An obituary, Pramoedya Ananta Toer
By KEITH LEONG
I write this in memory of Pramoedya Ananta Toer, the Indonesian writer and revolutionary who died on 30 April 2006. His passing is a terrible blow not only to literary world but to humanity at large, for he was more than just a man of letters.
Pramoedya was a staunch defender of the […]
Bahasa Rojak is OK-lah
By KEITH LEONG
Adoi…macam mana-lah this kerajaan? Wanna crack down on the use of Bahasa Rojak - how-lah like that? I tell you-ah, Malaysia’s powers-that-be seem to be obsessed with social engineering-one. The government-ah, they want to control the way people dress, the way people live and now the way they talk. Everything-lah!
The funny this […]
I attacked a Sikh boy
By FARHANA JABIR
When I was in Standard One, there was a Sikh boy in my class. I don’t remember his name but I still remember what I, and several others, did to him. The very fact that I remember something that happened 12 years ago, means something.
Kids are a curious lot and I was […]
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