Ow Yeong Wai Kit

Even in solitude, there is so much we can do for others. One of the most sterling exemplars of social action is the Bangladeshi poet and migrant worker Zakir Hossain Khokan, who raised funds for workers confined to their dormitories during the circuit breaker period and arranged for essential supplies like masks to be distributed to them. Last year I invited Zakir, a two-time winner of the Migrant Worker Poetry Competition, to address my school’s Literature students and share