dirinya. Untuk memulihkan ingatan, saya…

Will their Dominance ever End?

It appears that as long as UMNO remains identified with an ethos that is relevant for Malays, especially vis-à-vis Islam, and is perceived as “delivering the goods” for Malays and protecting the…

YBK- Is it about the poor?

By Dr. Rafick 1.     The Malay Mail reported that the YBK chairman Datuk Zainal Abidin Sakom (ZAS) made the report against Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim and his officers at the district police…

Kit Siang: Pakatan is bleeding

(The Star) - The Pakatan Rakyat disciplinary committee must meet to restore public confidence in the discipline, commitment, cohesion and unity of the loose coalition, said DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang.

Entering the Malay mind

Malaysia has prepared herself to enter the Age of Deconstructionism in which in every sphere of our lives we are experiencing rupture and waning of affect; an age in which relationships have become…

The typical Malaysian problem

(Jakarta Post) As pointed out by Azmi Sharom of University of Malaya in his dissertation (www.projectmalaysia.org), "at the crux of the problem facing plurality in Malaysia" are the twin issues of…

Disappointed Doctor

Talk about purposeful inconvenience or perhaps voluntary neglect.  By Disappointed Dr I am a medical doctor who was educated overseas and worked in Australia for several years and recently decided to…

Zahrain pertahan dakwaan

(Utusan Malaysia) - Ahli Parlimen Bayan Baru, Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohamed Hashim tetap mempertahankan kenyataannya yang mendakwa Ketua Menteri, Lim Guan Eng seorang yang cauvinis, diktator dan…

PKR perlu kaji kerjasama dengan DAP

(Utusan Malaysia) - Ahli Parlimen Bayan Baru, Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohamed Hashim menggesa kepimpinan tertinggi Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) mengkaji semula kedudukan dan kerjasama parti itu dengan DAP…

PKR confident Zahrain won’t quit

Chow went on to reveal that Zahrain was upset because Guan Eng had refused to endorse his decision last year, when as chairman of Island Golf Properties, he had wanted to award a tender for the…

The fallacy of Malay unity

The price Malays pay for this unity is their individuality. If you belong to a herd, and your strength comes from the herd, then as an individual, you are weak. No capacity for self determination when…

Ku Li’s stand on oil riles Rais

(Bernama) - Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said today he was shocked at the change in the stand of former finance minister, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, that…