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AS Kuhanesapathy Thavaras Pathy (better known as Kuhan Pathy) sat on a desolate stretch of road amidst the stark wilderness of Mount Kailash, Tibet in 2014, the vastness of the landscape weighed heavily on him.

WITH their vibrant bouquets of hornbill feathers, the Kayan hornbill dancers glide across the stage, their movements so graceful they seem to soar through the air alongside the mythical and majestic hornbills.

THE Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia has always been one of the nation’s more globally inclined cultural institutions. With the exhibition ‘Oceans that Speak: Islam and the Emergence of the Malay World’, the museum is getting closer to home. The Malay world incorporates Malaysia and much more. The exhibition is about an entire, and often overlooked, region.

ON a recent Sunday morning in the middle of December, I was in church in Seremban listening to a sermon by my friend Pastor Nally Woo. In the middle of her message, she touched on the dangers of envy, saying: “Comparison is the thief of joy.”