The Imam Guide in the Garden
4 min read
Raja Mohamad Izan Raja Yusoff takes his job at the Tropical Spice Garden seriously. “Our responsibility is to tell the truth about our plants.” Ther...
Cheah Cheng Hye
11 min read
Cheah Cheng Hye, alumnus of Penang Free School, has been called the Warren Buffett of the East. Although he claims that gives him way too much credit, the reaso...
Curious Pak Alam
5 min read
Pak Alam’s passion for repairing vintage bicycles started out as a hobby when he was 14, and like all of his other interests, this grew into something app...
Dina Zaman: I am Storyteller
6 min read
The first thing I do is tell Dina that her book resonated with me, which is a little strange for an atheist to admit. She laughs and tells me that many other at...
Not Being Affraid Anymore - Ksatriya's music demands attention
4 min read
Young, talented and passionate, musician Ksatriya refuses to box himself into a genre. One can easily see why. Beat poet, punk poet and self-proclaimed “r...
No such thing as failure
7 min read
You grew up in Johor Bahru. How did that influence you?Growing up in Johor Bahru was difficult only because I went to school in Singapore. Every day, you ha...
Up close with Lat
6 min read
"We shouldn’t use the word 'kampung' as a term that reflects backwardness – we are proud kampung people! We were born in the kampung, but we can str...
From cancer survivors to social champions: A relay for hope
6 min read
Daljit Singh and Sukhveer Kaur.“We’re going to prepare some vegetarian dumplings, fruitcakes and masala chai,” the sprightly Sukhveer Ka...
Putting all into the job
7 min read
It is a dog eat dog world in sales. But whether you’re selling concrete or a destination, the same values ought to be present, such as honesty, perseveran...
Christine Das: Stroking animals to life
6 min read
They say that, like the proverbial spinning wheel, nobody can reinvent art. I believe it’s true because, today, very few works of art manage to surprise m...
A designer wise to the streets of Pulau Tikus
4 min read
Tell us a bit about your background. You dropped out of school at a young age; how has that experience shaped you?When I was growing up, education was a luxur...
The Art of Sonny Liew
9 min read
Sonny Liew.In Seremban, a young Sonny Liew stumbled across an issue of the British anthology comic series, 2000AD. “My mind was blown,” he sai...