culture
Deepavali: Rekindling the Spark
Longform
October 31, 2024
Deepavali: Rekindling the Spark
What does it mean to be a proud Hindu? Join me as I reflect on my evolving relationship with Deepavali, and find new ways to honour my roots.
Standing Out Can Be Outstanding — Kim Lim: The Space Between. A Retrospective
Arts
October 4, 2024
Standing Out Can Be Outstanding — Kim Lim: The Space Between. A Retrospective
Who says art is just for the eyes? In the National Gallery's Kim Lim: The Space Between. A Retrospective, you're encouraged to use all senses.
Exploring Natee Utarit’s Series Finale – Déjà vu: Buddha is Hiding
Arts
October 2, 2024
Exploring Natee Utarit’s Series Finale – Déjà vu: Buddha is Hiding
Dig into the history of Western and Eastern ideologies, and their overlaps through Natee Utarit's artworks in this exhibition.
Musing on the Mid-Autumn Festival: How Can it Stay Meaningful to Youths?
Culture
September 14, 2022
Musing on the Mid-Autumn Festival: How Can it Stay Meaningful to Youths?
As the giddy euphoria of weekend festivities fades, we are left to ponder whether the celebrations are still relevant to the young.
Notre-Dame de Paris is Reborn in Alliance Française’s (RE)BIRTHS
Arts
April 20, 2022
Notre-Dame de Paris is Reborn in Alliance Française’s (RE)BIRTHS
See the Notre-Dame de Paris come back to life after its unfortunate accident in an all-new way with Alliance Française's (RE)BIRTHS.
Voilah! French Festival Singapore 2016: Experience The French Connection
Life
April 6, 2016
Voilah! French Festival Singapore 2016: Experience The French Connection
This is the third of three listings on “Voilah! 2016”. This piece features the gastronomical highlights of the seven-week festival, which will see events exploring French Visual and Performing Arts, Food, Film, Science, and Culture. Just in case you were thinking all this was too atas for you, watch out as “Voilah! 2016” comes to the heartlands, your classrooms and our bars and clubs. The French Connection is both a feast for the senses as well as a query to the mind. As the spirit of the French region of Aquitaine Limousin Poitou-Charentes is invoked and the challenges of sustainable urbanism and…
We Need To Learn How To Accept Compliments This CNY
Longform
February 7, 2016
We Need To Learn How To Accept Compliments This CNY
“Wah your ah boy in secondary school already ah? Heard he score very well leh. Aiyo your ah boy so smart!” “No lah no lah, he very lazy one.” For many of the larger families in Singapore, the Lunar New Year is a time of compulsory gatherings, discussed and arranged in the usual clandestine manner that middle-aged folks communicate in (i.e. hours of whispering between aunties over a landline). Planning the gathering, however, is nothing compared to being at the actual gathering. Amidst the slightly awkward dialogues and faltering false starts lie the true terror: finding a conversation starter with people you…