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…
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…
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…
The Indian Heritage Gallery & Cultural Centre Opens Its Doors
5 min read
IF THE WALLS, windows and doors of Penang’s “Little India” could speak, they would tell countless stories about the…
A Smellscape of Little India
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JUST PAST 8.30AM, I am hit by oppressive fumes of exhaust as the 101 pulls away from the “Little…
Behind the Counter: Can Penang’s Ottu Kadai Survive Another Generation?
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IN ANTHONY CHEAH’S watercolour painting, “Ottu Kadai Penang”, the small shop being depicted occupies hardly any space, yet seems…
