AK Hari Narayanan

A new world - Trump 2016

A new world - Trump 2016

I used to write online quite often. It became a little bit awkward after The Malaysian Insider imploded on itself. Writing on Malaysiakini, though having a wider audience, tended to cater to a group of peculiar trolls, the so-called armchair intellectuals and political professors of the 800Kbps internet. Nevertheless, I really do miss speaking to a wider group of people and actually being able to relate to happenings back home.

A response to ‘Thank You Clare, Tony and Rafizi’

A response to ‘Thank You Clare, Tony and Rafizi’

I was starting to doze off in the middle of class while the gentleman in front of me was passionately explaining how we detect proteins. The room was cold, most of us still had our jackets on and we stared blankly at the board in front us. I then decided to go to the Malaysiakini website, and have a quick look as to what the headlines were.
The Malaysian dilemma?

The Malaysian dilemma?

We have an extremely odd relationship between ourselves, our race and the race of others. While walking down Bridge Street in Manchester with a senior friend of mine who was a practicing lawyer in Chesire, we spoke about similar things. The matter of race, language and religion is something of similarity between current problems in Malaysia and those in England.
What's the fuss with English anyway?

What's the fuss with English anyway?

A phobia is an irrational fear, propagated by a disorder of anxiety coupled with a severe reluctance of engaging with the source of said fear. If I stuck you in a cage with a rabid dog, one would fear for his life as rabies is fatal.