In this excerpt from her chapter in Why Not? Thinking about Singapore's tomorrow, sociologist Teo You Yenn discusses the conditions that will enable people to exercise choice, autonomy, and ethical agency as they live the lives they want.
Essays
A subtle meditation on the passage of time, through the lives of a Malaysian Chinese family and the evolution of two of the world's fossil fuel capitals: Singapore and Houston.
Members
After six years at the helm, is The Projector's general manager any closer to defining what exactly it is?
Members
Through its female protagonists, this short story cycle lays bare the complexities, confusions and conflicts that are central to the Indian diasporic experience in Singapore, says our reviewer.
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For a Singaporean PhD candidate in New York City, literature is the source of her imagination, activism, and power.
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A more diverse Parliament would generate new ideas, maintain our economic vigour and prevent the systemic decay that often results from protracted one-party dominance, writes a senior counsel and member of the Workers’ Party.