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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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Home truths from India and Indonesia’s elections
APRIL 18 — India voted last week. There are no winners, yet. Because Indian voters click their ballots today and for another five rounds till May. This is not about election...
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‘End of days’ campaigning in Rantau
APRIL 11 ― Under 20,000 voters in a Negri Sembilan hamlet on Saturday get to nudge race relations in Malaysia, in one direction or the other. Barisan Nasional-Umno’s Mohamad...
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Bring on a national debate on the Malaysia Agreement
MARCH 4 — The federal government recommits to the spurned 1963 Malaysia Agreement. Partly because it was an election promise, mostly because the Borneo seats sustain Pakatan...
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Oh, Umno, we all doth protest too much?
MARCH 28 — When Lokman Noor Adam and gang crossed the road to manhandle the anti-Najib student protesters in Kuala Lumpur last week, they was well within character. If you...
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Who to hate if you want to thrive as a racist?
MARCH 21 — A friend informs me the Bangladeshis have taken over the market. Something has to be done, he said. This is Pudu Market at the centre of the city. My mind...
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Thivakar can’t get a job, or the tale of the Umno think tank
MARCH 14 — Four groups entered a bar to solve Malaysia’s race problems. An eager minister, equally eager men of a fresh opposition think tank, detractors of unsubstantiated...
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Go positive, Pakatan
MARCH 6 — Do you struggle for motivation? Perhaps with a diet, thesis writing, project management or even rainy days and Mondays. Then I have to tell you, don’t bother asking...
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Is the old way... the only way?
FEBRUARY 28 — In the old days, Semenyih was the place you passed on the Foh Hup 566 omnibus to Seremban. For the past month, every politician possible has made the trip,...
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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...