While the campaign to end chronic absenteeism has taken it case to the courts, this is an issue that will require political will as well as a public which demands that no child is sacrificed to protected vested interests.  Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to child rights advocate Sharmila Sekaran, Peninsula Director, Tiada.Guru.

Malaysia berada pada pemerhatian tahap 2 dalam Laporan Pemerdagangan Manusia 2020 oleh Jabatan Amerika Syarikat. Bagaimana boleh kedudukan ini ditambah baik pada masa akan datang?

Selain dari perundangan, apakah aspek lain yang sangat diperlukan bagi memastikan kerajaan di landasan yang sama dengan negara lain banteras jenayah ini?

As we celebrate our 63rd year of Independence, cultural organisation PUSAKA is working together with Allianz Malaysia on a project called Bina Bangsa. They want to put our discussion on the history of the country on solid footing.  Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Eddin Khoo, Founder of Pusaka and Zakri Khir, CEO, Allianz Malaysia Berhad.

Are national narrative too Malaya-centric? Have many communities as well as the territories of Sabah and Sarawak been marginalised in our history textbooks? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Eddin Khoo, Founder of Pusaka and Zakri Khir, CEO, Allianz Malaysia Berhad, about the Bina Bangsa history project.

"Efforts at consolidating a national memory will be essential to realising social cohesion," says our guest Eddin Khoo, founder of Pusaka. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Eddin as well as Zakri Khir, CEO, Allianz Malaysia Berhad about the Bina Bangsa history project.

Among the headlines for Monday, 31st August,  Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has granted an early pardon to 13 convicts in conjunction with the country’s 63rd National Day today.

 

Also, the United States neared six million coronavirus cases on Sunday, nearly a quarter of the planet's total, as nations around the world battle to contain the raging pandemic.

 

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Inspired in part by the 1971 book of biographical sketches of then contemporary Malaysian artists by Dolores Wharton, our guest sought to bring to life the lives of current contemporary artists. Sharaad Kuttan speaks to Emelia Ong, author of "Living Art", and Noor Mahnum Mohamed, an artist featured in the book.