Reluctant Editor: The Singapore Media As Seen Through The Eyes Of A Veteran Newspaper Journalist Condition:Good Set in an exotic Eastern

Set in an exotic Eastern landscape peopled by magicians and fantastic talking animals

allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism - an esoteric system concerned with the search for truth through God - it describes the consequences of the conference of the birds of the world when they meet to begin the search for their ideal king

and spends his nights spinning baroque tales about the city's underworld

He's come out of retirement twice to score against-the-odds successes each time

Reluctant Editor: The Singapore Media As Seen Through The Eyes Of A Veteran Newspaper Journalist Condition:Good Set in an exotic EasternThese are the unpublished stories behind the headlines you may have read in Singapore newspapers over the years. Above all, they are Singapore media stories experienced firsthand by veteran journalist PN Balji, who was persuaded to become editor of a leading newspaper. Balji spent nearly 40 years in five newsrooms and was part of a hardy generation of editors who wrestled with editorial issues and made tough decisions, sometimes against authority. He