CEKU Editorials

My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don’t know. I received a telegram from the old people’s home. ‘Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Very sincerely yours’. That doesn’t mean anything.…

Approaching the end of the year, most of us not only have the fresh start of a new year to look forward to, but also the anticipation of looking back…

“Are you still watching?” Netflix asks. With my eyes half asleep, I stare at the awfully bright screen ready to click continue. It’s been hours since I started my binge…

“As a man, I’m flesh and blood; but as a symbol... I can be incorruptible.”   — Batman Begins (2005). The human psyche yearns for a hero. It yearns for a…

Snip! Snip! That is the fundamental mechanism of CRISPR/Cas9. This cutting-edge technology acts as molecular scissors that splices your DNA with remarkable precision. CRISPR/Cas9's function as a gene-editing tool can…

In Malaysia, ‘liberal’ is often used as an insult against someone, implying that the person abandons traditional values just to conform with the idealised West. This evolved perception of the…

“Udah keman kah mey?” my grandmother utters. I was nineteen, staring back at her with empty eyes. The Melanau language has always been so foreign to me, no matter what…

Astral Symphony: Malaysia's Place among the Stars As John Cage puts it, “there is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to…

We Grew Up, but He Stayed at Seventeen We all lose friends: to time, to distance, even to death. When I was seventeen, I lost a part of myself when…

by Nur Iman Qaisara In an era dominated by digital connectivity, social media has emerged as the heartbeat of global communication. With the tap of a screen, the world is instantly…