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This book is not just a memoir. It is Malaysia in real life. It is a tapestry.
An embroidery of growing up poor in multicultural Malaysia, especially Penang. A place where a mosque’s azan, a temple’s bells, Chinese drums and a church’s hymn were not news headlines, but the everyday soundtrack of my life, giving me strength, creativity...

America and Iran are better off as friends than foes. Logic, not ideology, leads to this conclusion.
There is no compelling economic, social, or political reason for the United States to attack Iran. Such a move does not materially improve American prosperity, security, or social cohesion. On the contrary, it risks higher energy prices, market instability...

This afternoon I casually walked into a makan place near Maybank Tanjung Bungah that serves Mee Mamak.
I was genuinely glad to find it. It felt like the Penang I grew up with. Quaint. Unpretentious. The atmosphere, the customers, the rhythm of the place. I did not realise these still existed....

This is amatter-of-fact article.
It iswritten deliberately without political drama, emotional framing, or spin. Theaim is simple: to explain what happened, why it happened, and why the outcomeis neither unusual nor unprecedented. This approach is necessary if we, asMalaysians, are to...