Mencari Jalan Pulang
by Kassim Ahmad

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Started reading 4 May 2008
Finished reading 6 May 2008

The author is infamous for his left leaning ideas and the so- called book against the hadis (Prophet Muhammad's sayings). We see a life's journey that spanned nearly eighty years starting from a village boy with not a care in the world to a world renowned intellectual who champions the downtrodden.

This journey is an endorsement of the critical thinking and ever questioning mind of man. The seeds of that inquisitiveness was nurtured by books. The author's own thirst for knowledge and his propensity to challenge accepted ideas put him on that chosen path. His contemporaries during his student days were of equal calibre.

They were the pioneers of an independent nation. Their vision for an egalitarian state did not quite materialise as intended but it is never too late make the necessary changes. As long as we acknowledge that there are so many ways to that utopia in heaven or on earth, men with the same persuasion as the author must be nurtured and encouraged to bloom.

A colourful life with its many ups and downs, but never surrendering to the easy way out. Always on the less traveled path.