From Moaz Nair
Malaysia is routinely paraded on the global stage as the quintessential model of a successful multicultural society.
But the true measure of nationhood has never been found in the glass and steel of skyscrapers piercing the clouds, nor in the sterile metrics of physical development.
It resides, instead, in the quiet, resilient tapestry of human connections woven between people.
The concept of “Bangsa Malaysia” — an inclusive national identity first conceptualised under the ambitious banner of Wawasan 2020 — is far from a mere paper-thin ideal or empty political rhetoric.
