Swan Lake ...

While communists Kamarulzaman Teh (1920-2002) enjoyed reading Les Misérables in Kuala Lipis and Rashid Maidin (1917-2006) played violin everywhere in their youth, Suriani Abdullah was a school dancer of the Swan Lake in the late 1930s in Ipoh. So, how more 'modern' and 'cultured' are we - or can we be - nowadays?

The charming 'firebrand'
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/52845

Suriani tortured by Kempetai
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/34864

Suriani, the resistance heroine
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/34828