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The Bersih stories continue 17 May 2012 | 06:38 pm
The Bersih 3.0 rally/protest/sit-in/demonstration has come and gone. It’s been almost three weeks ago now since the day when tens of thousands of people filled the streets of KL with yellow. But even ...
When media is not free 3 May 2012 | 05:54 pm
It’s World Press Freedom Day today – 3rd May 2012. Also, it has become a very sad day for me, as I read news about how one of our mainstream newspapers in Malaysia, the New Straits Times, has allegedl...
The Bersih that was, the Bersih that is 1 May 2012 | 06:28 pm
By now, anyone who has access to this blog posting would also have had access to all kinds of news of the Bersih 3.0 rally that happened last weekend. You would have seen videos on Youtube showing vio...
Bersih Weekend 25 Apr 2012 | 06:13 pm
Since the announcement that Bersih 3.0 will be happening this weekend at Dataran Merdeka, I’ve been wondering how the government would react this time around. Given that the way they handled themselve...
Najib on Chinese airwaves 10 Apr 2012 | 04:49 am
The way the politics in our country is structured, a politician of a particular race would address an audience of the same race. Except for when elections are near, politicians hardly step outside of ...
Dancing around the issue 7 Apr 2012 | 12:44 am
These couple of days, there has been an issue that’s been making some rather fine ripples around here. No, I’m not talking about the Bersih 3.0 announcement, to which I went. I’ll keep that for next w...
Education woes 3 Apr 2012 | 04:22 pm
The education system of our country has always been a pet concern of mine. And I’m sure that it’s also an issue that most concerns the many parents in Malaysia. So when our Deputy Prime Minister, Tan ...
Bulan enam? 19 Mar 2012 | 01:01 pm
A few days ago, a couple of friends and I decided to follow Lembah Pantai parliamentarian Nurul Izzah into the heart of Felda land in Pahang to listen to and record her ceramah. Especially after what ...
Happy International Women’s Day 12 Mar 2012 | 04:00 am
It was International Women’s Day on 8 March. Coincidentally, it also marked the 4th anniversary (this year, anyway) of that great ‘political tsunami’ that hit Malaysian waters in 2008, when the opposi...
Be sure about what you are protesting 5 Mar 2012 | 06:00 am
It’s encouraging to see that our citizens these days are more willing to be vocal about what they support and what they don’t. Just think about the two Bersih rallies we’ve had, the anti-ISA protests ...