Me and my shadow
I was surfing the Net and chanced upon an old song on You Tube. It was by the Old Blue-Eyes…
Browsing: Perspective
The fountain of power
GEORGE Orwell’s satirical novel ‘Animal Farm’ tells of the rebellion of the farm animals against their human owners. Led by…
Ignorance, zealousness and power
Ignorance is a sad thing. Ignorance plus zealousness is a bad thing. Ignorance plus zealousness and power is a terrible…
Month of love — religious, cultural or secular?
FEBRUARY is the month of love, all the more so this year. There is Valentine’s Day on the traditional Feb…
Hope springs eternal
YOU can never say that you don’t know Chinese New Year is coming. It is announced through the shops, in…
Whether you think you can or can’t . . .
LAST week I went to see a movie which is based on one of my favourite childhood stories — Gulliver’s…
Louder and righter?
“IS there such a word as ‘righter’?” said Ariff, who happened to catch a glimpse of my ungrammatical title.
No shoes and no feet
IT was barely seven o’clock in the morning when my mobile phone message alert buzzed. For a late sleeper and…