Though not apparent to a cursory glance, two book launches - one that took place yesterday and another that’s scheduled for tomorrow - stand connected by a bond which few could have suspected given the gulf in time that separates their authors.

But within a short while of the start of the first occasion, officiated by PKR Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar, it was obvious that the debate evoked by the first launch was only possible because of the intellectual handiwork belonging to tomorrow’s occasion .