BFM :: The Bigger Picture

The Soorya India Festival will be held in Kuala Lumpur with Odissi exponent Uthara Mano; Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer, Meenakshi Srinivasan, both from India; and local artists from Temple of Fine Arts Malaysia. Our guests give pointers to explain the differences among these dances, which include a Katha performance.

A relatively new percussion group has come on the scene, distinguishing itself from other groups by focusing a little more on the visual technologies and incorporating them into the company’s drumming performances. Our guests tell about the company’s upcoming show ‘Carpe Diem’ and of how it is using projection mapping to provide a visual feast that accompanies the audial feast.

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr Rajesh Singh returns for his monthly show to share his expertise in matters affecting the bones, joints and muscles. He's had an interesting run on ankle and feet cases lately and shares his thoughts on its management.

Jose Mourinho’s appointment as Manchester United’s manager last week was reportedly held up by negotiations over his image rights, which belongs to Chelsea Football Club since 2005. What are image rights and how does it affect an athlete or sports professional like Mourinho? Helping us to understand how income is made beyond the sports arena are lawyers Richard Wee and Lesley Lim.

The writing and publishing of children’s books in Malaysia is very much a burgeoning market. There is a growing audience of Malaysian parents that demanding for content that is both local and relatable for their children. But what does the landscape look like? What are parents looking for? And how good are our local writers and illustrators?

This week, on Afterwords, Uma speaks to Raman Krishnan from Silverfish Books and Peter Duke from Oyez!Books about the writing and publishing of children's books in Malaysia.

The goal of education is to engage students with appropriately challenging materials, but what is the role of schools when students have different levels of academic aptitude? The dilemma is especially pronounced when there is limited resources to allocate between setting up a gifted curriculum or investing in a special needs programme. Explaining the role schools can play in nurturing gifted and talented students is Dr. Philip Whitehead, an assistant professor of educational leadership and management.

This is the second episode in our series on gifted children, listen to Episode 1 - A Blessing or Challenge? where we spoke to Dr. Inderbir Sandhu, who is the former vice president of the National Association of Gifted Children Malaysia (NAGCM).

This is an edited recording of the panel discussion that was held at the BFM Health & Living Live 2016 on April 2nd. In Part 1 of 6, presenter/producer Meera Sivasothy spoke to Datuk Seri Dr S Subramaniam, Minister of Health, for an overview of the health ecosystem. Find out how decisions made on a policy level affect you. BFM Health & Living Live 2016 is presented by AIA, The Real Life Company.

You can find all the recordings from BFM Health & Living Live 2016 under the term 'bfmhealth' on bfm.my.

A while back, Bigger Picture producer Dr. Law Yao Hua attended the 3rd Asia Regional Conference of the Society for Conservation Biology - Asia Section. He spoke to two conservationists working with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) about wildlife conservation issues, specifically in Myanmar.

In the first interview, we hear from Saw Htun, the Deputy Country Program Director at WCS Myanmar, who gives a broad overview of conservation issues in his home country.

In the second interview, Yao Hua speaks to Dr. Simon Hedges, who coordinates elephant conservation projects across Asia for the WCS. Among other things, Simon discusses how elephant dung is used to understand, monitor and protect elephants in the wild.

If you'd like to know more about the Wildlife Conservation Society's work to conserve the world's largest wild places in 15 priority regions, you can download the podcast of our interview with Dr. Elizabeth Bennett and Dr. Melvin Gumal.

Dr George Lee returns to discuss the latest medical news. Expect deep insights delivered with generous humour. This week, he is joined by Assoc Prof Dr Sasheela Ponnampalavanar, Consultant Infectious Disease Physician of Universiti Malaya, to discuss antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections and what a post-antibacterial future is like.

Our guest who is appearing this weekend in the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas as the featured soloist met with Front Row to talk about an artist’s honesty and what falls on this performer’s shoulder when on the stage. He also comments on the audience and what they could do to help themselves, though the responsibility lies primarily with the musician.