Questions of celebration
After a rehearsal of some Broadway musical numbers a couple of weeks ago – my aunt persuaded me to observe…
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Justice to commemorate
DRAMATIC exchanges between past and present occupants of our country’s highest offices provide an opportunity to evaluate whether our constitution…
Justice to commemorate
DRAMATIC exchanges between past and present occupants of our country’s highest offices provide an opportunity to evaluate whether our constitution…
History amidst popular culture
The last local movie I reviewed in this column was Paskal (Calculating Paskal’s theorem, 19 October 2018). I called it…
No hopping, political financing next!
THE Constitutional (Amendment) (No 3) Bill 2022 — “the Anti-Hopping Bill” — is journeying through the Dewan Rakyat as I…
Contrasting national edifices
UPON my first visit to Istanbul in 2010, I wrote: “The Hagia Sophia is quite unlike any other building I’ve…
An exhilarating celebration
ALL Malaysians have had to forego usual birthday celebrations at least once since 2020: depending on the date, some have…
Of names and trees
WHEN I was little, an elderly person gave me some crass but well-meaning advice on choosing friends. “Avoid politicians’ children. They…