INTO THE GREAT dining hall, the children came. The guards at the gates do their best to keep as many of them out as possible, but they are too few, and the children have become many, and they have become good at pushing their way in.They gather eagerly despite feeling unwelcome because this hall is opened only once every five years for the grand dinner. And everyone can talk that day. Over time, the children have learned that if they...
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is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His latest book is Signals in the Noise: Notes on Penang, Malaysia and the World (Singapore: Faction Press) Homepage: wikibeng.com.