ABSTRACT
Instead, he joined Seberkas Pena, an intellectual correspondence group that was engaged in stimulating Malay culture. While not a political party, the organization echoed many of the Malay aspir ations and anxieties that were later to become the mainstay of nationalism. Tunku's active interest in Seberkas Pena saw his eleva tion to president of the organization in 1935. At Tunku's urging, Seberkas quite uncharacteristic of its objectives flirted briefly with politics when it voiced its protest against Britain's Malayan Union proposals. He resigned his position when Seberkas decided against his suggestion for dialogue with the British - he believed that British goodwill was imperative for the Malays to achieve their aims.
