Today, I experienced the actual atmosphere of the “Homegrown” event. It is a local-produced show that provides a talent space for the local artistes. With our limited and restricted space for creativity in the country, the show deserves a big applaud.
Despite the fact that I felt slightly out of place, as the auditorium was occupied by mainly teens, I felt happy in beneath. I am rather disappointed with our education system which is exam-oriented and does not allow enough space for the young people to generate ideas, which in the long run, we produce ‘robotic’ generation.
So people out there, do drop by Wisma Bentley at Mutiara Damansara during the weekends for a glimpse of those excellent local-produced talents!
New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): A two day national seminar on “Right to Information, Human Rights: The Present Scenario”, organized by the National Human Rights Commission concluded in New Delhi today.
Addressing the concluding Session, the noted Hindi Litterateur Kunwar Narayan as Chief Guest observed that literature is a mirror to society and in this context it has close links with Right to Information.
He underscored the importance of Hindi in brining awareness about Right to Information.
I admire the ‘promise’ made by our new Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, that the time is ripe to review our security laws particularly the ISA.
The reality is that the time is ripe for the Government to carry out many other things in this country: to uphold the Constitutional right to the freedom of expression, assembly and association; to scrap the OSA and instead have a Freedom of Information Act; to review the PPPA; to ratify the core international human rights instruments such as ICCPR and ICESCR; to recognise the rights of migrant workers, refugees and asylum-seekers; police reform… and the utmost important presently is to safeguard our judicial independence that has been tainted!
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