E d u r e n a : T h e Fa t e o f V ru s t h i P r a v i n d h a r a n B a l a k r i s h n a n
“I don’t think I can make it ’til next week, I can feel the cancer spreading in me…” said father weakly as he tried to hide his pain from his teenage daughter. “I’m getting close appa, I’m already moving up the ranks and within a few more days, I should get my final exam score and would certainly qualify into one of those e-residency programs,” said Vrushti in a hopeful tone, wishing it would alleviate her father’s pain. Doubt was written all over Vrushti’s face as all her hard work was gradually coming undone as her father’s health continued to deteriorate. But in her heart, she knew education was the only way out of her misery. The faster she moved up the ranks, the faster she would qualify for an e-resident citizenship. The year is 2050; just 30 years after the COVID-19 pandemic altered the social structure of the world. A world now run by robots and algorithms. A world where information is the greatest currency and data is the new oil. As the world spiralled into late-stage capitalism, big corporations ascended into power and peripheral countries like Malaysia are now subject to the power of the global
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