Thursday, 8 January 2026

Category: Opinion

Little acts of kindness go a long way

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.  – Mark Twain, American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer Yesterday

The air we breathe

I am convinced that the air we normally breathe is a kind of water, and men and women are a species of fish. – D

190 years old? OMG!

In the early days of the Indian Territory, there were no such things as birth certificates. You being there was certificate enough. – Will Rogers,

They all ‘died’

Revolt is not reform, and one revolutionary administration is not good government. – Lincoln Steffens, American investigative journalist The curtain has come down on the

Here we go again!

All political careers are a rollercoaster. – KENNETH CLARKE, BRITISH CONSERVATIVE PARTY POLITICIAN WHO SERVED AS CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER FROM 1993 TO 1997 The

A quick buck through polls

If you’re a lobbyist who never gave us money, I didn’t talk to you. If you’re a lobbyist who gave us money, I might talk

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Duel citizenship

Education in the understanding of citizenship is a short-term affair if we are honest and earnest. – MAHATMA GANDHI, INDIAN LAWYER AND FREEDOM FIGHTER Much

Goodbye, Lucky, my friend!

Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were not pretending to love it.