Monday, 19 January 2026

Category: Column

Learning from ‘Kubit Tiup’

Everyone loves a witch hunt as long as it’s someone else’s witch being hunted. —  Walter Kirn, American novelist It takes a pandemic like Covid-19

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Outstanding and irreplaceable

Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you. – Shannon

A great loss to education

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.  – Nelson Mandela, South African president There are only two educationists

May our children be all-rounders

Happiness is when you realise your children have turned out to be good people. —  Unknown I was bemused to read a story about a

Treaties, trysts and territory taking

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat. —  Sophocles, Greek playwright The Vienna Convention’s Article 2(1)(a) on the Law of Treaties defines a

A new cardinal from Malaysia?

Let us do good while we still have time, and we will render glory to our heavenly Father, sanctify ourselves, and give good example to

‘Foot-in-mouth’ epidemic

If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it. – Austin O’malley, ophthalmologist Shoot refugees?! In June 1979, it was

Avoiding bad publicity …

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. – Groucho Marx, American writer-comedian Some