Exponential TimesWe now live in unprecedented times where the pace of evolution is no longer linear but exponential. In the 20th century alone, the population...
At a refugee camp in Darfur, Sudan. Many of the inhabitants have lived here for close to 10 years after fleeing conflict in their villages.This century, t...
Higher education in Malaysia has evolved together with the economy. In the 1980s large-scale industrialisation saw agriculture and mining giving way to manufact...
By virtue of Articles 5 to 13 of the Federal Constitution, every Malaysian citizen is accorded the inalienable right to, inter alia, personal liberty, due proce...
Once again, our nation is beguiled by the spectre of hudud, a term loosely used to reference the syariah penal code. Every once in a while, hudud emerges like a...
I engaged in polite conversation, as one often does in such situations, with the person seated next to me during a recent regional conference in KL.“So...
It is an unfortunate fact of Malaysian politics that discourse revolving around complex political issues is often reduced to banal statements that are more emot...
“MPs in Malaysia are often busy performing KBSM duties.”I am fond of repeating this phrase whenever asked to speak on the roles and responsibiliti...
The 14th general election looks set to be a litmus test for many political stakeholders in Malaysia, not least of all the ruling BN coalition. Now ignominiously...
“Give me 1,000 men and I will move a mountain. Give me 10 young men and I will shake the world.” (Sukarno)Where political involvement is c...
After over 20 rounds of Transformasi Nasional 2050 (TN50) dialogues held at various locations throughout the country, Khairy Jamaluddin, the Minister of Youth a...
Technology is the most influential factor in determining how we live, work and communicate. This has especially been the case for the last 300 years, since tech...