A sociopolictical bitchfest with Michael Chugani
Outspoken pundit, broadcaster and journalist Michael Chugani writes a column for the South China Morning Post, hosts a weekly talk show, and is the former editor-in-chief of ATV’s English news programming. He sits down with Johannes Pong for a sociopolitical bitchfest.
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I’m third generation Hong Kong Sindhi. My grandfather came from India and started a business here.
When I was a kid, I asked my devout Hindu mother, “If God is just, why is he racist? Why are the darker-skinned people poor, and all the Caucasians rich?” She said, “God knows what he’s doing.” Which didn’t work for me.
My dad was thrown into a prison camp by the Japanese when he was in his early 20s—all foreigners were arrested as collaborators when the Japanese invaded.
My mom told me he was slated to be executed, but fortunately Hong Kong was liberated right before. He came back out a broken man though. He passed away when I was seven or eight. I don’t remember much about him.
I went to this awful Catholic school in Kowloon Tong for La Salle and St. Joseph dropouts called Regina’s. It doesn’t exist anymore.
I knew exactly what I wanted to do. As a kid, I could always write. I never went to university.