The new bogeyman
Marina Tan
Perversely, vanquishing an old enemy in Malaysia could make it harder to create art.
Tag: Malaysia
Coming home
Mohan Ambikaipaker
Returning to Malaysia on the eve of an historic election
Mourning in victory
Preeta Samarasan
For 60 years, racial politics demarcated Malaysian society
Enough
Carl Vadivella Belle
Lim Teck Ghee saw how Malaysia’s political status quo would end
This Time
Sreehevi Iyer
Fiction: On the eve of Malaysia’s general election, Mahathir visits Anwar in hospital.
Mahathir: Renaissance man
Ooi Kee Beng
Mahathir Mohamad’s return gives him an opportunity to address his sins to the nation, and to Anwar Ibrahim.
The RAHMAN prophecy
Bettina Chua Abdullah
In the afterglow of an astonishing election, Bettina Chua Abdullah ponders Malaysia’s coming-of-age.
Unbowed
Gareth Richards
Rare glimpses into Japan’s invasion and occupation of Singapore
From the shadows
Marc de Faoite
Anger, love and alienation permeate K.S. Maniam’s short stories
A nation’s song
Beth Yahp
Bringing forgotten Malayan music back to vibrant life
Speaking truth to power
Ooi Kee Beng
Lim Teck Ghee has never shied away from the political arena.
Reformasi, remembered
Kean Wong
Before the rise of conservative Islam in Malaysia, there was reformasi