22 September 2005

Wednesday September 21, 2005Asking the right questionsMusings by MARINA MAHATHIRI TRY to be fair to people as much as I can and the other day I had a major epiphany. I realised that I really had not been very fair to our religious officials by constantly criticising them for their obsession with topics that are either trivial or beyond their field of expertise. Then it occurred to me that the reason...

12 September 2005

Wednesday September 7, 2005Independence and freedomBy MARINA MAHATHIRSince we have been celebrating our 48th birthday this past week, I thought it was an opportune moment to reflect on some of the words we like to toss about these days. It seems to me that abuse of words is a major Malaysian disease these days and perhaps it’s high time we formed an association for the protection of the true meaning...