Warisan, Hindraf and Racial Tension

Anak Kecil Main Api
Terbakar Hatinya Yang Sepi
Airmata Darah Bercampur Keringat
Bumi Dipijak Milik Orang

Nenek Moyang Kaya Raya
Tergadai Seluruh Harta Benda
Akibat Sengketa Sesamalah Kita
Cinta Lenyap Di Arus Zaman

Indahnya Bumi Kita Ini
Warisan Berkurun Lamanya
Hasil Mengalir Ke Tangan Yang Lain
Pribumi Merintih Sendiri

Masa Depan Sungguh Kelam
Kan Lenyap Peristiwa Semalam
Tertutuplah Hati Terkunci Mati
Maruah Peribadi Dah Hilang

Kini Kita Cuma Tinggal Kuasa
Yang Akan Menentukan Bangsa
Bersatulah Hati Bersama Berbakti
Pulih Kembali Harga Diri

Kita Sudah Tiada Masa
Majulah Dengan Gagah Perkasa
Jangan Lalai Teruskan Usaha
Melayu Kan Gagah Di Nusantara (3x)


For those who had attended the main boarding schools in Malaysia namely MCKK and all the MRSMs would straight away recognised the above lyrics of a song called...WARISAN. This is a compulsory anthem to be sung during a public assembly on every first day of the schooling week. I myself is from the MRSM stock and for quite some time has forgotten about this song (only a faint recollection of its melody can still be heard inside my head) until yesterday.

Yesterday was just like the other day, during the lunch hour myself and the usual suspects consisting Wautz (the "seni" man), Aza** (our very own pc/ghostbuster who's currently attempting to make himself to be able to fly by not eating chicken), Sham***(the half Bahrain bred), Ily**(the other competing ghostbuster but so far with no intention of becoming Superman just yet) ,Az*** (lead covert operator with the ability of knowing everything about the up and about of Malaysia politics and a fanatic when it comes to anything about French Guinea) and lastly Fit** alias Comot (who has so long failed to realise that he is no longer a salesman). So it was a daily gathering of the minds when ever inquisitive Wautz raised the issue of the recent Hindraf gathering and imminent racial tension that is coming in our way. He quoted the recent research in the Time magazine that as many as 70,000 Malaysian Chinese has left the country plus the recent gathering as being the key statistics depicting dissatisfaction of the non-Malay towards government policy on the issue of Malay rights. Then the next question was, should PAS won the next general election and forming a government how would they tackle this sensitive issue....what would be the most appropriate treatment and how is this issue be handled in accordance to Syariah law.....a question that left all of us perplexed and unaswered!!

The above event was actually the reason why lagu WARISAN suddenly came back to me. The point is that, it does not have to take a nuclear scientist or an Angkasawan to actuall realise that the song is actually about Malay survivability and sovereignity.....and for those who are unaware this has been inculcated in mostly government-backed malay-oriented education establishment. What I am trying to say is that.....will have to try to be very subtle here......conciously or unconciously the government itself has actually propagate the idea of single race dominance over the other. I am not questioning the right of the Malay people as per the social contract and by the way this was agreed by the non-Malays....and I myself is a Malay and a Muslim.

In the nutshell, the racial tension is not new, it has been lurking and lingering probably in many of our subsconcious Malay mind, hence to blame the Chinese and Indian alone for instigating it would be not quite justified.

Am I in trouble for writing this......or whether this be taken objectively in order to achieve a nobler motive.