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Umapagan Ampikaipakan (Uma) wears many feathers to his hat. The literary critic and radio deejay who is best known for his biting wit and distinctive views on Malaysian politics, as well as his obsession with the written word, has long established himself as a palpable presence in the Malaysian psyche.<\/p>\n

The bubbly 34-year-old bachelor currently co-hosts BFM89.9\u2019s drive-time show, The Evening Edition<\/i>, and hosts Bookmark<\/i>, in which he talks about all things book-related on the radio station.<\/p>\n

An avid fan of the movies, Uma, who is trained in engineering and has a Master\u2019s degree in philosophy and law, is also a film critic with Uma + Joe at the Movies<\/i>, and a pop-culture columnist for #edGY<\/i>.<\/p>\n

When he\u2019s not reading or writing, Uma runs The Cooler Lumpur Festival<\/i>, Kuala Lumpur\u2019s yearly gathering of literary minds and thought leaders and Asia\u2019s first and only festival of ideas.<\/p>\n

Here, BFM 89.9’s Uma shares his love for the literary trade, his unique spending habits, and tried-and-tested investment methods with iMoney\u2019s senior writer, Fiona Ho.<\/b><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BFM 89.9’s Uma spends an average of RM600 on books every week. Here, the money-wise wordsmith shares his love for the written word, his unique spending habits, and tried-and-tested investments that has worked for him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":16713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[258,280,218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fame-fortune","category-interview","category-money-management"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nInterview with BFM 89.9's Uma: A Money-Wise Wordsmith | iMoney<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BFM 89.9's Uma spends an average of RM600 on books every week. 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