Mahen Bala is a Malaysian documentarian and visual artist who has dedicated more than a decade to documenting Malaysian culture and history. His primary interest lies in investigating the human experience and how memory shapes personal and communal constructs of history. In 2018, he published 'Postcards from the South,' offering a comprehensive documentation of the memory and history of the Malaysian railways. In 2020, he completed a Fellowship with the Japan Foundation Asia Center, where he explored the relationship between people and railway heritage in Indonesia and Japan. Currently, he is pursuing a Masters in Arts at the University of Malaya.