By Karim Raslan
How will we outline Southeast Asia – a zone that has a plethora of numerous (and possible irreconcilable) faiths and cultures? Karim Raslan, one in every of Asia’s major commentators and the writer of Ceritalah: Malaysia in Transition, addresses this puzzle as he trudges during the mammoth landscapes of the quarter. From Mahathir to Michelle Yeoh, from Islam to Indonesian rap track, trips via Southeast Asia: Ceritalah 2 places jointly the items of a tremendous puzzle that's Southeast Asia. by means of revealing elements of the quarter that experience escaped our detection, Karim sweeps us from our customary environs and brings us to the ignored Muslim enclaves in Buddhist Thailand – the bustling Rangoon of the Thirties; and the debilitated kratons in Solo. Tracing the stairs of painters and poets, politicians and clerics, our consultant wanders via neglected groups, high-level meetings and stylish artwork galleries. along with his traditional wit and perception, Karim brings us in the direction of the vortex of Southeast Asia by means of portray a picture that's either universal and excitingly distant.
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