Posted on 30 August 2010 by Rama Ramanathan
In his book Authentic Faith, the Christian teacher Gary Thomas says: “Mourning is a curious thing. A spiritually deadened person mourns over things that should bring celebration – and often celebrates things that should be mourned. In many ways, what we mourn over is a benchmark of our maturity…
Posted on 23 August 2010 by Rama Ramanathan
I stopped the car at the end of a broken, unpaved, rutted road with tall grass growing in the middle. They unloaded the car. We had brought rice, eggs, baked beans, cooking oil, biscuits, milk powder for mothers and for infants. Also some clothes. All the stuff we brought was…
Posted on 09 August 2010 by Rama Ramanathan
At the end of question time, I asked Deputy Minister Datuk Liew “What will you report to your boss, Datuk Seri Nazri about this meeting?” He replied, “the truth.” When I asked him to elaborate, he said “trust me,” plus a bit of fluff and added no specifics.
Last night,…
Posted on 02 August 2010 by Rama Ramanathan
I went to the anti Internal Security Act (ISA) protest at AMCORP Mall in Petaling Jaya tonight. One of my friends has been arrested for just being there.
I went because (a) I wanted to see for myself whether what I had heard about police provoking protesters is true, (b)…
Posted on 30 May 2010 by Rama Ramanathan
“Prejudice blinds people. It makes us blame the very people from whom we need to learn the lessons we desperately need to learn. We are not ashamed of importing ethnic nationalism from Germany or Communism from China. We borrow expertise to help us plan projects from sanitation to satellites. But…
Posted on 24 May 2010 by Rama Ramanathan
“Mr Singhal, Mr Kesri and Mr Yadav deserve to be thanked for removing the ‘fig leaves’ from our politics,” wrote Dr Vishal Mangalwadi in his 1997 book India: The Grand Experiment.
Fig leaves, for Christians, signifies the hiding of shame and nakedness. Fig leaves bring our minds back to the…
Posted on 20 May 2010 by Rama Ramanathan
Najib’s Sibu Dream
Monday 17th May was a difficult day of soul-searching for me. The Prime Minister (PM) of my country has been blatantly vote-buying, AND 18,447 of my fellow citizens seem to approve of the PM and his party. On Sunday, 18,447 voters in Sibu, Sarawak voted for the…
Posted on 10 December 2009 by Rama Ramanathan
I first met Betty Young in her home. At that time, my wife-to-be worked for Malaysian Care which was lead by Betty’s husband, Revd. Peter Young. My wife and I visited to ask Revd. Young whether he would consent to officiating at our wedding.
After greeting us, Betty asked if…
Posted on 24 November 2009 by Rama Ramanathan
What do we really think of deaths in police custody? On 15th November 2009, J Saravanan was found dead in a cell in the Air Molek (Johor) Police Station where he had been detained. One police report said Saravanan committed suicide by hanging himself using a pillow case tied to…
Posted on 19 October 2009 by Rama Ramanathan
On Radio Light FM, the host said: “You must know the right words to wake up a man.” A second lady said excitedly, “What are the right words?” The first lady replied “Football! Dinner!” I believe this snippet gives an insight into recent events in Bagan Pinang with respect to…