New Straits Times group editor-in-chief Kalimullah Hassan wrote an excellent treatise in his Sunday column (Oct 16, 2005) on the God-given dignity of human beings, as not reflected in the August house of power that we call the Malaysian Parliament.

Malu is a four-letter Malay word. Tak malu is a seven-letter Malay curse! 'Shame' is an old English word that lost its value in modern times.