We are still living in the Reptilian Age. The Perak Plague and the Madness of Machiavellian politics signify the signs of our times. As the African-American poet Langston Hughes would say, will we fester like a raisin in the sun - or will we explode?

After 50 years of Independence/Merdeka, the question is: aren't all Malaysians bumiputeras now? Why do we still fight over skin colour and racial origin? Why not go to the root of existence - the DNA?