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Praba Ganesan
Praba Ganesan is chief executive at KUASA, a democracy outreach organisation. It's time to be involved. You can contact him at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter @prabaganesan.
More from Praba Ganesan
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Port Dickson: An insight to future Malaysia
OCTOBER 11 — About 75,000 voters on Saturday, or more specifically those who decide to show up from Port Dickson’s electoral roll, may well decide who will be prime minister...
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Not every Tan owns a football club
OCTOBER 4 ― It’s a glass half full or empty scenario depending on the reader’s context. International trips can provide clarity, since in these away matches our Jaguh...
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Why faith in the poor works
SEPTEMBER 27 — I’ll tell a story. Since you might think, that it is all politics with me. My uncle Thangga died years ago. Quite a while after my dad, but it’s been a while....
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Mahathir and Anwar’s battle for Umno
SEPTEMBER 20 — Hundred-twenty-four. Remember the number. Since these are busy days. Both the Anwar Ibrahim and Mahathir Mohamad camps are stuck in seemingly perpetual political...
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Malaysia Day top five Baharu list
SEPT EMBER 13 — Going positive. Consider these, for this Malaysia Day weekend. To help embrace Malaysia in these days of political volatility and fake news. 1. Look at the Asian...
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Caned lesbians: The silly battle for all Malay votes
SEPTEMBER 6 ― Kelantan and Terengganu see each other as brothers, as long as the latter looks up to the former as an older sibling. Seniority in a fundamentalist environment is...
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Keep BR1M, call it BRYM instead
AUGUST 30 — Bantuan Rakyat Yakin Malaysia (Malaysian People’s Confidence Aid) Change it to that, if the name reminds this government (Pakatan Harapan) too much of the previous...
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Can someone tell the civil servants they are in #MalaysiaBaharu?
AUGUST 23 — They have 1.5 million votes, so let’s be careful with them. What about this counter-view — to the oft-presented tedious argument about the number of civil...
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Pakatan: 100 days of summer
AUG 16 — Almost 100 days have passed, since Pakatan Harapan assumed power. This column chooses not to obsess over the 10 promises which the coalition targeted for/by/after...
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Don’t euthanise the national history curriculum dudes
AUG 9 — The Malaysian Cabinet members have another group competing with them for the most stressful job in the country, the Malaysian history syllabus writers. History...
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Azmin to play safe, but set to hit Rafizi
AUG 2 — The choices have presented themselves to Azmin Ali. To be as bold as Anwar Ibrahim himself and take the fight to his old boss, or to remain steadfast to the spirit of...
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The false race for Malayness
JULY 26 — Here’s the detractors’ claim. It’s not a Malay-led government as much as it is a Malay-adorned government. A range of brown on the outside, but all migrant...
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Kindergarten fight over LRT3 budget
JULY 19 — The problem with abbreviations is that with enough of them bandied about, one can’t tell a light-rail train system from a Star Wars droid. In just a week, since my...
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Public transport needs a huge rethink
JULY 12 ― I was not amused reading the news while outside the Connaught MRT station, two nights ago. Well mixed feelings, in a sordid way. Prasarana, which runs the city buses...
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Change the vote system to liberate the vote
JULY 5 — The answer to a circumspect Pakatan Harapan, a waning Umno and frustrated voters is to end the first past the post (FPTP) elections in Malaysia. The Election Commission...