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03 · Columns and essays
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52 pieces filed under Featured between 2020 and 2026, newest first.
16 September 2026
A More Human Malaysia
Note · 1 min read · Leadership & Society
30 June 2026
Everything Is Seemingly Amazing. Nobody Is Happy.
Essay · 5 min read · Leadership & Society
1 June 2026
Protecting Our Children Online: A Necessary Beginning
Commentary · 3 min read · Education & Children
15 May 2026
We Are Automating the One Thing That Cannot Be Automated
Commentary · 4 min read · Education & Children
2 May 2026
The Case for Conscious Education: Why the Malaysian “Success” Machine is Failing Our Children
Commentary · 3 min read · Education & Children
5 January 2025
Protecting the Rule of Law is Protecting Ourselves
Commentary · 3 min read · Law & Governance
23 October 2024
The Silent Epidemic of Unpaid Alimony: The Case for an Ombudsman
Commentary · 3 min read · Education & Children
22 October 2024
The Constitutional Dilemmas of Malaysia’s New Mufti Bill
Essay · 4 min read · Law & Governance
18 October 2024
The October 17 Citizenship Amendment Bill: A Step Forward or a Misstep?
Essay · 6 min read · Education & Children
24 September 2024
Social Media Creates Opportunities of Child Sexual Abuse. How do We Stop It?
Commentary · 2 min read · Education & Children
29 August 2024
Why Understanding Human Design Will Transform You And Your Parenting
Commentary · 3 min read · Education & Children
12 July 2024
Beyond Standardised Testing: A Mother’s Perspective on Holistic Education
Essay · 6 min read · Education & Children
28 June 2024
From Stronghold to Battleground: The High Stakes of Sungai Bakap
Essay · 6 min read · Leadership & Society
22 March 2024
Sacrificing One Child to Save the Other
Essay · 6 min read · Education & Children
13 March 2024
Beyond International Women’s Day: A Look at Malaysia’s Legal Milestones for Gender Equality
Essay · 6 min read · Education & Children
14 December 2023
Can Malaysia’s Economy Survive Another Covid Wave? An Open Letter to Dr Dzul
Commentary · 2 min read · The Pandemic Archive
13 December 2023
Leveling the Playing Field: A Look at Malaysia’s Proposed Political Financing Bill
Commentary · 3 min read · Leadership & Society
22 November 2023
Expecting Again: My Emotional Journey through Trauma, And Then Hope
Commentary · 2 min read · Education & Children
16 November 2023
Integration or Assimilation: To Detract From Integration Model is to Belittle Everyday Malaysians
Commentary · 3 min read · Leadership & Society
14 November 2023
End Party-hopping with Recall Act
Commentary · 4 min read · Leadership & Society
2 June 2023
Rewriting Reality: The Phenomenon of Political Gaslighting
Essay · 4 min read · Leadership & Society
15 March 2023
Invest in home-based childcare
Commentary · 3 min read · Education & Children
8 March 2023
#EmbraceEquity: Celebrate Our Differences as A Source of Strength
Note · 1 min read · Education & Children
26 December 2022
How Populist Policies Might Jeopardize Women’s Career Opportunities
Essay · 5 min read · Education & Children
30 August 2022
Playing by the Rule of Law
Commentary · 4 min read · Law & Governance
29 July 2022
Unfathomable Attitude towards the Protection of the Nation’s Sovereignty
Commentary · 2 min read · Law & Governance
23 March 2022
Rebirth of maternity rules – but why abort S44A?
Commentary · 3 min read · Education & Children
8 March 2022
#BreakTheBias: When women are given opportunities, the world benefits.
Commentary · 3 min read · Education & Children
21 February 2022
Denying the natural rights of a mother is not compatible with any religion
Commentary · 4 min read · Education & Children
16 January 2022
Deadly Floods: Seven questions we want answered in Parliament
Commentary · 4 min read · Inner Life & Culture
15 December 2021
What Mahathir doesn’t understand about chopsticks
Commentary · 2 min read · Inner Life & Culture
12 October 2021
Pedaling Backwards in a Country Moving Forward: A Contradictory Opposition
Commentary · 3 min read · Leadership & Society
5 August 2021
Guilty of Politics, Guilty of Peace
Commentary · 2 min read · Leadership & Society
8 July 2021
Waving our flags
Commentary · 2 min read · Inner Life & Culture
19 June 2021
What Muhyiddin’s name change means for our legislature
Commentary · 4 min read · Law & Governance
16 June 2021
The Lessons of the Malayan Emergency
Commentary · 4 min read · The Pandemic Archive
3 June 2021
Trust Technocrats to Tackle the Crisis
Commentary · 3 min read · The Pandemic Archive
26 May 2021
In Fighting COVID, Information is the Other Vaccine
Commentary · 3 min read · The Pandemic Archive
21 May 2021
Darkest Hours Of A Peaking Pandemic
Commentary · 3 min read · The Pandemic Archive
15 May 2021
Being an instrument of peace
Commentary · 3 min read · Inner Life & Culture
10 May 2021
Finding Our Humanity When A Parent Is Found To Be Negligent
Commentary · 4 min read · Education & Children
24 April 2021
The First Time I Held My Heart in My Hands
Essay · 5 min read · Education & Children
29 November 2020
Budget 2021: Strong, formidable and convincing
Commentary · 4 min read · Inner Life & Culture
21 October 2020
Looking into the strange case of Dr Khairuddin
Commentary · 2 min read · Law & Governance
31 August 2020
Freedom was bought with unity, let’s value its price
Commentary · 2 min read · Inner Life & Culture
24 August 2020
Semarakkan Jalur Gemilang
Note · 1 min read · Inner Life & Culture
10 August 2020
Courts the appropriate arena to decide Guan Eng & Betty Chew’s cases
Note · 1 min read · Law & Governance
10 July 2020
Justice and Closure for Kevin Morais and his close ones
Note · 1 min read · Law & Governance
5 July 2020
Condemned for Contempt? The Malaysiakini Case And The Problem With Contempt Proceedings In Malaysia
Commentary · 4 min read · Law & Governance
1 July 2020
The position of the Speaker of the House in Malaysian democracy
Essay · 5 min read · Leadership & Society
12 June 2020
A Tribute to Kevin Morais – Let Justice Be Done
Note · 1 min read · Law & Governance
3 May 2020
Before We Head Out…
Note · 1 min read · The Pandemic Archive
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