Learning from the Margins

Home
Archive
About
New
Top
Discussion
Racing against the clock: Seven days of horror and hope
The week leading up to an execution demands the impossible from families, as the clock ticks down to the senseless murder of your beloved.
 • 
Kokila Annamalai
"If I could give my life in exchange for his, I would": Yet another sister fights for her brother's life
The Singapore state plans to take Tangaraju Suppiah's life next week. His sister, like so many other sisters of death row prisoners, is determined to…
 • 
Kokila Annamalai
January 2023
Comrades: A complicated love story
Notes on solidarity, heartbreak and repair within activist spaces.
 • 
Kokila Annamalai
December 2022
The grief and gifts of abolitionist struggle
The many lives we lost this year - in the form of executions, worker deaths and more - has both deepened my intimacy with despair, and strengthened my…
 • 
Kokila Annamalai
August 2022
24 death row prisoners file historic suit claiming they have been denied access to justice, despite prison placing barriers
One of them is Abdul Rahim bin Shapiee, who is scheduled for execution this Friday, 5 August 2022
 • 
Kokila Annamalai
July 2022
Only our disobedience will tear down the death penalty
Nazeri bin Lajim faces execution next Friday. He is Nazira’s brother. He is also ours. How many of our brothers will we watch them kill?
 • 
Kokila Annamalai
“I will fight till the noose is around my neck”
Kalwant Singh and his family will not give up, and neither should we.
 • 
Kokila Annamalai
June 2022
October 2021
Moving my lips to Shanmugam's truth
K Shanmugam loves to share lessons he's learnt from Lee Kuan Yew. It looks like the LKY trait he took most to heart was the desire to make one's…
 • 
Kokila Annamalai
November 2020
Unresting the case: Where is Parti's voice in this review?
K Shanmugam's Ministerial Statement on Parti Liyani's case cast doubt on her innocence yet again. Let's unpack the "new evidence" he brings up, and…
 • 
Kokila Annamalai
September 2020
Parti Liyani's ordeal and our criminal justice system
Over the past week, I've been writing quite a lot about the prosecution of Parti Liyani and access to justice on social media, so I thought I'd do a…
 • 
Kokila Annamalai
1
July 2020
Being Mao Mao
A reflection on some minority experiences in Singapore schools.
 • 
Kokila Annamalai
4
© 2023 Kokila Annamalai
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great writing