Praba Ganesan

analysis In 1974, the party was courted into the ruling coalition but this ended in disaster. Now PAS appears to be playing with fire once again.

One week is a long time in politics. However, the storm brewing in the castles of Putrajaya is unlikely to peter out in the weeks to come.

Every time there is a debate on how old Malaysia is - is it 1957 or 1963? - or when is our birthday - was it Aug 31 or Sept 16? - everyone in the Peninsula gets...

There are few places in the world where standing prime ministers issue broad generalisations against citizens which are nothing more than exploitive rhetoric, and get away clean.

A nation is transfixed on the actions of two persons on one individual, yet the effects extends to all Malaysians. Policing in Malaysia is a qualified failure.

With the end of the Deepavali-Raya holidays, millions of Malaysians will go back to their daily grind and deliver a better tomorrow for themselves. They don't usually complain.

Maybe we have to see the bright side to the haze enveloping our lives and thoughts. In this seeming blindness, most motorists can't see too far, so they won't be bothered by...

A deputy minister is caged for having a voice, and the band plays on. I don't pity S Sothinathan the least bit. He is going to go silent. When the maelstrom has passed...

'When schooled, a child becomes a man'. That may be, but fat chance if your school is in Putrajaya, Pontian, Pasir Mas or any other town in Malaysia beginning with P or not.

The cabinet committee on national service shouldn't fret about the problem of national service dodgers, the 5,000 plus ingrates that have forgotten their solemn duty to the nation.

Ladies and gentlemen, let us present the 2004 general elections! We have had almost a dozen general elections, and we are yet to have a different outcome.

On Monday, the Malaysian justice system sent Abbas Danus Baksan to the gaol with a bonus of 24 strokes of the rotan. A promise of skin and soul searing punishment.