The Fat Bidin Film Club (Ep 100) – Srengenge
Shahnon Ahmad’s highly acclaimed novel adapted for the screen.
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Tag Archives: malay
I will break fast with whoever I want
After the breaking of fast (and some good coffee and ice cream!), we left the restaurant and I was still a Muslim.
Of religion, rituals and blind faith
Such is the way many Malaysians seem to view religion: without logic or reasoning and merely rituals and blind faith.
Banning books the first step in building a tunnel vision of beliefs
Ideas that challenge and contradict other faiths have even more reason not to be banned. The diverse views allow people of different beliefs to come together and accept each other, without trying to persuade or influence others.
I try to understand the Malaysian identity in Channel News Asia’s documentary ‘Understanding Asia’
The premise was to have me, as a Malaysian journalist, documentary filmmaker and writer, to travel around the country trying to understand what makes up the DNA of a Malaysian.
Just Chit Chat Lah (Ep 7) – Yuna
I was in Los Angeles and caught up with Malaysia’s darling singer Yuna!
Do we really need to strengthen Malaysia’s Syariah courts?
It was Valentine’s night and they were on a raiding mission all around town trying to catch unmarried couples who were feeling a little bit too amorous.
How lucky! Malay Muslims don’t need to think
It’s democratisation of religious interpretation, I guess, and we will never have to face the burden of thinking for ourselves.
The Fat Bidin Film Club (Ep 82) – Upin & Ipin: Jeng Jeng Jeng
The most successful Malaysian TV franchise releases it’s second movie and it might just be too dangerous for children to watch.
Lamenting, yet again, on education in Malaysia
The systematic affirmative action that is implemented in the country ensures that there are more bumiputeras in universities.
Am I not Malay enough?
I’ve always identified myself as a Malay my entire life. Except in kindergarten, when I told everyone I was an English boy because I spoke English.
