When Vikings invaded the holy island of Lindisfarne in England, they killed everyone except Æthelstan, the monk. He survived for one reason: His knowledge of Old Norse, the language spoken…
Lucy Lee Yee See, 72, never married but was known for always being a favourite among her nephews and nieces for her constant laughter and frequent tickling. This second-youngest child…
Gerald Miranda, 72,was dedicated to his work at Invictus Blue ad agency (formerly Zenith Media) that he founded in 1994 - turning up for work almost every day till he…
Seeing the bright smiles on Khaldon Abo Shakra, 25, when he danced merrily as a regular with the KL Dance Alliance (also known as KL Social Society or KLSS), one…
Introversion is the behavior of focusing on inner thoughts and ideas, rather than expressing them openly. Introverts enjoy spending time with just one or two people, rather than large groups…
Tan Sri Devaki Krishnan, the first Malaysian woman elected to public service (an honour recognised in the Malaysia Book of Records), achieved eminence in Malaysian politics before the country was…
THE send-off was remarkable. Dressed in their full uniforms, the police officers reverently lifted the coffin onto their shoulders and carried it to the hearse nearby. Once the coffin was…
Macaques, the most brilliant of monkeys, have a habit of intimidating uninvited guests by beating the trees they are on. Chimpanzees also make crude drumming sounds to signal distress. Humans,…
The 15-year-old was about to put the buttered slice of bread into her mouth, when it was yanked from her hand. “This bread belongs to Pure Life. It’s not for…
It is rare for undergraduates to be awarded honours in competition with tenured staff. The University of Nottingham UK does exactly that with the annual Vice-Chancellor’s Medal (right), recognising those…
The year was 1971. The Hindustani music world — the epicenter of what the world calls Bollywood — was enthralled by a powerful new voice that came not from a…
What’s in a Coke? If you asked the kids back in the 70s and 80s, they’ll tell you: “It’s the real thing” (one of the marvels of advertising, no doubt).…
Till his last breath literally, Subramaniam Harihar, possibly Malaysia’s oldest working journalist at 79, was thinking of “the story”. On the afternoon of his passing, at about a quarter to…
Shinzo Abe had as many falls as triumphs in life. One thing was certain though: he would always pick himself up and run again. He was never afraid of trying…
During the 1990s, Malaysia’s longest-serving premier Mahathir Mohamad — an authoritarian loved, despised and feared almost in equal measure by his people — was invited to an evening of comedy…
She was widely regarded as “The Voice” of India, and by some as the “Eighth Wonder of the World”. For decades, Lata Mangeshkar, the "nightingale of Bollywood" was India’s most…
It was still early in the school day, probably a couple of hours after the opening bell. In the corridors of Form Four (Americans would call it Grade 10) of…
“You do good, good will come to you. I follow this mantra,” Nagalingam Nagaraju says in an inspiring message broadcast on Malaysia's 64th Independence Day. While he wouldn’t make another…