Duterte and the Oligarchs
President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to destroy the grip that billionaire oligarchs have on Philippine politics—but in reality, he merely conformed to a long standing pattern…
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The 25 Most Important Issues Facing Singapore in 2024
In Stage 1 of The Citizens’ Agenda 2024, New Naratif asked Singaporeans what they think are the most important issues facing Singapore, and what they’d like political…
A Little Bit Yours
In this short piece of personal literature, Reina Cristine Kudo takes us through the various seasons of her life as she unlearns the internalised racist shaming she…
Pigeons and Doves
In London, a broken Lim Chin Siong, with the help of his therapist Eileen Tay, tries to step away from the precipice. Philip Holden’s story probes deeply and gently into…
Setia Dan Bakti, or, Loyalty and Service
The representative of law and order comes to life in Salil Tripathi’s story. “Was Chin Siong trying to create solidarity between the people and the police to rise up…
Truth Be Told
A. K. Kulshreshth homes in on the wheeling and dealing to stay on the right side of history in his sharp depiction of an unlikeable protagonist. The man is fictional…
Hope of a Better Age
In this moving story, Faith Ho imagines the tumultuous events of the 50s from the perspective of Wong Chui Wan. Much more than Lim Chin Siong’s wife, Wong was an…
Preface to “A Malayan Vision,” a Portfolio of Stories Involving Lim Chin Siong
Preface to “A Malayan Vision,” a Portfolio of Stories Involving Lim Chin Siong Author(s): Lim Chin Siong is the most important figure of Singapore’s decolonisation… The…