No Father Could Love More

Image Credit: Copilot By Dr Rahim Said  You hear stories about fathers driving their children to…

Health as a Unifier of People and Nations 

By Professor Dasan Swaminathan                 In a world often divided…

Puzzling State of Corporate Affairs That Demands Clear Answers

By Rakuram Gandhi Malaysia’s corporate landscape has always been a labyrinth—listed companies, regulators, and whispers of…

When the Bombs Drop, Don’t Call Putrajaya — Call HR

Image Credit: Copilot By Dr Rahim Said  In the 1980s, when I was a consultant working…

Parking Lot Gymnastics & Mall Madness

The extremely busy parking exit By Yong Soo Heong When licence plate recognition parking systems first…

The Great 2G Shutdown Farce? How Malaysia’s Scam Fight Risks Trading One Headache for Another

By Shadow Pine KUALA LUMPUR – In classic Malaysian sitcom fashion, the crackdown on SMS scammers…

Confessions of a Former Serial Romantic at 80

By Dr Rahim Said  Henry Miller once wrote that if you could keep falling in love…

The Seasonal Shelf Life of Faith: Christmas, CNY and Aidilfitri at a Damansara Heights Cafe 

By Dr Rahim Said  There it hung — a solitary ketupat on the wall — looking…

A Serious Look at Marriage and the Lost Art of Staying Put

By Dr Rahim Said  Socrates, who was married and therefore qualified to comment, is often paraphrased as…

He Sculpted Faces, She Lifted Hearts — Sanur Applauded Both

By Dr Rahim Said  “A Brazilian surgeon and an Australian soprano remind us that true success is rarely…

Gong Xi, Tanpa Was-Was

By Dr Rahim Said  Every festive season in Malaysia comes with three certainties: traffic jams, social media photos…

Reunion Dinner for One — and the Quiet Epidemic of Festive Loneliness

By Dr Rahim Said  It was the eve of Lunar New Year — that sacred annual moment when…

When the Graft Buster Goes to War — Azam vs Bloomberg and the Theatre of Integrity

By Dr Rahim Said  In Malaysia, we have grown accustomed to political dramas that come with…

Blink…and Boom! It’s February Already!

By Sam Trailerman January is often like a relative who shows up, overstays their welcome, and…

Can We Have the Same in Malaysia — Safer Roads & Stricter Enforcement?

Image Credit: Copilot By Ravindran Raman Kutty When I first started driving in Sydney, it felt…

Saluting My Singing Heroines with Timeless Voices — Petula Clark and Julie Andrews

By Yong Soo Heong Certain voices never leave us. They become part of the soundtrack of…

Z is for Zed: The Man Who Wouldn’t Stay Down

By Dr Rahim Said  If Malaysia were running a Sesame Street reboot this past week, the…

Tribute to a Helpful Bank Manager – Mohd Bakhtiar Yahya

By Jeff Yong Have you ever met people whose kindness leaves a lasting mark on your…

As We Step into the Second Quarter of the 21st Century

By Sam Trailerman Surviving the first quarter of the 21st century often felt like living through…

Marty Supreme and the Fine Art of Not Lecturing Your Audience

Image Credit: Copilot By Dr Rahim Said  There are films that want to tell a story,…

The Old Man and the Sea (And the Old Man I’ve Lived With for 79 Years)

Image Credit: Copilout By Dr Rahim Said It is 2026. By December, I will be uncomfortably close to…

The Dying of the Light

By S. Jayasankaran King Tut was famous for being the only royal burial found intact in…

A New Year’s Eve Glimpse of How We Might Socialise Next — Not in a Pickle, But on a Pickleball Court

By Dr Rahim Said  New Year’s Eve is usually a fixed ritual: fixed menus, fixed chairs, fixed conversations…

Live and Let Live

Photo Credit: Copilot By S. JayasankaranI woke up at around 7 in the morning on Dec…