Friday, 9 January 2026

Category: Column

Dismantling racism

The ultimate measure of a person is not where one stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where one stands in times of challenge

Remembering Qu Yuan

Luck is like having a rice dumpling fly into your mouth. — Japanese Proverb “I ate so many dumplings. Feeling heaty.” I smiled at this

Celebrating the magical 70

Wisdom doesn’t automatically come with old age. Nothing does — except wrinkles. It’s true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were

To some blind, music is their vision

Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. — Plato, Athenian philosopher If one

Typhoon in Land below the Wind

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it

We’re all one human race

No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. – Elie Wiesel, American writer, political

Blood is very special

Blood alone moves the wheels of history.   – Martin Luther, German professor of theology The gift of blood is the gift of love. Two

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Where ringgit dares

It’s accepted fact. It’s legal bribery of political candidates.    – Jimmy Carter, former US President I keep hearing that the 14th general election in