Which culture is real?
Azly Rahman : Illuminations
Happy Mother’s Day and Happy May Day! May the labours of love reign supreme.
I recall an old Malaysian radio advertisement: “May Day… May Day… I’m itching all over!” I suppose this is the predicament we all are in when we speak of the ‘mother of all issues’: culture!
Mothers give birth to babies. Babies do not know what racism means until they learn from adults. And then they become defined through institutionalised racism produced by the ideological state apparatus. The child, is the father of Man, said a sage.
Where are we at on the 50th anniversary of the national alliance? (more…)
