Chapter 4: Flight by Night

1953. Malaya is still recovering from the effects of World War. Peace remains an elusive dream. After combating foreign intruders, now Malayans have to fight their own kind, albeit of different political allegiance. Just two years ago, High Commissioner Henry Gurney, the protocol crazy British official was brutally gunned down en route to Frasier’s Hill in broad daylight. Now, they are saying that the British, under a shrewd milit. . .

Santhi, the rumour monger, went to great lengths to make herself available the following morning. She raised early from bed to prepare breakfast for the family and perform her maternal duties for the family. Her thosai today was awkwardly asymmetrical, and the coconut chutney must have had double servings of salt and tamarind. Oh, what the heck! It was going to be an exciting day, and she was not going to give it up for anything. One day with salty gravy must be okay; she. . .

Santhi, the rumour monger, went to great lengths to make herself available the following morning. She raised early from bed to prepare breakfast for the family and perform her maternal duties for the family. Her thosai today was awkwardly asymmetrical, and the coconut chutney must have had double servings of salt and tamarind. Oh, what the heck! It was going to be an exciting day, and she was not going to give it up for anything. One day with salty gravy must be okay; she. . .