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The question that bothers us Indians from time to time is “who are we?” 21 Aug 2013 | 11:22 pm
By Mohan Guruswamy My proposed talk in Singapore at the Lew Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the “Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) Review Seminar on Competitiveness Ranking, Simulation Analysis...
Chaotic Egypt! 20 Aug 2013 | 10:10 am
I remember Musa Aman once told me that he bought a property in Cairo on behalf of the Sabah State Government for accommodation for Sabahan students studying there. Years later he bought another proper...
A Visit to Musa’s new Tenom 6 Aug 2013 | 01:40 pm
In October 7, 2003, when the Sabah economy was going through turmoil, Musa Aman took charge of Sabah as the Chief Minister. Turn to March 2008 Barisan National and Musa Aman in Sabah is stronger than ...
Sabah’s Victory Over The Vilest of Demagoguery 5 Aug 2013 | 12:17 pm
If you have read my articles more than once, you would know that I detest demagogues. Not for personal or aesthetic reasons, but because in the twenty five years that I have covered Sabah politics, I ...
The Art of Benevolent Dictatorship 5 Aug 2013 | 09:51 am
Newton’s third law of motion states that “every action has an equal and opposite reaction”. This is one law that has found many practical uses in science, but in politics, Taib Mahmud has mastered it ...
Harry Potter author JK Rowling accepts compensation for identity revelation 1 Aug 2013 | 02:05 pm
Author JK Rowling has accepted a charitable donation from a law firm which revealed she wrote a crime novel “The Cuckoo’s Calling” under a pseudonym. The Harry Potter author says her crime-writing alt...
Untitled 25 Jul 2013 | 08:11 pm
ANUSHA NARAIN The Hindu The year 1973 was your average year… the Vietnam War ended; a Watergate scandal here, a record- breaking Led Zeppelin concert there; the usual humdrum stuff, until out of nowhe...
Musa Aman not involved in Sabah’s Project IC 23 Jul 2013 | 09:10 am
Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman has denied any involvement in Project IC as alleged by former senator and state assemblyman Dr Chong Eng Leong during the Royal Commission of Inquiry on illeg...
Author Vikram Seth asked to return $1.7 million advance 9 Jul 2013 | 06:07 pm
Award-winning Indian novelist and poet Vikram Seth may be faced with the prospect of having to return his $ 1.7 million advance for the sequel to his 1993 classic ‘A Suitable Boy’. His agents, David G...
Is Morsi’s overthrow a step forward for true representative government? 9 Jul 2013 | 02:10 pm
Its Egypt Egypt everywhere, so far at least 51 people are reported killed. I thought I too give my 2 cents worth of Egypt. The apparent military ouster of Egyptian President Morsi is a triumph for the...
