At Dr Diptendu Sarkar’s book launch at the North South Initiative today in KL.

A rare SE Asian Studies scholar from India. He studies Southern Thailand.

Cold-Slay.

Sheer magic and joy where FDWs from Philippines and Indonesia, shout ‘Chris, I love you’ and one can be an alien anywhere. The progressive DEI messaging was a delight, as in Chris Martin’s words, Music and Beer makes the world a better place. Coldplay has a solid sustainability play book which is a case study which should be used in training’s. Coldplay supports Client Earth’s strategic litigation. Need i say more.

Today evening at the Bangladeshi Centre Singapore was a time when a group of Danish teenagers interacted with creative migrant artists over music and food. They spent a day of sport and and bonding earlier. The food they ate was from Dhaka on Makan paper as workers normally eat on.

Space creates conversations and two groups of humans from different perspectives met mid way over sport and curry, universal de monitors of belonging. The session was joined in by researchers from local and Malaysian universities.

All credit to Mr. Mohsin for the arrangements which take toil and perseverance to create these spaces of solidarity.

Was an honour to call upon Mohsin Dada, my migration mentor in Singapore at his office and cultural space on his 60th birthday! A man who has helped many researchers build their careers, while he supports the community full time.

I learnt the fundamentals of migration from him a decade back and since have been a volunteer ever since. It only seems fitting to be writing my PhD on migration now.

@mohsinmalhar @banglar.kantha @bdcentresg

Many SMEs feel the green tape emerging as a cost in everyday operations as the climate era makes it an imperative to count carbon alongside commercial numbers. It is a supply chain issue, however many of the benefits of complying with sustainability edicts might not be apparent. For a larger company physical climate risk is measured and mapped into a double materiality assessment, but for a small firm it might seem immediate, as cash flow issues in an election year with a war risk climate are saturating leadership attention spans.

Carbon is a proxy for environmental indicators, and seen as a step towards mitigating climate change risks. But adaptation to physical risk profiles needs more input measures such as a flood and heat risk assessment might yeild more actionable insights than a carbon emissions assessment, as a mere reporting data point.

There are two kinds of ESG; regulatory and material, which one are we looking at?

A Professor Farish Noor Masterclass at Gerakbudaya PJ. He spoke from Edward Said beyond Orientalism to exoticising to Indomie Student Manufacturing to Deconstruction for two hours to a full house on a Sunday afternoon.

Also meet Dr Dipika and Pak Isa and learnt from them.

The independent bookstore culture in KL is commendable.

H-Pop during Thaipusam time with Shivaji Maharaj Ki Jai.

The Winds from Ayodhya are blowing across the Long Duree Hindu Diaspora.

Mandi from Halab KL.

Kuala Lumpur has the most authentic Arabic cuisine thanks to a large student and refugee diaspora from Yemen, Syria, Somalia and Sudan.