The Kent Ridge Common

23/04/2018

"I chose not to attend because I did not want to appear as endorsing Benjamin Netanyahu, who was to be giving a speech at the ceremony ... I treasure my Israeli friends and family, Israeli food, books, art, cinema, and dance. Israel was created exactly 70 years ago as a haven for refugees from the Holocaust. But the mistreatment of those suffering from today’s atrocities is simply not in line with my Jewish values. Because I care about Israel, I must stand up against violence, corruption, inequality, and abuse of power."

Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman’s refusal to accept an award at a ceremony in Israel because of “extremely distressing” recent events is causing a huge headache for Israe…

12/01/2018

My latest piece for Malaysiakini

COMMENT | Despite sparse local research, there are reasons for the eating disorder's existence in M'sia.

30/12/2017

"In addition to the station, Trump-naming frenzy has swept across Jerusalem and Israel, where multiple municipal projects are expected to bear the name of the 45th President."

A planned high-speed rail station in the Old City of Jerusalem will be named after President Donald Trump, Israeli Minister of Transportation Yisrael Katz told CNN.

02/10/2017

[CALLING FOR WRITERS!]
Passionate about sharing your views on particular controversial topics, or simply interested to write about your love for cats? Write for KRC, where your voice matters!

Simply email [email protected] or drop a message to 9617 7173 to indicate your interest! We look forward to hearing from you :)

29/09/2017

"Other than religion, gender needs to be another social category studied to understand why men commit such violence".

Former president of the American Sociological Association, Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, remarked in 2006 “that the boundary based on s*x creates the most fundamental social divide”. Therefore…

22/09/2017

“When shaded with colourful comments, know that the skin doesn’t matter as the heart is always red.”

What are some of the challenges an inter-racial couple in Singapore faces? How do they overcome them?

Like many other inter-racial couples, the parental hurdle was one that Ms Sandy Cheng Sheng Di and Mr Muhd Fitri Bin Khamis had to cross – and a challenging one to cross at that. “It’s hard f…

08/09/2017

"There may be no federal law against apostasy but atheists continue to serve a life sentence just for being who they are".

Last month, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim launched a moral panic against atheists in Malaysia, calling on members of the public to assist the authorit…

28/08/2017

"Privilege becomes a problem when it clouds your interaction with people beyond your bubble and even your perception of them. Being an elite need not beget an elitist attitude".

The word ‘privilege’ almost always carries a negative connotation to it. Privileges include the male privilege, the white privilege and etc. Suspicions immediately arise about the pers…

21/08/2017

KRC’s Aslam Shah shares his review of popular TV series 13 Reasons Why, and questions whether it might be suitable for its young audience.

By Aslam Shah (Spoiler Alert: This article has direct references to the Netflix TV Series ’13 Reasons Why’) Recently, the TV Series 13 Reasons Why set the world alight, with its controversial conte…

18/08/2017

How many people can say that they have run alongside Usain Bolt? Timothee Yap is one of the few! This law student and national athlete will not only impress you with his lightning speed on the tracks, but also his ability to juggle both law school and sports.

In a candid interview, The Law School Companion speaks to Timothee who competed in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Timothee Yap

31/07/2017

"We should pause and ask ourselves what is the comedian’s point and what is his message in delivering a joke".

An episode of the American television show Saturday Night Life featured the controversial comedian Louis CK delivering a monologue about random topics in American society. This particular episode l…

28/07/2017

KRC's Aslam philosophies with some poetry and booze.

30/06/2017

"As Australian auto-biographer Peter Conrad puts it, “In our ‘culture of spectatorship’, have we lost the power to be shocked?” We probably have."

For Muslims this past weekend, the festival of Hari Raya marked the end of the fasting month where Muslims could not eat, drink and had to abstain from s*xual activities from dawn to dusk. Surely a…

09/06/2017

KRC's Khaing Su Wai ponders on the discourse surrounding casual racism by looking at its double standards.

You may have heard that it’s human to err but it’s also human to point out these errors. Our eyes are trained to spot mistakes – perhaps a product of an education system that prioritises perfection…

08/05/2017

KRC's Aslam gives his take on the recent US North Korea standoff.

The ‘cold’ war between the US and North Korea has been flooding our news channels in recent months, with many of these sources more or less hinting that a nuclear war may come soon unless some majo…

21/04/2017

KRC's Imad Alatas reminisces the last four years of his undergraduate life as he prepares to enter yet another phase in his life.

The time has come for me to hang my undergraduate boots (as for other Year 4 students of course). As I write this, I can literally count in hours the time I have left until I spend two and a half m…

17/04/2017

It's about time.

I feel that addiction has been severely trivialised, even unduly glorified and romanticised. There is nothing glamorous about addiction. Let me repeat that – There is absolutely nothing glamo…

07/04/2017

Oh Singapura,

Have we really grown up?

By Aslam Shah Oh Singapura, Have we really grown up? Are we keeping up? Or are we forgetting some things? Taken subtly and uploaded to social media But the Imam did not intend to hurt, Said sorry t…