One book that grabs our attention is Syed Husin Ali’s “The Malays: their problems and future”. We carry the author’s remarks at the launch in which he proposes that “ketuanan rakyat” should replace “ketuanan Melayu”.
Sep 042008
2008: 5
Aug 302008
Tunku had his most memorable moments at Inner Temple, recalls Tunku Sofiah Jewa.
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Aug 302008
The Tunku was self-evidently a fine man and a great Prime Minister, says Boyd McCleary.
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Aug 302008
On two notable occasions, Tunku demonstrated his respect for and upheld the concept of the separation of powers in government, observes Justice Dato James Foong.
Aug 082008
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Tiang Wei reports on the launch of a cartoon people’s history book of Malaya, “Where Monsoons Meet”. History has never been so accessible and readable – and to think that the book was written by two engineers and an architect!
Aug 082008
‘Where Monsoons meet: A people’s history of Malaya’ provides a different perspective because it foregrounds the role of economic exploitation in the shaping of our society, say Aliran member Amir Muhammad.
Aug 052008
TNB’s huge profits for the last few years suggest that the government is going all out to protect the interests of big corporations, says Ong Eu Soon.
Aug 052008
The rakyat are now suffering under the burden of neo-liberal economic ideology, which Wong Kok Keong says has done more harm than good.
Aug 022008
Johan Saravanamuttu discusses the “Badawied” political transition, during which neither Abdullah Badawi nor Mahathir realised that the rakyat have tired of racial politics.
Jul 222008
Khoo Book Teik looks at how Anwar has come to personify many dissident, even conflicting tendencies. His two different images – that of a conquering political leader and frequently disabled politician – capture society’s current predicament. We have moved towards more open dissent; and yet we are unsure if we can really achieve a more open political system.