By S. Jayasankaran A clock and bull story is being waged in Bangladesh as we speak.…
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Why Malaysia Runs on Teaspoons, Not Excavators
A satirical look at the bureaucracy by Harris Hakim Picture this. A clerk has stamped documents…
The UEC Compromise: Putrajaya Opens the Door, but the Market Rules
By Leslie Lim Mention the UEC in Malaysia, and the response you get depends entirely on…
Crime Does Not Pay As Well As Politics
By S. Jayasankaran He’s been variously described as Malaysia’s “fugitive financier” — the ‘mastermind behind 1MDB’s…
Can KLIA Finally Break Through as a Global Megahub?
Photo Credit: KLIA FB By Leslie Lim For decades, Malaysia has fought to carve out a…
Comparing Team Johor FA then and JDT now
By Steve Darby, Football Coach Coaching Team Johor FA (JFA) between 1998 and 2000, compared to…
Health as a Unifier of People and Nations
By Professor Dasan Swaminathan In a world often divided…
Blink…and Boom! It’s February Already!
By Sam Trailerman January is often like a relative who shows up, overstays their welcome, and…
Can We Have the Same in Malaysia — Safer Roads & Stricter Enforcement?
Image Credit: Copilot By Ravindran Raman Kutty When I first started driving in Sydney, it felt…
As We Step into the Second Quarter of the 21st Century
By Sam Trailerman Surviving the first quarter of the 21st century often felt like living through…
The Dying of the Light
By S. Jayasankaran King Tut was famous for being the only royal burial found intact in…
Live and Let Live
Photo Credit: Copilot By S. JayasankaranI woke up at around 7 in the morning on Dec…
Celebrations? Holidays? Let the Next Adventure (Hangover?) Begin
By Sam Trailerman (after three cups of coffee and a stare-down with a bottle of vodka)…
What Ails the World Today?
By Professor Dasan Swaminathan We are living in an age of great uncertainty. Everywhere we turn,…
In Praise of the Manual Everything Car
By Nic, the HapiWanderer I still prefer my humble manual car — the kind with a…
Know Your Road Boundaries, Don’t Encroach Beyond the Yellow Line!
By Ahmad Abd Hamid When you’re cruising along some roads in Kuala Lumpur, you’d notice yellow…
Malaysia Must Step Forward: Sign the Refugee Convention and Lead on Rohingya Protection
Malaysia’s silence at the recent UN Rohingya summit underscores the need for legal reform, refugee protection,…
The Fast and Spurious
By S. Jayasankaran The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity –…
A Scientist’s Guide to the Asylum
By S. Jayasankaran If you are a sensitive person, the 21st Century, with its relentless bombardment of…
Mind Your Language
By S. Jayasankaran In walked in a famous actress basking in glittering splendour and a waitress…
Where and When Did Malaysia Lose Its Gleaming Embrace of Religious Diversity?
By Ravindran Raman Kutty on reflections from Prof Datuk Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi’s 17th Swami Satyananda…
Dissent Be Damned
(Image courtesy of Google Gemini) By S. Jayasankaran The president of today is just the postage…
Feminism: the death of romance?
(Image courtesy of Google Gemini) By Rani Sun No summer’s high No warm July No harvest…
Straight from Muhammad Ali’s (Cassius Clay’s) heart — he’s the greatest!
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Pixabay by George Das No cameras or studio lights. Just Muhammad Ali…