Abiding Times.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword By Raja Aziz Addruse; Foreword By Tunku Abdul Aziz Ibrahim; Foreword By Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah; Introduction By Wan Saiful Jan; Prologue; Part 1: Returning After Roaming (March 2008-December 2008); Chapter 01: Parliament and the Federation May Be the Most Important Winners of These Elections, theSun, 11 March 2008; Chapter 02: MPs Serve the People, Not the Party, theSun, 27 March 2008; Chapter 03: Towards a Politics of Ideas, theSun, 5 June 2008; Chapter 04: Youthful Ideas for Everyone, Malaysian Today, 19 June 2008.

Chapter 05: Backbenchers Must Speak Freely, 'Abiding Times', theSun, 27 June 2008Chapter 06: Parliamentary Hip Hop, Malaysian Today, 3 July 2008; Chapter 07: What Unity is Strength?, 'Abiding Times', theSun, 25 July 2008; Chapter 08: Power (Closer) to the People, Malaysian Today, 7 August 2008; Chapter 09: Passion We Can All Learn From, 'Abiding Times', theSun, 22 August 2008; Chapter 10: History Did Not Begin on 31 August 1957, theSun, 29 August 2008; Chapter 11: The End of a Mid-life Crisis?, Weekend Today, Singapore, 30 August 2008.

Chapter 12: Let Us Propagate, Malaysian Today, 11 September 2008Chapter 13: Majulah Malaysia, 'Abiding Times', theSun, 19 September 2008; Chapter 14: Towards a Malay Necessity (with Syed Haizam Jamalullail), Sunday Star, 19 October 2008; Chapter 15: Rendering Rendang Routine, 'Abiding Times', theSun, 17 October 2008; Chapter 16: Weathering the Storm, Malaysian Today, 30 October 2008; Chapter 17: Emerging History, 'Abiding Times' theSun, 31 October 2008; Chapter 18: A Good Year for Democracy, Thus Far, 'Abiding Times', theSun, 14 November 2008.

Chapter 19: Free Education, Project Malaysia, 28 November 2008Chapter 20: On Moral Foundations, 'Abiding Times', theSun, 28 November 2008; Chapter 21: Uphill Battles Ahead, 'Abiding Times', theSun, 12 December 2008; Part 2: Debating Our Democracy (January 2008-October 2009); Chapter 22: Democracy is in Our Blood, 'Abiding Times', theSun, 9 January 2009; Chapter 23: Malaysian Liberty First, Political Messiah Later, 'Abiding Times', theSun, 23 January 2009; Chapter 24: Crossing Over to a New Politics, 'Abiding Times', theSun, 6 February 2009.

Chapter 25: Let's March Onwards, 'Abiding Times', theSun, 6 March 2009Chapter 26: Jumping the Queue, Democratically, 'Abiding Times', theSun, 20 March 2009; Chapter 27: The Democracy of a Constitutional Monarchy (with Syed Haizam Jamalullail), Sunday Star, 22 March 2009; Chapter 28: Please Lead Us to Freedom, 'Abiding Times', theSun, 7 April 2009; Chapter 29: Holding Ministers to Account, 'Abiding Times', theSun, 17 April 2009; Chapter 30: One Malaysia, Many Histories, 'Abiding Times', theSun, 1 May 2009; Chapter 31: Sorry But It Was a Black Day, 'Abiding Times', theSun, 15 May 2009.

Chapter 32: He Can Bloody Well Apologise, 'Abiding Times', theSun, 29 May 2009.

This book comprises articles selected mainly from the author's column, Abiding Times, in theSun, Malaysia, as well as those with Tengku Zatashah Idris, Syed Haizam Jamalullail, Sharyn Shufiyan and Quek Sue Yian. Published between March 2008 and August 2010, they were written in the period after Tunku Zain's return from the US and up to the Proclamation of the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Besar. From calling for the checks and balances so crucial to the effective functioning of a democratic society to be strengthened, to reminding all participants in a democratic society of their rights and responsibil.

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