HUMAN rights lawyer and activist Malik Imtiaz Sarwar recently won the Bindmans Law and Campaigning award for his work on human rights. Malik, who says he always knew he wanted to be a lawyer, has worked on some precedent-setting cases, including the Apcet 2 remand hearing, and the Lina Joy conversion case that earned him […]
Shashi Kala
Tools of survival
By N Shashi Kala(Public domain; source: Wikimedia) I DON’T know about you, but all this talk of global recession and financial meltdown has got me worried. And as if to emphasise just what trouble awaits on the horizon, Finance Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak recently unveiled a second stimulus package worth a whopping RM60 billion. In a frank […]
Tiara’s Malaysian dream
By N Shashi KalaPRODUCER and actress Datin Seri Tiara Jacquelina Abdullah is best known for Puteri Gunung Ledang, both the movie and stage musical which she produced and starred in. PGL is being restaged from 6 to 21 Feb at Istana Budaya by Tiara’s company, Enfiniti Productions. It will be Tiara’s swan song — she is reprising her […]
Down with spam!
By N Shashi Kala(© Agne Kveselyte / sxc.hu) IF you are, like me, fairly addicted to Oprah, you’d realise that all her shows tend to revolve around the same few themes: improving self-esteem, empowering yourself, and cutting out clutter. There are those who need help in all three areas. Me, I’ve been thinking a lot about clutter of […]
