Of Merdeka, Myths & Make-believe

a very good article by my friend, the profilic martin jalleh.

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It is close to Merdeka. Patriotic songs permeate the air. Snippets of the past on our TV screens pull at our heartstrings. Touching and tear-jerking advertisements are played over and again. Of course the unspoken prime preoccupation of many Malaysians is the Mega Sale or the Merdeka Sale – where no powerful persuasion is needed to solicit a response.

The pomp, pageantry, parades, presentations by personalities and plastic flags fluttering in the air – they are to prompt us to ponder on the progress we have made as a nation for these past 48 years. Has Bolehland been the promised land and the matchless paradise the
government has tried so hard and passionately to portray? We are expected to be “positive” and to share in the platitudes plastered on the pages of our newspapers.
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