Philip Holden uses critical fabulation to untangle the intellectual journey of one of Singapore's founding fathers from the larger, dominant one into which it has been tightly woven. The result is a sense of incompleteness, of loose threads than flawless finality.
Essays
The arts critic in Singapore contends with numerous disparate forces pulling at her, all at once.
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.
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.
After six years at the helm, is The Projector's general manager any closer to defining what exactly it is?
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.