Foul!

Haresh Says , as published in The Malay Mail today. With the increasing number of our East Malaysian friends now working and living in the Klang Valley, it is only natural for some churches to conduct their mass in Bahasa Melayu – simply to ensure those attending understood what is going on. The same situation can be seen in many Gurdwara as projectors screen the English translation of verses from the Guru Granth Sahib so that the younger generation could understand better. In short, it is just a way for followers to understand their religion better. Even calling this entire episode as the ‘Allah issue’ is wrong. Since when was God  an issue? There are better ways of addressing such matters as rightfully said by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. “It will be less tense when we can sit down together,” Najib was quoted as saying. Let’s understand the matter at hand before jumping the gun. Let’s be matured about this. The last thing we need is to politicise this. I rather...

Commonwealth Games: Tenpin Bowling - Malays strike out for first gold  That was an article from UK's The Independent published in 1998. Former Mailsport editor Tony Mariadass came across the said article and showed it to me at his office recently. We shook our heads in disbelief. Paragraph six read; But if the experience was faintly bemusing for Prince Edward, for the Malaysians it was one of almost unalloyed joy as their doubles' pairing of Kenny Ang and Ben Heng earned the home country their first gold medal of these Games. Paragraph nine had this; Prince Edward was not the only guest of honour - the Malaysian Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, watched Ang and Heng respond to the incessant chanting of "Malaya Boleh!" - "Malaya you can!" - to maintain a comfortable margin of victory over Bermuda and Australia. While paragraph 12 said; The Americanism on view went a little further. Every bowlers' effort of any merit...