Dharm Navaratnam

LETTER | Still waiting for clarity on lockdown

LETTER | Still waiting for clarity on lockdown

Is there a coherent and cognisant rollout strategy?

LETTER | Whole Covid narrative leaves a sour taste in the mouth

LETTER | Whole Covid narrative leaves a sour taste in the mouth

LETTER | It seems our politicians care more about themselves than the people's welfare.

LETTER | Rethink CMCO and improve SOPs

LETTER | Rethink CMCO and improve SOPs

What we need is more targeted control rather than an overall CMCO, so we can 'kita jaga kita' better.

LETTER | Open letter to Zahidi Zainul Abidin

LETTER | Open letter to Zahidi Zainul Abidin

To question the people’s choice of their elected representative goes against the very grain of what democracy is about.
LETTER | Emergency is not the only option

LETTER | Emergency is not the only option

Cabinet ministers are there to find solutions not just take the easiest way out.

LETTER | Bigotry - a problem many choose to ignore

LETTER | Bigotry - a problem many choose to ignore

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests, sweeping this issue under the rug here adds to 'Malaysian hypocrisy'.

LETTER | Conditional MCO: Mixed signals from federal and state governments

LETTER | Conditional MCO: Mixed signals from federal and state governments

By choosing to ignore the conditional MCO, are states going against the Federal Consitution?

An open letter to Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin

An open letter to Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin

LETTER | 'How do you form a cabinet out of people that only two years ago you referred to as thieves and 'dua kali lima?

The merits for extending maternity leave to 90 days

The merits for extending maternity leave to 90 days

LETTER | The mother needs time to bond and care for the newborn child, and recuperate from childbirth.

Open letter to senator Mohd Imran Abd Hamid

Open letter to senator Mohd Imran Abd Hamid

LETTER | I am gobsmacked, dumbfounded, shocked and stunned by your proposal.

Stop politicising LGBTs

Stop politicising LGBTs

LETTER | The latest "drama" is the appointment of Rania Zara Medina to the CCM.

When you treat the people like fools ...

When you treat the people like fools ...

LETTER | it was a simple case of the people being tired and weary and deciding that enough was enough.

Malaysia's 7 O'clock News

Malaysia's 7 O'clock News

A reader draws parallels between Simon & Garfunkel's hit and current happenings in M'sia, including the 'demonisation' of Dr M. 

Thank you to everyone in the SK Seri Hartamas community

Thank you to everyone in the SK Seri Hartamas community

Six years ago, my daughter started her primary education. A year prior to that, we had to decide which school to register her in. My immediate inclination was to send her to the nearby Sekolah Kebangsaan - or National School. After all, her brother was there. However, she would be the first batch of the new KSSR curriculum - a revamp of the curriculum and where even Maths and Science would be taught in Bahasa Malaysia.

Lessons to learn from our children

Lessons to learn from our children

A bunch of children met in primary school. They grew up together, played together, celebrated birthdays together.

Stories from my schooldays

Stories from my schooldays

Thirty-six years ago I was a wide-eyed boy with a lot of hair who started his secondary education. I joined more than 200 other boys, split into seven classes, who would journey together for the next five years. There are plenty of stories from those years. Stories that are now memories. Stories that are worth telling of experiences that led to our characters being moulded and developed into what we are today.

Parking poser in KL

Parking poser in KL

The announcement by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) that it is raising its parking charges has caught many by surprise. In some ways I understand, and perhaps even agree with, the need to raise parking charges in the Central Business District of Kuala Lumpur. On the surface of it, raising parking fees will mean less cars in the city. This will hence reduce traffic.

A Malaysian’s journey

A Malaysian’s journey

Truth be told, most Malaysian's are immigrants. There, I said it. Aside from the Orang Asli, if we look carefully at our history, at some point or another, our forefathers all came from other lands.
The Lydat Principle explained

The Lydat Principle explained

Growing up was when I was first exposed to the Lydat Principle. For those of you that have never encountered this Principle, you should consider yourself lucky. The Lydat Principle was postulated many years ago by a very famous philosopher by the name of I Lydat. The famous philosopher basically came up with the principle that if you do not question ideas or statements, than those ideas become policy and law.
The Walk of a Lifetime

The Walk of a Lifetime

Most of us are happy to just let the days go by with nary a care for our fellow human beings. As long as troubles do not affect us, we don’t seem to worry about our fellow man. Most of us anyway.
Day Two of Bersih 4 - Oh what a feeling

Day Two of Bersih 4 - Oh what a feeling

I wasn’t planning to attend the second day of Bersih 4 but decided in the late evening that I wanted to go and at the very least do the countdown to Merdeka. After dinner, my wife dropped me at Bank Negara and I cut across Jalan Raja Laut making my way to Coliseum where my friend said he would be.
My experience of Day One at Bersih 4

My experience of Day One at Bersih 4

My friend was late. We had decided the previous night that we would leave at 12 noon and drive into PJ, park the car and then take the LRT into town. But my friend was late. At just past 1pm, he came round on his Vespa and said that we should just bike into town and see how far we could go in. Gamely, I got on to his Vespa. It has been more than 15 years since I rode any form of motorised two-wheeler.
Let the journalists do their jobs
Negaraku: What it means to me

Negaraku: What it means to me