Posted inAsia Great Lives Precious Lives Malaysia’s Hail Amir: A Showman From Start To End He was never really into it for the money. And even after 50 years, he was more keen…
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Posted inAsia Malaysia Precious Lives Gerald Miranda: A Don Of Malaysia’s Ad Industry Gerald Miranda, 72,was dedicated to his work at Invictus Blue ad agency (formerly Zenith Media) that he founded…
Posted inAsia Malaysia Precious Lives Khaldon Abo Shakra: He Gained Life From Dance Seeing the bright smiles on Khaldon Abo Shakra, 25, when he danced merrily as a regular with the…
Posted inGreat Lives Kelvin Kiptum: A Life Done As Fast As His Race In the running world, no marathon is created equal, says Ryan Fan, a special needs educator and marathon…
Posted inAsia Malaysia Precious Lives Thayalan Balakrishnan: Leaving A Sounding Impact On The World … In His Own Quiet Way Introversion is the behavior of focusing on inner thoughts and ideas, rather than expressing them openly. Introverts enjoy…
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Posted inAsia Great Lives Malaysia Precious Lives Revered Lives Lewis Pragasam: The Drum God Who Was Too Human Macaques, the most brilliant of monkeys, have a habit of intimidating uninvited guests by beating the trees they…
Posted inGreat Lives Tony Bennett: The Crooner Who Left His Heart With You, Not San Francisco Twenty Grammy awards over nearly a century of living. Tony Bennett, the singer loved not just in America…
Posted inAsia Malaysia Precious Lives Revered Lives Malaysia’s Mother Mangalam: New World Care in Old-School World The 15-year-old was about to put the buttered slice of bread into her mouth, when it was yanked…
Posted inGreat Lives Tina Turner: “Simply The Best” Female Rocker We Knew The limo was headed to the Hilton Statler Hotel in downtown Dallas. Seated at the back was one…
Posted inAsia Malaysia Precious Lives Elyse Bree Nantha: A Go-Getter Extraordinaire It is rare for undergraduates to be awarded honours in competition with tenured staff. The University of Nottingham…
Posted inGreat Lives Harry Belafonte: The Man Who Married Pop With Politics Music has often intertwined with politics, sometimes striking the right chord with it and sometimes being not so…
Posted inAsia Revered Lives Vani Jairam: The Indian Nightingale Who Never Sung About Herself The year was 1971. The Hindustani music world — the epicenter of what the world calls Bollywood —…