Lines about Times

2016

  • On Blaine and the Collective Quest for MH370

    I trust that those who truly care for the efforts of the MH370 families will be generous in acknowledging and applauding efforts by one and all, cautious in how challenges and objections are raised, and gracious towards ‘noble’ failures.

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  • My Daughter Graduates

    My daughter gets her graduate degree today. While I could not be there today, my thoughts and best wishes remain with her always.

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  • Give me my Anna!

    It is now close to two weeks since access to our own money was regulated, replaced, restricted. We were exhorted to grin and bear it in the ‘national interest’ and by some steps removed, in our own interest. We were having our variation of ‘drain the swamp’ and the votaries / attack dogs in social…

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  • MH370 Families: ‘Bad Pennies’ That Won’t Go Away

    The two-day tripartite ministerial meeting involving Malaysia, Australia and China ended 22nd July 2016 with a decision to suspend the search for MH370, should the search in the remaining 10,000 sq. km return empty handed. Many families of passengers were relieved that the search was to be ‘suspended’ and not ‘terminated’ while many sections of…

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  • The Persisting Mystery of MH370

    It is over 800 days since Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 disappeared. Pieces of debris, suspected to be from the aircraft, have lain in Madagascar for over three weeks now, along with more than a dozen personal belongings found on the same beach where these were found. They remain unclaimed by Malaysia, the country leading the…

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  • The 2nd Interim Statement, 8th March 2016: Malaysia as Villain, and Others

    I flew into a rage, the morning of 8th March on seeing the 2nd Interim Statement on the MH370 Safety Investigation from Malaysia. It surprised me.

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  • Learning Democracy, Living Democracy

    The practice of democracy is messy at times. It comes with risks. It is threatening to pre-existing hierarchies. It often underlines what we must give up in order to have what we espouse. So it is hard work. It requires active learning.

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  • The Cynic and the Rebel

    The cynic reviles the present; he rejects the dream; The rebel rejects the present; he revels in the dream; The cynic’s anger is frozen, buried in cold storage; The rebel’s anger is molten, rage ready to engage; The cynic sees futility in all things and all pursuits; The rebel sees a fight for all things…

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  • Reclaiming the Neighbourhood, Redefining National Service

    The proposition here is that democracy starts with individual responsibility for one’s neighbourhood, in the first place, a commitment to ensure that one participates actively in its affairs and builds a record of service that goes beyond service of self.

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