An afternoon at the Malaysian Tamil barbershop

By Madhu Narasimhan

October 2014 FEATURE
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Malaysian is often found in some evident but overlooked places, unseen for having been so obvious. A most authentic bit of Malaysian heritage – and reality – can be discovered in the Tamil barbershop.Schedule interviews with Malaysian MPs?No, we obviously can't bother them on a Sunday.Plan for the English camp we're organising for secondary school students?It can wait.Answer emails?Yeah, right. My inbox is way too full – way too scary at this point.OK, how about writing a piece on economic...

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Madhu Narasimhan

is an American Fulbright fellow based in Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia.

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