Abbi Kanthasamy

Abbi Kanthasamy

Abbi Kanthasamy is a Malaysian-based writer, entrepreneur, and storyteller whose work lies at the intersection of business, geopolitics, and cultural identity.

The Siege Within: How to Rob a Country and Call It Nation Building

The Siege Within: How to Rob a Country and Call It Nation Building

Leslie Lopez’s The Siege Within isn’t just another retelling of the 1MDB scandal. It’s an unflinching autopsy of Malaysia’s political carcass – a place where stolen billions are treated like family silver and leaders loot with the polite smile of a country club chairman. Lopez, a veteran journalist with the scars to prove it, turns his scalpel on the thick, toxic hide of Malaysian politics to reveal the anatomy of the world’s greatest financial heist. His subject? The rise and fall of Najib Raz
Book Review July 2025
Abbi Kanthasamy

Abbi Kanthasamy
A Beacon Amidst the Bleeding: What Jaffna’s Doctors Taught Me About Life

A Beacon Amidst the Bleeding: What Jaffna’s Doctors Taught Me About Life

I’ve spent most of my adult life building things. Businesses, brands, homes, arguments. Always chasing—the next goal, the next deal, the next piece of validation in a world that measures worth by margins and milestones. But this past week, watching my mother fight for her life in a small hospital in northern Sri Lanka, I was reminded of something I had forgotten: not all heroes chase. It began in Kumulamunai. A heart attack. A real one. Silent but severe. My mother—diabetic, hypertensive, and un
June 2025
Abbi Kanthasamy

Abbi Kanthasamy