Reunion dinners and family visits during major cultural festivals are for many a time to bond and catch up with relatives. But for a growing number of Singaporeans, it can also be a period of immense stress and emotional pain.
Essays
A primer on the structural issues that dictate the government’s approach to our CPF, our reserves, and our retirement.
By normalising rest, can individuals find greater fulfilment and balance, challenging the capitalist emphasis on relentless productivity growth and a hustle culture?
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.
The unmasking of NRICs and the masking of bungalow deals point to the transactional nature of life here, and to potential challenges for the ruling party.
Conspiracy theorists are usually mocked, ridiculed and dismissed. However, instead of focusing on individuals, we need to interrogate the larger socio-political conditions that make people more susceptible to believing in seemingly outlandish theories.