What forms of inequality exist and why do they persist? Sharaad Kuttan speaks to Chandran Nair, founder & CEO of the Global Institute for Tomorrow about his new book “Dismantling Global White Privilege, Equity for A Post-Western World”.

In 2019 a group of Malaysian dancers travelled to the city of Prayagraj to witness and participate in one of the largest gatherings of humanity, the Kumbha Mela. The deeper culture connections between the Subcontinent and the Peninsular are evident if often silenced; so how can we creatively excavate and animate them for ourselves? Sharaad Kuttan speaks to Datuk Ramli Ibrahim, Chairman of Sutra Foundation about his book “The Kumbha Mela Prayagraj, Joined in Dance, A Malaysia-India Experience”.

Sharaad Kuttan speaks to Kee Thuan Chye about his book “Lim Kit Siang Malaysian First; Volume One: None But The Bold” about the veteran politician whose leadership of the Democratic Action Party has had a profound impact on the social and political landscape of post-Independence Malaysia.

Years spent working in commercial graphic design and generous mentors seem to have laid the foundations for his current success. Sharaad Kuttan speaks to one of Kuching best known muralist about his unmistakable painterly style, the realities of commissioned work and where he plans to take his art.

Two years after it’s establishment the environmental journalism portal Macaranga, it’s founders are looking for ways to sustain a project that’s filling a gap in our media landscape. Sharaad Kuttan speaks to co-founder Wong Siew Lyn and Natasha Zulaikha Zahirudin (a graduate student on a mentorship programme) about the challenges they are facing.

The CIMB Artober Hotel Art Fair 2021 was held from 4th to 7th November 2021 at the Element by Westin hotel in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. Sharaad Kuttan speaks to Ismail Ani Arope, Director, Group Corp Events, CIMB and artist Najib Bamadhaj about the event that brings some of the city’s leading galleries together.

Books - domestic or foreign - traditionally represent an important dimension of the intellectual life of society and the flow of ideas. How healthy is this trade in Malaysia? Sharaad Kuttan speaks to Gerakbudaya Editor, William Than and Lit Books’ Fong Min Hun about their book “Paper & Text: The Trials and Trade of Malaysian literature”. 

On this episode of Let’s Talk, Sharaad Kuttan speaks to novelist and academic Faisal Tehrani about his work, literature and culture in Malaysia.

On this episode of Let’s Talk, Sharaad Kuttan speaks to novelist and academic Faisal Tehrani about his work, literature and culture in Malaysia.

In this classic study of ideas our guest looks to the writing of political and community leaders, literary figures as well as the religious elite to discern the ways in which the problem of development or lack of it is understood. Sharaad Kuttan speaks to Shaharuddin Maaruf, author of “Malay Ideas on Development: From Feudal Lord To Capitalist” first published in 1988.