• MGG Pillai's Chiaroscuro
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  • The following are the final few pieces which MGG Pillai wrote for Malaysiakini in his Chiaroscuro column. For the uninitiated, chiaroscuro is the technique of using light and shade in a pictorial work of art.

    You can find the list of columns below the 'Comment' box on this page.

    • 9MP: Not what it's made out to be
    • When 'journalism' is public relations
    • The Internet - here to stay
    • The tortoise and the hare
    • A tryst with destiny
    • Handwriting and the post office
    • The vigilante bigots
    • Is Chin Peng a Malaysian citizen?
    • The corruption of absolute power
    • Of elected reps, junkets and belly dancing
    • The puppeteer's puppet
    • A cat among the pigeons
    • Tsunami: For want of a nail
    • Fleas under the Umno blanket
    • One-sided bilateral agreement
    • Breaking the mould
    • The clash of fundamentalisms
    • Deus ex machina
    • The pied piper of Permatang Pauh
    • In search of a role