This story has many beginnings, but they all have one constant: it starts with a well-dressed man known to many as Raja Malek, a multitalented enigma who prefers to be called “Chelek” instead.
Hairdresser, set designer, visual artist, creative director… the man is a local legend among those in-the-know, and has worked with creative powerhouses like Datuk Zahim Albakri, Puan Sri Tiara Jacquelina, and the late Jit Murad.
But that’s skipping too far ahead, so let’s begin his story this way:
It is the summer of 1983, a few years prior to Chelek’s return to Malaysia, where he finds himself standing stock-still in a bookstore located in Knightsbridge, London. And cradled reverently in his hands was a hardcover book titled, which
