912 Batu Road, the Malaysian story that took 15 years to be born! September 30, 2021 – Posted in: In The News, Reviews

Intan Maizura Ahmad KamalSeptember 26, 2021 “WAS the book any good, Intan?” The question, fired ever so nervously by the elegant, bobbed-hair lady grimacing at me from my laptop screen, takes me by surprise. What kind of question is that? I mused silently before lobbing an excited smile in her direction. I mean, this is Viji Krishnamoorthy. She of The Lockdown Chronicles fame (an anthology of 19 Malaysian short stories that percolated from the Covid-19 lockdown published…

A meaningful journey with ‘912 Batu Road’ September 27, 2021 – Posted in: In The News

By Marina Emmanuel IT is often said that reading a good book is akin to making a journey. And what better time than now — during this Covid-19 pandemic — to be presented with an opportunity of travelling through time and space, via books. 912 Batu Road is a great Merdeka read, thanks to both fictional and true accounts of the country’s fight for freedom, the unity of her people, and the emergence of everyday heroes…

French missionary’s WWII diary offers a glimpse of life during wartime in Penang August 16, 2021 – Posted in: In The News, Reviews

Rouwen Lim One can only imagine the significance of the moment when French historian Bernard Patary stumbled upon handwritten accounts dating back to the 1930s, in the archives of the College General in Penang, about 15 years ago. This was a black hardcover notebook and numerous exercise books with brown covers. There were times when the author even wrote on loose sheets of paper that were then inserted into the book proper when it was…

Earl Drake June 27, 2021 – Posted in: Authors

Earl Drake is a retired Canadian diplomat. He has served in Pakistan, Malaysia and Burma and later as Canada’s Executive Director at the World Bank in Washington. He was Ambassador, first to Indonesia, then to China. He has worked at Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Gayatri Rajapatni: The Woman behind the Glory of Majapahit (2015)

Abdur-Razzaq Lubis – Posted in: Authors

ABDUR-RAZZAQ LUBIS (also known by his Mandailing name Namora Sende Loebis) is an author and activist who writes on the environment as well as the social history and cultural heritage of Perak, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Sumatra, Indonesia. His publications include: Perak Postcards: 1890s-1940s (2010) Kinta Valley: Pioneering Malaysia’s : Modern Development (2005) Raja Bilah and the Mandailings in Perak: 1875-1911 (2003) Sutan Puasa, Founder of Kuala Lumpur (2018) Tarikh Raja Asal: Derap Perantauan Kaum…

Overcoming the odds June 14, 2021 – Posted in: In The News, Reviews

Terence Toh A paraplegic who finds mobility with a motorcycle. A woman who manages to find happiness despite having a lame leg. A man with a hunched back, but a heart which is straight and true. Many of the characters in Datin Patricia Lim Pui Huen’s book One-legged Football And Other Stories are people living with disabilities. In this collection of short stories, we find that all their hopes, aspirations and loves are just the…

Malaisie : la vie “épargnée” des missionnaires catholiques sous l’occupation japonaise June 11, 2021 – Posted in: Authors, In The News

Les bombardements, les arrestations, le rationnement… La vie sous occupation japonaise du Collège général de Penang en Malaisie se révèle directement à travers le journal inédit de son père supérieur. Il témoigne de la vie de ces « hommes blancs », ni en fuite, ni prisonniers, épargnés par l’occupant.En 1781, deux prêtres de la Société des Missions Etrangères de Paris débarquèrent en Malaisie comme réfugiés, après avoir fui le Siam. Le Collège général, destiné à la formation…

Batu Uban: Bukti Pertapakan Melayu di Pulau Pinang June 10, 2021 – Posted in: Uncategorized

Francis Light dianggap sebagai orang yang bertanggungjawab membuka Pulau Pinang pada tahun 1876. Kaum-kaum lain yang datang berhijrah pula dianggap membantu menyemarakkan lagi perkembangan kapitalisme di Pulau Pinang. Atas sebab itu sumbangan mereka dijulang dan segala yang berkaitan dengan mereka seperti kawasan (petempatan), bangunan dan tokoh dianggap warisan sejarah yang perlu disimpan malah diwartakan sebagai warisan sejarah yang diiktiraf oleh UNESCO. Dalam waktu yang sama, pihak-pihak tertentu melupakan sejarah tempatan iaitu sejarah orang-orang Melayu yang…

Batu Uban Sejarah Awal Pulau Pinang – Posted in: In The News

Apakah sebenarnya yang berlaku pada orang Melayu di Pulau Pinang? Apakah mereka dikhianati sejarah atau tertindas oleh transformasi ekonomi? Apapun yang sebenarnya berlaku, perkara utama perlu diketahui ialah kecurangan orientalis yang mencatatkan Pulau Pinang sebagai pulau yang kosong ketika Francis Light menjejakkan kaki pada 1786. Pandangan balas itu diperincikan menerusi naskhah Batu Uban Sejarah Awal Pulau Pinang karya Ahmad Murad Merican. Malah, beliau jelas menyebut naskhah itu dihasilkan bertujuan meluruskan sejarah dengan harapan Batu Uban…

Review: One-Legged Football and Other Stories June 8, 2021 – Posted in: Reviews

In loving memory of her husband, Dato’ Dr Lim Kee Jin, Datin Patricia Lim Pui Huen has compiled a collection of short stories and published a charming book titled, One-Legged Football and Other Stories. Born in 1923, Dato’ passed peacefully in 2015. Datin Patricia, or Datin Pat in short, is a professional librarian and historian who has authored several historical books including, Wong Ah Fook – Immigrant, Builder and Entrepreneur (Times Editions 2002) and Johor…

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