I wonder, dear reader, if this week you will permit me a little self-indulgence? Not simply an opportunity to inflict upon you my usual eccentric if not idiosyncratic views but perhaps to go a shad...
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Normally I don’t like to comment on political issues and I definitely don’t like to take sides. I see that as inimical to sunday morning sentimentalising. It’s far too serious but it’s al...
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Normally I don’t like to comment on political issues and I definitely don’t like to take sides. I see that as inimical to sunday morning sentimentalising. It’s far too serious but it’s al...
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Flicking through the pages of a book can bring back long forgotten memories. It’s like opening the door to a locked room and re-discovering its belongings. They may be familiar but they can als...
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I write on behalf of the silent majority. Our silence is, I fear, in danger of being mistaken for indifference. For too long have we stood by and suffered. For too long have we gritted our tee...
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“What’s the most striking thing about returning to India in the year 2000?” asked one of my office colleagues the day after I got back. I suppose the question was supposed to elicit a respon...
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“Happy Nu Yeah” said the voice behind me and then as I turned around it added “And if you give us a bob I’ll make that Happy New Millennium!”

That, I suppose, was how the year 2000 ...
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I love staring at other people’s photographs. You can ogle, comment and laugh with detachment. You can also marvel and express wonder. Yet it doesn’t mean anything because there&rs...
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The newspapers in Singapore are more reader-friendly than our own. The hot political news is buried on the inside. The cover page is full of the sort of titbits we love to read but can never fi...
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I’m a sucker for the big invitation. Yet for years the one I’ve been wanting has eluded me. Last saturday it fell into my lap. That’s the story I want to tell you today.