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We need comfortable spaces where people can gather – without having to buy anything – to socialise and build community.
Prices go up, but so does generosity. Productivity goes down, but we take more time to get to know our brethren better.
Ultimately, where you study isn’t the only thing that shapes who you become.
Sometimes, it takes seeing our home through someone else’s eyes to truly appreciate its beauty.
While mercy and second chances may seem idealistic, practising them with due care can be transformative.
At the root of what seems to be anti-social behaviour among gadget obsessed teens is a yearning to connect with others.
Of course we always want to win – but it cannot be at the cost of our reputation and our integrity.
At least there are institutions that do address the most blatant and obvious of wrongdoings in Malaysia.
Forget actual medals, Malaysia is reaping metaphorical gold in Paris already as athletes push themselves further.
An experience the columnist has with a Muslim cashier in Paris brings home the fact that racism is simply bad for business.
We’ve been arguing over subsidies for two decades. We simply cannot afford to support them any longer.
When parents are inconsistent in managing children’s behaviour, it causes confusion. When laws are inconsistently applied, it confuses us.
There is a difference between stories about Malaysia and stories by Malaysians as well as stories that are intrinsically Malaysian.
There are cameras everywhere nowadays, in cars, on buildings, in people’s hands when they whip out their smartphones. Is this a good thing or bad thing? Share your thoughts.
The columnist hopes that in 2024, everyone continues to strive to be the best versions of themselves, and keeps seeking varied and multifocal ideas and experiences.
It’s important we listen beyond our ‘me too’ sphere lest we become a mere echo, repeating information that’s unverified and untrue.
Angry rhetoric and boycotts aren’t what we need. Instead, it takes constant, determined steps towards a worthy goal, rather than an over-exuberant sprint that goes nowhere.
Consumption taxes are always complicated. Not having any, though, leads to a depressingly simple conclusion: In the long run, we as a country won’t have enough money to do what we want and need to do.
Fear-mongering and manipulation of public sentiment should not be the norm for politics.
