Monday, 19 January 2026

Category: Column

Next Round — A Third Vaccine Dose?

Who are you going to believe? Leading authorities on medical science, or 800 memes on your cousin’s Facebook page? – Samantha Bee, Canadian-American comedian The

My sape journey and its lessons

MY journey of learning how to play the sape, the ubiquitous traditional stringed lute of Borneo, is a metaphor in the search for one’s roots.

New greeting norm amid Covid-19

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.   – Socrates, Greek

Passing the baton

Young people need models, not critics. – John Wooden, American basketball coach Nelson Mandela’s inspirational advice to young people that they are capable, when aroused,

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Nature: Closeness can be enmity

The ancients often believed a celestial event like an eclipse to be a bad omen, that the sun or the moon vanishing from the sky

Pray yes, but be generous too

Praying is like a rocking chair; it’ll give you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere. – Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress My

Reducing dependence on plastics

I only feel angry when I see waste; when I see people throwing away things that we could use. – Mother Teresa, saint   The