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(Re)viewing Tanah Air by Ahmad Murad Merican ..... The Indian traders were sojourners with no permanent settlements. There was no mass migration and the populating of the Malay Archipelago by the peoples from the Coromandel coast of India.
(Re)viewing Tanah Air by Ahmad Murad Merican …. In many ways, Malay journalism, understudied and much misunderstood, were agents of Malay modernity, and modern civilization in the region. Between 1876 to 1941, there are more than 250 Malay periodicals and newspapers published in Singapura, Pulau Pinang, Melaka, the peninsula Malay states and Sarawak.
By Mokhtar Saidin I have been reading with considerable interest the writings of Murad Merican in ApaKhabar. Professorial. I was most drawn to the catchy narrative of the individuals of Penang in the past 100 years or so. And, the places. His mother was his first history teacher. She once took a young Murad Merican … Continue reading Marketing Kedah Tua
Apa Khabar is too young and, admittedly fragile, to be aspiring to serve as a healing station to national strains. That, we collate pains and troubles slowing down the nation's progress; put together plain views and solutions; and, spring remedies onto the nation. Mana Boleh? In any case, is that what post-modern journalism should be … Continue reading The Post: Introducing Our Editorial
The spirit of the Tanah Air lingers on. The various themes rendered in my earlier initiatives and writings represent different phases in the narrative. Tanah Air is not some nebulous notion of homeland, fluid, perhaps fleeting. The Tanah Air is a sociological, historical and an intellectual reality, juxtaposed with Alam Melayu. It has its borders … Continue reading Tanah Air: Spirit, Expression, Geography