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An unlikely hero
I am not highlighting this story in my blog because of my empathy towards my canine friends. Naturally this story stood out when I first read it in August, because of the kindness shown to helpless animals.I wanted to write about it then, but I got busy. It's been a month now, but stories like this...
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16th September 2013 11:35am
Rape in the 21st Century
In the first study of its kind, more than 10,000 men in Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka were interviewed on the prevalence of rape.The study by South Africa's Medical Research Coucil revealed the following:Almost one in four men surveyed in Asia said they...
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12th September 2013 2:07pm
Rusty the Golden Boy
It was a Sunday May 19, I was actually going to light the prayer lamp at 7pm, but since I had only eaten a light lunch, I decided to get some dinner at the Chinese restaurant near my apartment.The square in which the restaurant is located, is familiar territory to me as I usually go there for my...
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6th August 2013 9:42pm
The digital future of Newsweek
The buzz in the global media industry this week is that Newsweek has been sold again. This time to International Business Times (IBT Media), a company that describes itself as a 100% digital media group.Print to digitalWhile its closest competitor Time Magazine has successfully managed both its print and...
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4th August 2013 10:43pm
The Sukma Rape what it tells us
On Sunday, the news spread like fire throughout the social media world and naturally made the front page of all major dailies on Monday morning - A 19-year-old official with the Federal Territory handball players team had been allegedly raped by three players at the Sukma Games Village in Universiti...
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13th July 2013 12:49am
Brave Women
The suspect who allegedly hacked a soldier to death on a London street last week, apologised to women who had witnessed the attack and then added " but in our lands our women have to see the same."That statement struck me as rather ironic. I mean what era is this? Several minutes later I came across an AFP...
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27th May 2013 6:49pm
Racism post-elections
Tunku Abdul Rahman: "Bapa Kemerdekaan"Tun Abdul Razak: "Bapa Pembangunan"Tun Hussein Onn: "Bapa Perpaduan" or as some say "Bapa Maintain/ Bapa Neutral".Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad: "Bapa Pemodenan".Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi: "Bapa Batik"I don't know if anyone of you have given any thought to what "Bapa" Datuk...
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25th May 2013 11:16pm
#GE13....a sandiwara
D-day is upon us. The day we have been waiting years for. At one point, we even began to wonder when exactly it would be! As Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak dallied and delayed calling for the dissolution of Parliament.In fact many of us thought it would have been in 2012. Ah......but...
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5th May 2013 12:52am
Killing in Self Defence
Most of us law abiding citizens go through life never imagining that we might get entangled with the long arm of the law. And very likely we won't. But there are some who are not so fortunate.Whether one is a man, woman or child, the threat of being a victim of some crime hangs over our heads like the Sword...
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4th February 2013 2:03pm
Animal abuse: Ignorance breeds cruelty
Gandhi once said that the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated. If that is so, we are a terrible nation indeed!More so because we are prosperous, educated, peaceful and not prone to natural disasters. So what is our excuse for such a...
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11th January 2013 11:27pm