Dancing with Kindred Spirits
7 min read
The Moved by Padi project.Dance and theatre fans know Aida Redza for her extraordinary and fearless performances. While grounded in a firm knowledge of th...
Ways of Becoming
2 min read
The earth is dark. Gley soil mixed with alluvium, made heavy by the monsoon rains. Dusk is falling. Amid the quiet all is not quite still. A circling of birds....
Conversations and Explorations: Pauline Fan
9 min read
AdvertisementTranslation matters. It always has, but perhaps now more than ever. It is a paradox that globalisation offers the technological means of...
Doors of Perception and Translation
15 min read
Beyond a handful of specialists, knowledge of historical French connections with Penang and the wider Malay archipelago is thin. Perhaps this should not come as...
Chance Decides at The Italian Restaurant
8 min read
Naohiko Umewaka, writer and director of The Italian Restaurant.The head turns. The gaze is unerring, immovable yet expressive. And in its turn the audienc...
Conversations and Explorations: Leela Devi Panikar - Spinning Short Stories
12 min read
Leela Devi Panikar.There’s little doubt that the short story is having “a moment”. Of course, many great novelists have also been known...