The crisis of Indian Malaysian political imagination

20 May 2026

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BFM talks to Shalini Muniapan, a researcher at Iman Research, about why young Indian Malaysians feel disconnected from politics in the country, how they feel about race-based political parties and what meaningful political re-engagement could look like.

Presenter and producer: Dashran Yohan/BFM

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