Loading...
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
-
Keep employment central in the recovery game
JUNE 11 — Jobs. Plural. The real priority. So no, not about the prime minister’s job. Rather, the hundreds of thousands of jobs gone and expected to go in the months to come....
-
Moonlighting MPs and the tale of untapped talents
JUNE 4 — The casual way how stewardship of Klang Valley’s trains (LRT & MRT) and buses (Rapid and feeder) is handed over to one of Dewan Rakyat’s most prolific...
-
Rebuild Pakatan, not go headless chicken
MAY 28 — The 15th General Election must happen before 2024. However, Pakatan Harapan (PH) expects to capsize Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) dysfunctional love-boat long before...
-
Sugu Pavithra cooks for Malaysia
MAY 21 — A young lass from Ipoh’s old gangster haunt Buntong has captured the imagination of the prime minister and country and is firmly on a trajectory to fame. Still,...
-
The false race to win MPs
MAY 14 — What really surprises surely, is to know there are those surprised the prime minister barred debate in the Dewan Rakyat for next Monday’s session. Further, even...
-
No one wants an election this season
MAY 7 — Reboots solve 99 per cent of computer problems. Unfortunately, I struggle to find the restart button for Malaysia’s political system. Or fend off the nauseating...
-
Rohingyas and the rest of the migrant gang, what to do now?
APRIL 30 — A perfect storm lies waiting for Malaysia. The rage over Rohingya control or demands in Selayang is only the tip of the iceberg. The city’s wholesale market...
-
Covid-19: Political truce desperately needed
APRIL 23 — Maybe time to invite Anwar back. Tomorrow’s a big day, the government informs us its decision on the Movement Control Order (MCO) — as we approach the home...
-
A ministry of truth stalks us all
APRIL 16 — They say a lie once it has a head start, it’s impossible to catch up to. Let’s earnestly hope it’s no more than three hours, because that’s how much time the...
-
Get your mind ready today for post-MCO
APRIL 9 — Break glass in case of emergency, the notice read! Seriously folks — as if it’s not serious enough without the reminder — don’t panic in these testing...
-
We are in it together
APRIL 2 — When this is over, I’m going to find a large field and lie down on it and let the sun hurt my eyes. The great outdoors. Tick. But till then, and even after I’m...
-
Tales from Cheras, the Langat side
MARCH 26 — “Covid cases in Suntex Garden... there’ll be carriers in Cuepacs for sure... minimise contact with everyone.” My sister all the way from Annecy, France. Being...
-
Laughter in a time of disease
MARCH 19 — The virus is not airborne, but everyone can smell the fear in the air. There are worried people out there. And you can’t blame them. Therefore, it’s time to rely...
-
What we get? A Cabinet filled with Malaysians
MARCH 12 — On the morning before Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin released his Cabinet line-up, I posted a video of the Selangor football coach ranting about race-abuse....
-
Pakatan better be soul searching
MARCH 5 — Will they heed the call? May 7, 2013. As I stood by the stage in an empty MBPJ Stadium while crew members moved sound and general equipment around, that’s what ran...