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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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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...
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Time to back civil society
JUNE 28 — As of this week, Tabung Harapan has racked up RM126 million. In terms of the national debt as outlined by the new Pakatan Harapan government, it is 0.0126 per cent of...
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Farewell, Nazrin
JUNE 21 — Lame jokes, Arsenal, ecosystem, angry, bowling, private thoughts, karaoke, patience, unassuming, gentleman, sheep-herding, women, legacies, country and family. I've...
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Charging for drinking water is evil
JUNE 14 — Should restaurants offer free drinking water? I know they should, so I asked Sepang Council’s legal adviser 10 years ago. She was polite, and in summary told me it...
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Oh joy, World Cup time!
JUNE 7 — I’ll confess, if politics in Malaysia sorted itself out I would rather spend my days writing about football. It’s almost here, the World Cup and as usual the...
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#MalaysiaBaru requires disagreements
MAY 31 — Growing up in Malaysia, it is common to witness arguments shut down because they are sensitive to any given group of people. It’s a go-to method, to avoid virulent...
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Reboot political parties
MAY 24 — All the Barisan Nasional (BN) parties are soul-searching. Each find themselves with internal turmoil, as members exit and their existence questioned. Pakatan Harapan...
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The 'rakyat', no more in the shadows
MAY 17 — I don’t want you to be forgotten. Malaysians who’ve made the colossal shift in our country’s destiny. Which is why I endeavour to separate the narrative, between...