Shasel's Perspective

E-mail: midas.esprit@usa.net

MR. SHASEL is a creative writer from Singapore, who prefers to communicate his ideas and visions through fiction rather than essays. As a Malay translator, he writes poems and short stories in English and Malay languages.

His writings have been mostly published in the Singapore daily, Berita Harian and Berita Minggu newspapers.

His interests include world history, religions, languages, literature and the arts. He detests violence, wars, injustice, crime and corruption.

He has been producing poems, short stories and essays on various themes since he started writing in 1992.

In this column, you will see him experimenting with language and his thoughts. Thank you for visiting this site, enjoy and come again!

ps: read, reflect, react.

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Selected BICNews Short Stories - sorted by date

Secret
Auntie
Mavrik...

Selected BICNews Articles - sorted by date

Restoring Malay / Islamic Courtliness
The Influence of Printing on the English Language and its Development

Selected BICNews Poems - sorted alphabetically

A Banal Script
A Friend Isnew2.gif (116 bytes)
A Note I found in a Marquee Screensaver
A Perspective on Life
An answer for the curious onenew2.gif (116 bytes)
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Birds: Exceptional Casenew2.gif (116 bytes)
Black Ant and I
Black and White, Dark and Light
Black and White of Life
Bosnia Herzegovina is Slowly Sinking
Brown Beetle
Courage
Crusade
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Don't Read if you're a Smoker
Down with Technologynew2.gif (116 bytes)
Dream On
Encounter
Endeavournew2.gif (116 bytes)
The Exhilaration of an Animal Lovernew2.gif (116 bytes)
Fight on De Vries
For the Wounded Heart
Friends
Gusar
Heart
The Hero's Opera
If Only
If you're Really a Hero
Immaculately
In Conjunction with Lebaran
In Retrospect
Innuendos
Introspection
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Let's Pondernew2.gif (116 bytes)
Key
Literature
Love
Mandate
May the Questions be Answered
Miscalculation
Mosquito
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My Creed
My Prayer this Dawn (inc. French translation by Debbie Hassan)
My Words
October 15th Note
On Hindsight
Peace
Peace, come back to this land
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Piety
Please Beware
Poetry in Politicsnew2.gif (116 bytes)
Profound
Psychology of Hate
Purple Rose
The Ravings of a Misogynist
Regret Not
Religion, the Arts and Culture
Restless Night
Rock On
Save the Earth
Save us Geckos from 'em Wackosnew2.gif (116 bytes)
Say Hi
Scratch your Head, Ask your Mind
Small as an Atom, Big as a Planet
Smile
Suara Hati seorang Lelaki
Survivor
Thankful
The Tale of the Modern Tanggang
Today's Food for Thotnew2.gif (116 bytes)
Tragedy
Try
Value
Waduh!
We don't need any advice
What is the Thing?
Whither Goest the World
Wisdom
The X Polemic
You and I

Related Links

Shasel's Network
Berita Harian Singapore

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