What if your favourite packet of Maggi isn’t just comfort food, but a mirror of global capitalism, cultural loss, and nostalgia? The writer unpacks how a Swiss invention became a South-east Asian staple; redefining taste, memory, and the meaning of home in just two minutes.
Indonesia, interrupted; nothing happened in Bukit Gombak; our contortions to avoid recognition of Palestine worthy of Olympic gold; the quandaries of long-term planning in an ageing society; Lawrence, the mellow; closure of the storied Cathay cineplexes; and more.
In the 1970s, as female flight attendants in the West were fighting gender discrimination, Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways were building brands around their sexualised female icons. Are we willing to accept sexism when it subsidises “the nation”?
Dear reader, It’s here! Six of us from the Jom team trod through the mud alongside many of you at the Workers’ Party rally last night in Sengkang. Whatever the final score, it was so refreshing to attend our first rally in 10 years, to breathe in the air...
Overseas Singaporean voters discuss the diaspora’s role in deepening democracy, and why they’re determined to cast their ballots in the upcoming general election.
When the government reflects its people, society as a whole wins.
Dear reader, “Singapore This Week”. * The short election runway exposes Lawrence Wong’s nerves * GE update, featuring the PAP’s Aljunied, Chua Chu Kang, and Sengkang teams * Could Megan Khung have been saved? * Works by P Ramlee at SG60 * Our prolific poets * Is the use of AI in prisons a...
Dear reader, “Singapore This Week”. * The short election runway exposes Lawrence Wong’s nerves * GE update, featuring the PAP’s Aljunied, Chua Chu Kang, and Sengkang teams * Could Megan Khung have been saved? * Works by P Ramlee at SG60 * Our prolific poets * Is the use of AI in prisons a...
With vast social, technological and economic changes afoot, Singapore must slay one of its sacred cows to keep up.
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