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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.
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Identity politics’ appeal dwindles as unemployment grows
NOVEMBER 5 — February’s euphoric rhetoric about the restoring of “Malay rule” has somewhat died over these past months. Some might wonder where it went. After all, what...
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Well... the voters are to blame
OCTOBER 29 — A deputy minister blames voters for the current political debacle and agitates urban Malaysia. A barrage of social media comments and commentaries ensue. One dude...
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Trump for Malaysia
OCTOBER 22 — The days bore us. Unending power talks, lockdown rules that change with every refresh and no water in the capital. The stink grows, you can’t leave the district...
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Umno and DAP turn kingmakers
OCTOBER 15 — Make no mistake, it’s fabulously unusual even for Malaysia’s obfuscated political culture. The excitement initiated three weeks ago by Leader of Opposition...
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Sabah by-election: Covid-19 caution and KL’s grip on power
OCTOBER 8 — Shoot the flares, Peninsula politicians head to Sabah next month! A Covid-19 enforced travel ban to and from Sabah operates until October 25, but if numbers dip by...
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Where does Jalan Palestin lead us?
OCTOBER 1 — As we learned, belatedly, 140 metres of asphalt can fascinate cyberspace. Welcome, Jalan Palestin (Palestine Road)! Curiously, thinking of this addition, not many...
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Muda: The young guns need not go down in a blaze of glory
SEPTEMBER 24 — The Sabah election unwittingly lends credibility to new party Muda — even Anwar Ibrahim’s shenanigans yesterday do, but later on the man who won’t...
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Rank your political love, how to avoid jackasses ruling forever
SEPTEMBER 17 — Voting day is September 26, but Sabah voters may require days of deep analysis and discourse to decide who they pick. It’s about guessing who reasonably...
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East Malaysia, not east of Malaysia
SEPTEMBER 10 — In 2016, the aftershocks from 1MDB inside the Cabinet forced the then-prime minister to axe Shafie Apdal. Then, the highest ever ranked Bornean minister in our...
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The forgotten political voice of the poor
SEPTEMBER 3 — What’s the largest voting bloc in Malaysia? Tip: it’s the demography missing leadership. And no, not Malays. Well, not directly. Despite a queue of politicians...
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10 reasons to toast this Merdeka
AUGUST 27 — The long Merdeka weekend awaits. There’ll be other occasions to rue a world gone mad and ruminate over a nation turned into a reality show rife with...
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Pakatan’s gifts to Malaysian democracy
AUGUST 20 — How can a coalition’s calamitous first term in office — which fell shy of 22 months — be categorised as a positive? A positive turn for democracy. Well, it...
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A Malay politics overhaul through gender equality
AUGUST 13 — It’s the season for old men and their latest party tricks. Whether it’s the Slim state seat by-election or the impending Sabah state elections, aged men who...
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Merdeka salute: Malaysia’s Sikhs
AUGUST 6 — It was right behind the house. The gurdwara. Though we had to snake along the lane behind the outhouse into Lorong Tujuh from our Enam. Into the Indian...
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To Malaysian voters: No man is an island, but every man owns his island
JULY 30 — It’s the most natural thing to want. To wish our lives are not beyond ourselves. The living of it, the everyday happenings, to want all of it to be confined to our...