S Thayaparan

COMMENT | Hannah Yeoh’s tudung donning and DAP’s hypocrisy

COMMENT | Hannah Yeoh’s tudung donning and DAP’s hypocrisy

Religious respect in Malaysia is often one way.

COMMENT | Our political system designed to keep us apart

COMMENT | Our political system designed to keep us apart

So can we really build bridges between communities in M'sia?

COMMENT | DAP’s Malay appeasement and non-Malay resentment problem

COMMENT | DAP’s Malay appeasement and non-Malay resentment problem

The party is playing a moderate game.

COMMENT | In Kedah, DAP is demonstrating the right stuff

COMMENT | In Kedah, DAP is demonstrating the right stuff

DAP is fighting for legal, economic, social rights of Malaysians.

COMMENT | When PDRM threatened to vote opposition

COMMENT | When PDRM threatened to vote opposition

This is Malaysia where anything is possible.
COMMENT | Hadi is the willing scapegoat for non-Malay political operatives

COMMENT | Hadi is the willing scapegoat for non-Malay political operatives

Fascist ideas have already taken root in mainstream Malaysian politics.
COMMENT | Can Malaysia have meaningful coalitions?

COMMENT | Can Malaysia have meaningful coalitions?

No political party wants to make changes that would transform Malaysia.
COMMENT | Malacca polls and the end of the Malay unity myth

COMMENT | Malacca polls and the end of the Malay unity myth

The rivalry of Malay parties shows the falseness of the narrative.

COMMENT | This Deepavali, a tale of two mothers - Panchalai and Rosmah

COMMENT | This Deepavali, a tale of two mothers - Panchalai and Rosmah

Both will weep - one out of sorrow, the other out of joy.

COMMENT | How is the manufacturer of Timah going to explain name change?

COMMENT | How is the manufacturer of Timah going to explain name change?

Enabling intolerance gets you into more trouble than the intolerance itself.

COMMENT | Politicians do not want to reform Malaysia

COMMENT | Politicians do not want to reform Malaysia

Malaysian political operatives can be roughly divided into three categories.
COMMENT | Umno and Bersatu - two unhappy peas in a pod

COMMENT | Umno and Bersatu - two unhappy peas in a pod

Ultimately, one of them will be neutered in the Malacca election.

COMMENT | Malacca polls show Harapan's systemic dysfunction

COMMENT | Malacca polls show Harapan's systemic dysfunction

The internal strife does not reflect well on component parties.

COMMENT | M'sia fails to return Indira Gandhi’s daughter but preaches human rights?

COMMENT | M'sia fails to return Indira Gandhi’s daughter but preaches human rights?

UNHRC seat seems like a punchline to a tragic joke.

COMMENT | Politicians will never reform the PDRM

COMMENT | Politicians will never reform the PDRM

Does anyone really think that political operatives want an IPCMC?
COMMENT | Don't use Covid as reason not to hold Malacca polls

COMMENT | Don't use Covid as reason not to hold Malacca polls

Election will show who are the contenders and the mere pretenders.

COMMENT | What I do find objectionable

COMMENT | What I do find objectionable

Element of self-censorship when it comes to discussing Islam.
COMMENT | Bumiputera agenda a farce which will always be supported

COMMENT | Bumiputera agenda a farce which will always be supported

What is the real situation of the bumiputera?
COMMENT | Should non-Muslims care about transgender mosque bans?

COMMENT | Should non-Muslims care about transgender mosque bans?

Balkanisation of dissent affects us all.
COMMENT | Ku Li looks back, while Najib looks forward

COMMENT | Ku Li looks back, while Najib looks forward

'The fact is, there is no going back for Umno.'

COMMENT | Would you not vote for Harapan?

COMMENT | Would you not vote for Harapan?

As long as people continue voting for a substitute, things won't change.
COMMENT | Harapan did not sell out with MOU

COMMENT | Harapan did not sell out with MOU

But sceptical view necessary as neither parties are good-faith actors.

COMMENT | Dennis Ignatius makes his case against Mahathir

COMMENT | Dennis Ignatius makes his case against Mahathir

This book reminds us that we are all complicit in our paradise lost.
COMMENT | The tragedy of the non-Malay dilemma

COMMENT | The tragedy of the non-Malay dilemma

We can never really have an honest dialogue about race.