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By living abroad, a Singaporean journalist becomes more aware of her own social conditioning, and attempts to rewire her “authoritarian brain”, in the process opening herself up to more of life’s possibilities.

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An all-purpose National Day rally speech, PAP twinning with the opposition, students required to phone it in, a concerted effort against consumption, the new Islamic Studies college, an uptick in arts patronage, death of a local jazz master, PropertyGuru sees wisdom in going private, and more.

Aryan Pershad   |  

"How could I compete when other people’s brain waves march to the beat of a steady hand–and mine dance to jazz?" asks the young writer who was handed an epilepsy diagnosis in childhood.

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Gerrymandering; a nerdy Marvel superhero from Singapore; measures to help you deal with that neighbour from hell; the story of the first Sikh migrant here; Melaka in the imaginations of medieval geographers; NUS’s mysterious dropping of Haresh Sharma as lecturer; Chocolate Finance, and more.

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Featuring an essay each by members of Jom’s editorial team, and many others, all within the themes of “Activism”, “Ecology” and “Music”.

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