Gabija Grusaite

works as a journalist, and also writes scripts for short movies and animation. Her first novel – Neissipildymas (“Unfulfilled”) – was published in Lithuania by Baltos Lankos.

5 posts

The Past Is The Present

7 min read

Somehow heritage became an unquestionable value in itself in the everyday life of George Town ever since its UNESCO World Heritage listing, and often there is no further attempt to conceptualise what exactly is “inherited”.

by Gabija Grusaite

Gabija Grusaite

Love And More Is All Around

6 min read

What makes Penang stand out is its streets history being lived against a backdrop of ancient architecture and the air scented by hawker wares and musically scored by vehicles peopled by diverse seekers of lifetime fortune and night-long adventure.

by Gabija Grusaite

Gabija Grusaite

Of Menstrual Blood and Chicken Rice

4 min read

The potency of feminism is excitingly enormous because women’s social roles have been supporting ones for so long that perspectives coming from that half of humanity tend to be extremely challenging for men and their status quo. Never is this truer than when the female body is involved.

by Gabija Grusaite

Gabija Grusaite

Carnarvon Street: Where Change Happens Quietly

3 min read

Once when I mentioned Carnarvon Street to a now successful business owner, he looked at me with wonder and asked, “Why Carnarvon Street? There is nothing there.”

by Gabija Grusaite

Gabija Grusaite

George Town: A Ghost Town of The Future?

5 min read

For now, it seems that only prosperity and wealth await George Town. But what are the long term implications of this change?

by Gabija Grusaite

Gabija Grusaite