MANY MOONS AGO, when I was still a student, the fad was to study English literature if one had no specific career goals or one’s results were below par. As a bright student who loved …
Life rules your kids must learn before leaving school
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, the Internet throws up articles attributed to Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Recall, for instance, the fine piece that went viral five-six months ago on lessons the coronavirus pandemic could be …
Be kind — A newspaper seller’s lesson for Bill Gates
Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind. So said the American novelist, Henry James. Rings true? …
Auschwitz: Life lessons from a dreaded death camp
On the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz on January 27, a woman who survived the dreaded World War II concentration camp told a media channel the reason she escaped burning to death in …
Thank you, dear guardian angel, for saving my life
As a child, I would often wonder what a ‘guardian angel’ would be like. How I would spot one if it glided past me. Whether it would have a silvery halo or shimmering wings that …