PROPERTYMalaysiakini :: S THAYAPARAN
- Retired admiral embarks on a new voyage
- INTERVIEW A spiritual man who understands religious plurality, Lumut MP Mohd Imran shares what needs to be done for Malaysia.
- Uthaya: We didn't anticipate losing our deposit
- INTERVIEW In Part 2, he talks about his loss in GE13 and what he hopes will be the future role of Hindraf he claims to represent.
- Uthaya on Hindraf's Cain and Abel situation
INTERVIEW In the first of this two-part interview, Hindraf founder Uthaya speaks candidly about his brother's 'betrayal'.
- A meeting of minds among ex-military officers
- COMMENT 'I was impressed that Rafoc offered a plurality of voices to express their opinions in these contentious times.'
- Fear and loathing in Putrajaya
- COMMENT 'Nobody of course takes recently sworn-in PM Najib's offer of 'reconciliation' seriously for two reasons...'
- The political war of attrition continues
- COMMENT Unless Umno can reconcile the hopes of those Malays who have rejected Umno, it will eventually face a Malay tsunami.
- The ghost of elections past
- COMMENT ‘Our past don't really scare us any more, not because we have not learnt from them but because there are more monsters today to give us pause.'
- Something rotten in the Lumut naval base
- COMMENT Why do our Armed Forces need a lecture in solidarity? Whom do they have to come together against?
- Mat Taib, Haron Din and PAS' hudud games
- COMMENT 'PAS should not merely concentrate on ‘form' but work on the substance - issues like good governance, graft and egalitarianism.'
- Burying the hatchet BN uses to hack Indian community
- COMMENT Will Hindraf campaign for Perkasa’s Zulklifi Noordin for the Indian vote in Shah Alam, now that it has thrown its support behind BN?
- PSM's people power vs Pakatan's party power
- COMMENT 'PSM has since relented on running under its own logo but Pakatan still needs to meet them half way and give them the seats they ask for.'
- Hindraf should not become Umno's fool
- COMMENT 'The group should send out a message to their grassroots that they should cast their votes as their conscience dictates.'
- A personal journey of what it means to be Malay
- BOOK REVIEW AB Sulaiman stares into the mirror as a Malay and discovers a multiracial face looking back at him.
- Hindraf's Hobson's choice as election looms
- COMMENT The debate on Hindraf's strategy ahead of GE13 heats up, with Thayaparan arguing that the movement has been misunderstood by many.
- Flag rank officers - cat's-paw for whom?
- COMMENT The recent meeting between PM Najib Abdul Razak and flag rank officers (one star and above) is troubling for a variety of reasons.
- Rafoc's objections to use of Army ranks by Rela
- COMMENT One retired chief was considering putting all his rank insignias in a plastic bag and delivering them to the Defence Ministry.
- Military rank confusion in partisan times
- COMMENT Partisan politics is a never-ending war and the armed forces has unfortunately been dragged in this mess.
- Between a BN rock and a Pakatan hard place
- COMMENT Abstaining from the political process is a very real option for the disenfranchised of the Indian community.
- Mahathir and his Malay dilemma redux
- COMMENT His threat is not only against Bersih co-chair Ambiga but against anyone who dares threaten the Umno status quo.
- Playing the trust card in treacherous times
- COMMENT 'Something that has been bothering me is the concept of trust. More specifically, trust in our politicians.'
- Making a stand with Hindraf and PSM
- COMMENT Hindraf would be unprincipled if they chose to commit to an alliance because it was politically expedient to do so...
- Not all Malays are equal, some are more so than others
- COMMENT Malays who do not benefit from Umno patronage are lumped with the other non-desirable ‘pendatangs'.
- Gratitude ain't nothing but resentment misspelled
- COMMENT 'Did anyone consult the Orang Asli when it was discovered that their lands were part of the greater ‘Malay' diaspora?'
- Who needs to listen, when you can vote
- COMMENT 'What Bavani did was to question the status quo and being a rational person, she expected a rational response.'
- Much ado over the name of God
- COMMENT 'If you think that ‘controversies' such as these do not have an effect on voting patterns, you are sorely mistaken.'
- A postcard from an uprising
- COMMENT ‘Despite allegations that the rally was an Anwar tactic to divert attention from some scandal or other, a more subtle narrative emerged...'
- The Malaysian Minority Report
- COMMENT What I found interesting is the endorsement of Hindraf's proposed Minority Affairs Ministry by DAP's Karpal Singh and Lim Kit Siang.
- In response to Salas Santino's letter
- COMMENT 'I apologise for the length of this reply but since this is the election season and as someone whose writing is pro-opposition, I wish to state my positions clearly...'
- Umno's last tango before its reckoning
- COMMENT Very soon, Umno's day of reckoning will be not only a test for Umno but also for those of us in the opposition.
- DAP's problematic Christmas message
- COMMENT 'Any religious rhetoric should be confined to appropriate situations and political parties should do so but not at the expense of secular ideals.'