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May.26.2013 - 6:55 am
Wesak Day, Love and Compassion, and Adam Adli
Today is Wesak – or Vesak, how it is known in the West – a holy day that celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha.  Apart from paying homage to the...
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Mar.28.2013 - 3:22 am
Goethe and Werther, and Love
The recent production of Werther by the Scottish Opera brought my attention back to Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1932)’s first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther...
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May.20.2009 - 11:07 am
A Question of Identity
This is an extract from my email reply to Xujun Eberlein's question regarding the issue of cultural identity raised by her reader: I read your Singaporean reader's letter with...
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Mar.26.2009 - 10:47 am
Democracy in Malaysia Further Jeopardized
Democracy and freedom of expression in Malaysia are further threatened following the suspension of two main opposition newspapers on Monday. Harakah, the official voice of the Pan...
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May.26.2013 - 6:57 am
In response to: Wesak Day, Love and Compassion, and Adam Adli
This piece was first
This piece was first published in http://eastwardwestward.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/wesak-day-love-and-compassion-and...
Mar.29.2013 - 2:27 am
In response to: Mindful Movements Made Easy
Relaxing
Thank you. Just what I need to help me relax when a take a break from writing. I'll share this with friends.
May.21.2009 - 11:32 am
In response to: A Question of Identity
Political-oriented rather than fear-based
Dear Huntington,  Thank you for your comment. The situation in Malaysia, as in a few other Southeast Asian countries,...
Mar.23.2009 - 4:49 am
In response to: The Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2009
Good luck
My Cantonese is not that good but I can get round in Kuala Lumpur. Strangely, when I was in Hong Kong, I wasn't that...
Jan.18.2009 - 2:41 pm
In response to: My Little Fish Leaps
Much appreciated
Thank you, Ryoma. Most of my fellow Malaysian writers have been supportive, but there are doubts as of whether my work...

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Little Hut of Leaping Fishes has the breath and balance of a great nineteenth-century novel. ”
—Times Literary Supplement

About Chiew-Siah

Chiew-Siah Tei is author of Little Hut of Leaping Fishes (Picador, 2008), which was long-listed for the Man Asian Literary Award.  Keen on experimenting with form and medium, Tei produces works that range across literature, film and theatre in both English...
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