If academicians don’t inspire the public in language they can grasp, then the country and nation will never undergo positive change.
TODAY, I wish to take to task both public and private universities on the issue of writing and publishing books.
When postgraduate students from many public universities come to my house to ask me questions, they always go back with a list of books to read and the address of the only place where one can find meaningful knowledge of society. The address is that of the famous – perhaps now infamous – Gerakbudaya bookstore in Petaling Jaya. I never send the students to public universities because they do not have any of the “controversial” books written by courageous Malaysian intellectuals who would never be bestowed with Tokoh Akademik Negara or Anugerah Buku Negara awards.