Dear Jomrade, Today we’ve published: * “Singapore This Week”, by Jom * “Building Blocks: space, time and the Singapore Biennale”, by Sasha Han This is Abhishek by the way, subbing in for Sudhir, who’s enjoying a well-deserved rest. Normally, I would have ribbed him for this—minions toiling while the...

Dear Jomrade, Today we’ve published: * “Singapore This Week”, by Jom * “Everyday economics: What the fruit uncle knows”, by Serene Koh Last week we wrote about the brave Iranian women footballers playing in Australia. Subsequent events—Iran branding them as traitors for not singing the national anthem, one of them...

Dear Jomrade, Today we’ve published: * “Singapore This Week”, by Jom * “Raka Maitra’s migration of forms”, by Charmaine Poh Like all of you, I’ve been left shocked and speechless by the conflict in the Gulf. This week feels sort of 9/11ish, in that one has to stumble...

Dear Jomrade, Today we’ve published: * “Singapore This Week”, by Jom * “Where is Singapore’s ‘Strategy for Children’?”, by Pooja Bhandari Inequality has been in the news, with the revelation this week that the top 1 percent of households here hold about 14 percent of total household wealth, comparable to...

Dear Jomrade, Today we’ve published: * “Singapore This Week”, by Jom * “Everyday economics: the quiet logic of hawker centres”, by Serene Koh * “Letters to the editor”. Joshua Tan responds to Shen Chenzi’s essay on young Chinese migrant women. This was the week of feasting and fasting, one to witness...