A Delightful Stay At Rimbun Dahan: A Sidestep Rather Than A Retreat
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FOR WORKAHOLICS TO drop everything and go on a retreat is as crazy as asking a parent to stop worrying…
November 2026
Penang Monthly | November 2026 is out now. This month, we journey through Penang’s South Asian links—from the enduring energy of George Town’s Little India to the remarkable restoration of Wadda Gurdwara Sahib. Discover stories of Punjabi cha, Ganesha at the threshold, traditional trades, migration, literature, art and the people keeping living heritage alive across Penang. Because heritage is more than buildings and archives—it is found in the languages we speak, the food we share, the work we do and the memories we carry.
Highlighting The Chauvinism Paradox Through a History of Multiculturalism
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ONE OF THE deepest legacies of colonisation worldwide is the nation-state. Having learned that every inch on earth has…
How Long Have You Been Here? The Art of Migratory Pregrenations From Bengal
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NIGHT: At the Hu Yew Seah school, a mural featuring the polymath Rabindranath Tag-ore, who laid its foundation stone,…
TEOCHEW PUPPETRY: DO THE DEITIES APPROVE?
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THE FRONT OF the Hor Kai Kong Temple in Pulau Tikus filled with young students and neighbourhood worshippers, as a…
Mirrored Migration: Finding The Way Home
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COMING HOME SHOULD be easy, or so I thought. After four years of living in the UK, I imagined that…
Penang’s Parking Attendance Sheme: Smart Move In Difficult Times
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BEFORE COUPONS PROLIFERATED, only to be replaced by digital parking applications, parking attendants were ubiquitous across Penang’s public parking…
Weaving Patience: Basketry At St. Nicholas’ Home
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THE FIRST THING that greeted me was silence.
Not the uncomfortable kind; instead, it settled gently over the basketry workshop.…
Between Islands: Text, Translation And Contestation
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“MY MEMORY BEGINS, as always,” opens When Memory Dies, “with the rain.”
A. Sivanandan’s 1997 novel follows Ceylon’s…
LEARNING TO LEARN: WHY LITERATURE STILL BELONGS IN SCHOOL
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BEYOND BOOKS AND EXAMINATIONS
PFS (est. 1816) is Southeast Asia’s oldest English-medium school. Its heritage makes it a…
Making An “Investment of Hope”: An Interview With Amelié Skoda
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OPENING WITH AN enigmatic arrival in 1970s’ London, Amelié Skoda’s novel, Beth-nal Green, follows a young woman’s…
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