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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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The minister distracted them, or how I learnt to push a trolley and wheelchair solo
SEPTEMBER 23 — The two of us arrived in a 13-year-old Proton Saga, which probably sealed our fate even before exiting the highway. On Malaysia Day, to enter a national edifice....
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Fully open schools, not window-dressing
SEPTEMBER 16 — This is for parents. The kids need school. School, school. To be in their classes and on their playing fields. Undoubtedly, you are spooked. However, there’s no...
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‘Can the owner of Malay, come to aisle Malaysia?’
SEPT 9 — Perfect time to ask one of THE Malaysian identity questions, who owns Bahasa Melayu — the Malay language? Before, this column rabble-roused whether Malay is used...
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Bad time to die, the unfortunate death of a Malaysian Indian guard
SEPTEMBER 2 — The CCTV footage is surreal. Perhaps not as much as our national realpolitik and its effects on justice at local levels. Covid-19 had a supporting role in kicking...
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The harmony mask we love to celebrate, or that deleted video
AUGUST 26 — No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate,...
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EPL, Malaysia’s proxy to fight racism
AUGUST 19 — Wisely, the column steers away from the current toxic power merry-go-round. Instead, today is about rays of hope from elsewhere which bolster Malaysia’s race...
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The changed Covid-19 landscape and time for cautious optimism
AUGUST 12 — Fear overwhelms our ability to decide rationally and feel secure. Us, includes government — in these days of Covid-19. Our leaders — despite the widespread...
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Malaysia’s political purgatory
AUGUST 5 — Despite yesterday’s developments, leading to a televised address by the prime minister, Malaysia’s political debacle will likely refuse to end in...
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#Lawan goes to Dataran
JULY 29 — Saturday’s city-rally possibly conjures two outcomes. The sad — but less dramatic — a sparse crowd below 500 at Dataran Merdeka. Or the other, a mass crowd fills...
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How to stop millennials from beating up Malaysian politicians
July 22 — They are relentless, they truly are. The subject being millennials and their objections to all things politically incorrect. It fascinates to know that millennials...
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Wake us up before August ends
JULY 15 — We, as in Malaysians, are in the great unknown. The decisions today, their value can only fairly be assessed much later, probably in 2022. But it’s the present we...
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Umno leaves PN: Winners and losers
JULY 8 — The die is cast. Match point to Umno, Zahid Hamidi steadies to serve as a bunch of Umno MPs try to make up their minds which side of the net to stand, while the match...
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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...