Akan Datang: From female sultans to durians in space
This week in Southeast Asian stories to watch: Who will be the Sultan of Yogyakarta's successor? A minister gets embroiled in a corruption case in Vie…
Tag: Culture
Writing Their Own Stories
While a lot English-language literature and writing tends to hark back to the country's tragic history of violence and genocide, young Cambodian autho…
Malay in the Modern World
Singaporean cartoonist James Tan's unnamed fictional protagonist explores what it means to be a Malay in the modern world.
Malay Wedding
Malaysian cartoonist Adi Nazri takes a look at the dos and don'ts of a traditional Malay wedding for a modern-day couple.
Penang Hokkien and its Struggle for Survival
The decline in the use of Penang Hokkien among the younger generation threatens the continued appreciation of this unique dialect.
A History of Malay Singaporeans in Ten Objects
Malay identity is vast, multifaceted and diverse, but you wouldn’t know it from the recent controversial debates over the Presidential election.
Justifying Colonial Rule in Post-Colonial Singapore
Both the British colonial government and the post-independence People's Action Party government have used the same three myths to justify their polici…
Rethinking Race: Beyond the CMIO Categorisations
In emphasising racial differences, we are also denying our commonality as members of the same nation. Being Chinese, Malay or Indian, means that we c…
