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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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Don’t put all your hope in food baskets
July 1 — They save lives. Baskets, parcels, boxes or bags — whatever that holds the essential supplies. Rice, cooking oil, eggs and maybe a box of detergent. Thin lines...
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Big tent Umno bursting at the seams
JUNE 24 — Almost three months ago, in the aftermath of the Umno general assembly, this column predicted the then-condemned would fight back. Those lambasted by party president...
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A recovery plan that is too slow, lacking in courage
JUNE 17 — Cristiano Ronaldo’s second goal two days ago in the 3-0 taming of Hungary was a team goal of rare beauty. To witness Portugal’s win "live" were more than 67,000...
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Covid-19: Press conferences can cause confusion when speakers go rogue
This was the riposte from fictional President Schwarzenegger in the 2007 Simpsons Movie. He randomised a critical decision, because to him leaders act, not think or read or...
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Alcohol and other essentials
JUNE 3 — How many beers does Joe Public need to function throughout MCO 3.0? The answer is self-evident. None. Nobody requires a beer in order to access enough nutrition to...
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Always follow the jab with a hook, how to floor bureaucratic indifference
May 27 — The rakyat prevailed. Did we? Today, the government’s public transportation manager Prasarana is a chairman lighter and the Covid-19 Immunisation Taskforce issued an...
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Federal vs states, a tale of two suitors and a virus
MAY 20 — The United States and United Kingdom’s massive drops in Covid-19 daily cases and deaths from scary numbers in January gives all other countries hope. While scientific...
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Vaccination schedule decides Covid-19 end
May 13 — Are you afraid to take the vaccine? I’ve decided. It was not difficult. For those who have not — decided or do the next step to sign up — hear this. It’s a...
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Bersatu’s post-Muhyiddin power vacuum riddle
MAY 6 — The moment Bersatu launched in 2016, the countdown began. A demise always threatening. Perhaps, eventually vanish the way of Semangat 46, the other Umno splinter party...
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Labour waits for leadership
APRIL 29 — It’s 3am in the morning, it’s when my father gets home. I’m a taxi and government driver’s son. If that upsets you, I have a different idea: jump into a well....
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PAS the lamb in Bersatu-Umno spat
APRIL 22 — The minister spoke truth. A PAS minister at that! "Which party does not want to expand its area of control?" Uttered by the plantations and commodity minister it...
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People’s KUASA in GE15
APRIL 15 — Speak truth to power. On a T-shirt it looks awesome. Spectacular, even. The kind of T-shirt a teen might wear at a rave party — if anyone still remembers how...
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Sabah and Sarawak, 26pc of Borneo but how many per cent Malaysia?
APRIL 8 — Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and the gigantic Soviet Union were countries in 1963 when the Federation of Malaysia was formed. They are no more today, discarded in...
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Umno’s single-minded charge to the endzone
APRIL 1 — Fool’s errand to try and veer Umno away from its inevitable battle with Bersatu. The world’s most irritable party held its general assembly last weekend. As custom...
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Assess and fix Covid-19 induced education gaps or lose a generation
MARCH 25 — The wrong decision probably impairs the long-term future of millions of Malaysians. Primary schools are open, but secondary schools are slated for an April start....