All I want for 2021 is...

All I want for 2021 is...By MARINA MAHATHIRMUSINGSSunday, 27 Dec 2020The year 2020 that we had looked forward to for so long turned out to be such a wreck of a year that some people are seriously talking about erasing it from their lives.FOR some weeks now I have felt a quickening of the heartbeat and an electric...

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Piecemeal responses not helping our vulnerable

Piecemeal responses not helping our vulnerableBy MARINA MAHATHIRMUSINGSSunday, 29 Nov 2020A report from the London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) on what school shutdowns will do to children’s education had some alarming things to say. Published in May this year, among other things...

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The constantly changing order of the day

The constantly changing order of the dayBy MARINA MAHATHIRMUSINGSTHEY weren’t kidding when they said when it rains it pours. Except that there was nothing pouring out of our taps but grief.In the past two weeks there have been at least twice (or was it more? I lose count) when millions of people have had no water...

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Hope in the new and young

Hope in the new and youngMUSINGSSunday, 27 Sep 2020By Marina MahathirIN a year of many disappointments it’s not often that you get two exciting developments happening in the same month.One is the Sabah state election that should be over by the time you read this. Win or lose, they signal a new kind of politics...

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The real meaning of Merdeka

The real meaning of MerdekaMUSINGSSunday, 30 Aug 2020By Marina MahathirAs we celebrate our 63rd National Day, we need to take heed of the colonialisation cloaked in local colours still prevalent around us.IT’S our 63rd Merdeka tomorrow and as is my habit every year, it turns my mind to thinking about this word...

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Of masks and masking

Of masks and maskingMUSINGSSunday, 26 Jul 2020By Marina MahathirMASKS strapped, we venture out into the world with a sense of trepidation.Will this little piece of pulp fibre be enough to protect us from the unseen enemy? Will that vicious virus settle on the front of our face covering only to lift off, scatter...

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Keep calm and be informed

Keep calm and be informedMUSINGSSunday, 02 Feb 2020 By Marina Mahathir The disease that is spreading faster than the novel coronavirus is a mental and emotional one that brands an entire race as dangerous. I WAS reading an article in The Guardian recently that talked about how the fears about the novel coronavirus...

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