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”?
By normalising rest, can individuals find greater fulfilment and balance, challenging the capitalist emphasis on relentless productivity growth and a hustle culture?
NRIC debacle discussed in Parliament; decline in adult literacy a concern; ‘kidults’ and their toys; Singapore Art Week; local literary community voices collective concern about AI; making chips in Woodlands; and more.
NRIC debacle discussed in Parliament; decline in adult literacy a concern; ‘kidults’ and their toys; Singapore Art Week; local literary community voices collective concern about AI; making chips in Woodlands; and more.
Dear reader, It’s our last issue of the year! To give everybody here a break, we’re off for the next two weeks. And to keep you occupied till January 10th, we’ve got two essays and much else. Festive discount. We’re offering a festive discount—just S$...
Dear reader, It’s our last issue of the year! To give everybody here a break, we’re off for the next two weeks. And to keep you occupied till January 10th, we’ve got two essays and much else. Festive discount. We’re offering a festive discount—just S$...
The end of horseracing in Singapore has brought with it an avalanche of urgent questions: Where will the horses go? Who will pay for their repatriation? Will they be cared for? It should also evoke deeper considerations of our millennia-old relationship with these majestic creatures.
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