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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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Post-Wawasan 2020: Brace for disappointments
DECEMBER 26 — In six days, it’s Wawasan (Vision) 2020. An unfathomable destination in 1991, yet here we are. Malaysians need to judge for themselves here’s worth, in lieu of...
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Azilah & Co: The deadly need to challenge authority
DECEMBER 19 — What went through Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri’s mind as he escorted Altantuya Shaariibuu to her gruesome death outside Malaysia’s capital 13 years ago? An...
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Liberty is ours, tattoo that!
DECEMBER 12 — They take it in inches. Your civil liberties. They’ve been at it the last 40 years in Malaysia. Don’t let them anymore. Here today is where we make our stand....
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Where are you YB, democracy is a cold room without you?
DECEMBER 5 — Eighty per cent of life is showing up, according to writer-director Woody Allen. Obviously, this is lower in Malaysian politics, as MPs struggle to stay seated in...
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A people’s Constitution
NOVEMBER 28 — Both are lawyers but they can’t be any more different. Still, they lend urgency of the matter: the need to revisit our Constitution. Tamper it, if we must. Siti...
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Global community standards to shield Malaysian kids: Gen X to steer away from Boomers
NOVEMBER 21 — As our G58 Huzhou-Beijing train hurtled across China’s eastern seaboard at over 300km per hour, delegates in my study tour utilised various VPNs (Virtual...
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Tanjung Piai voters stressed out
NOVEMBER 14 — Less than 48 hours to Tanjung Piai’s D-Day. Even for this madder by the day nation, this is new territory. It’s officially too close to call P165’s...
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Poor kids are kids too, no?
NOVEMBER 7 — The reactions were telling. No more than 13 years of age, he rammed into the only parked vehicle on an empty street in bright daylight. He was the only one...
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Tanjung Piai: A silly race in the south
OCTOBER 31 — Shock and horror this Halloween, as the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) and Gerakan get to square off finally after 50 years at the Tanjung Piai by-election on...
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Tamils, LTTE and arrests
OCTOBER 24 — I called him Vino’s quiet cousin. He kept to himself, the Sri Lankan Tamil Brahmin. Probably 12, I’m guessing, and the war had just kicked off proper back in...
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Kidding ourselves in an estranged land
OCTOBER 17 — How should Malaysians deemed not constitutionally Malay teach their children citizenship? To explain belonging, when mum and dad aren’t sure if they belong. I’m...
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Taxes improve democracy
OCTOBER 10 — Here’s the truth, the GST is coming back. Dressed in a different name, but do not mistake it, taxes are coming Malaysian’s way. But there’s boon from the...
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Malaysia afloat, captain and first mate playing hide and seek
OCTOBER 3 — Citizens speculate daily whether or when Anwar Ibrahim replaces Mahathir Mohamad. It’s tiresome. It’s also a red herring. There are two urgent questions, of...
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Malaysia, bigger than Kuala Lumpur
SEPTEMBER 26 — Allianz, Adidas, Bosch, Mercedes-Benz, DHL, Faber-Castell, Hugo Boss and Nivea are familiar to us. Fascinatingly, each of these world-famous German brands...
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Happy homeowners vote safe
SEPTEMBER 19 — Revelation. A sure-fire means to win Malay votes in the next election, one which excludes and exceeds mammoth rallies. Give them homes. To be precise, for Pakatan...