A RECENT critique of Malaysian universities’ obsession with rankings headlined “Malaysian universities’ futile chase for ranking” in theSun, raises important points, especially regarding how the pursuit ...
THE recent debate over Chinese flags being waved at the Guan Gong Cultural Festival in Teluk Intan, Perak, has reignited the age-old question of how symbols can be easily twisted into points of division. ...
EVERY morning without fail, there is a group of policemen manning the traffic flow in and out of Jalan Prof DiRaja Ungku Aziz (formerly Jalan Universiti) and the Federal Highway.
I BECAME a father exactly 20 years ago. The journey of fatherhood has been a profound and humbling experience, marked by a mix of trials and errors, moments of joy and total confusion.
IF you had told me 20 years ago that I would be earning a living and raising my family in Kuala Lumpur (KL), I would not have believed you. As a boy from Johor, KL seemed too noisy, crowded and fast-paced ...
I CAME to know about Elvis Presley through someone else’s rendition of his song – a cover version as they are known today. It was UB40’s reggae version of Presley’s 1961 hit Can’t Help Falling In Love, ...
MADANI was launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Jan 19, with the aim of “restoring Malaysia’s dignity and glory”, both locally and globally. It is a framework meant for all of us to “build ...
WHEN I was growing up in the 80s and 90s, I used to hear the greeting “Kung Hei Fat Choi” being exchanged among my Chinese neighbours during the Lunar New Year.
