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Anti-Indian sentiment surges as politics obscures SIA-Air India scrutiny; Singapore considers chemical castration for sex offenders; the UN endorses a fairer world map; actors perform without rehearsals; and artists find new life for discarded objects
Of dugongs, mangroves, ancestors, and other victims.
Trump returns; Shan and the deathly gallows; finding the apt metaphor for Singapore; the tuition arms race; the bashful SG60 bash; local arts community gives back; the ghost in your machine may not be imaginary; and more.
A primer on the structural issues that dictate the government’s approach to our CPF, our reserves, and our retirement.
Singapore-Israel ties under more scrutiny; mental health a commodity too; the generational impact of childhood abuse; more nationalist history peddled in Malaysia; fractional art ownership; the shocking unspooling of eFishery; and more.
By normalising rest, can individuals find greater fulfilment and balance, challenging the capitalist emphasis on relentless productivity growth and a hustle culture?
NRIC debacle discussed in Parliament; decline in adult literacy a concern; ‘kidults’ and their toys; Singapore Art Week; local literary community voices collective concern about AI; making chips in Woodlands; and more.
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.
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