Since its maiden appearance in 1991, Marina Mahathir’s ‘Musings’ column for The Star newspaper in Malaysia has been a talking point throughout the country.
It began as a regular personal commentary on Marina’s everyday life as a mother, but as time went on, the range expanded. Her writing came to touch on, and often debate, vital issues of national and global importance, eagerly read by a huge public. Marina is one of Malaysia’s most fascinating voices: compassionate, outspoken, liberated and unabashedly liberal, never parochial and always proudly Malaysian. As a mother, a committed AIDS worker, daughter of the Prime Minister, publisher and activist, Marina engages directly with the troubles and triumphs of Malaysian society. This book collects the best of the columns since 1991, with Marina herself introducing the pieces and putting them into perspective.