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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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Confidence and its erosion in Dewan Rakyat
FEBRUARY 21 — Get close enough, and let politics do the rest. Which is why 118 keeps rattling in my head. The existentialist threat for the Mahathir Mohamad administration is...
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Fake degrees and our political future
FEBRUARY 14 — Malaysians are in love with degrees, it’s not the best kept secret. Obviously, this means by extension they, the rakyat, despise lies about degrees— when...
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Colour up your rooms, landlords
FEBRUARY 7 — Ah Meng is in town. So is Ah Kit, Ah Pit and Aji. So, I’m in a good mood and I’d like the following to not be an invitation for negativity. I’m not responding...
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The PM we deserve
JANUARY 31 — Names aside, what do Malaysians want from their next prime minister? The problem with names is it precludes a discussion about the actual job of a prime minister...
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Najib is the champion, my friend!
JANUARY 24 — You could have asked me 10 years ago, or even 20. Pakatan Harapan politicians are not funny, they’ve never been. Which is fine, since politicians are not expected...
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Time for DAP to be truly Malaysian
JANUARY 17 — The Democratic Action Party (DAP) is 53 years old, and after half a century in politics it has only experienced federal power for eight months. Whether DAP...
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How real is my 'mamak mee'?
JANUARY 10 — At the corner of Del Monte and Araneta lay the scene for my education on food consumption. Glory, the supermarket, sold crackers. I did not bother to read the back...
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Doublethink is our ideology
JANUARY 3 — I’m a danger to every other Malaysian, if you followed the speeches at the Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia’s (PPBM) Annual General Meeting last weekend....
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The crazy year is upon us
DECEMBER 27 — Brace yourself, you might have not seen enough in 2018 to be ready for what’s in store. This roller-coaster has more turns, spills and thrills left in it. These,...
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Dysfunctional 2018... the winners
DECEMBER 20 ― One man’s meat is another man’s tofu, a former vegetarian told me. It suits the occasion, the quote, I mean. Random, hazard-ridden and all kinds of into the...
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The choice of fear over hope
DECEMBER 13 — I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear...
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Time to save the legacy schools
DECEMBER 6 — Former inspector-general of police Hanif Omar spoke about a visit to his alma mater, Malay College Kuala Kangsar, when he retired from government service years...
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Don’t give in to the hate news
NOVEMBER 29 — A firefighter fights for his life. A temple compound turns into a battlefield. Police keep watch; they arrest troublemakers and separate foes. And then,...
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Burning the race candle from both ends
NOVEMBER 22 — Currently, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is a rock star to many. But signs are present, indicating the shine is wearing off. Six months after the general election. And...
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That equality conversation
NOVEMBER 15 — Should we pursue equality for all Malaysians? More than a few of my countrymen felt it’s a lousy idea. Actually, 119,039 folks to be exact, as of yesterday...