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IMAGINE A PENANG where public spaces are amalgamated with greenery, communal spaces, education hubs, lifestyle joints and offices. With these, we would have cre...

Lem peng is traditionally baked in a large bok kang (clay pot) over a charcoal fire for 10 to 15 minutes until golden brown. The clay pot is filled with sand and covered with paper, and the lem peng is placed over the paper.

Jerry, the owner, co-founder and cook extraordinaire at Nada Natural Farming, believes in the dolce far niente—the sweetness of doing nothing. This philosophy has spilled over to the entire conception of Nada, from how it is run, to what it is meant to be.

FROM TRADITIONAL Chinese Malaysiana folk music to modern jazz, Penang Island has been home to many genres of music for generations. And not dissimilar to other...

SURVIVING THE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL crises of these past years, it would be all too understandable if Penangites doubled down and dug into the trenches to just surv...

Photos by Arieff Zafir

At its core, yoga aims at taking care of the individual, assuming the rationale that a good, balanced and integrated person is more useful to oneself, family, society, nation, nature and humanity.