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Acclaimed Italian opera singer, Andrea Bocelli sent a strong message to Italians and the rest of the world recently when he had a free live performance in an empty Milan Cathedral, in Lombardy. The performance, which was broadcast on YouTube was a lifting performance considering the despair and widespread heaviness coronavirus has left in its wake since it began its onslaught on Italians and the…
Suddenly it has become a case of: absent from the hustle and present with family. Unlike what it was before this time when it was a case of present with the hustle and absent from the family, which created the disturbing condition known as homesickness. Before the fear of contracting coronavirus compelled families to stay at home, together, homesickness plagued many homes in ways…
As the world looks for healing from the virus, we must ask ourselves how much of an enemy or an ally has the coronavirus been so far? As we grapple with the unprecedented interruptions to life as we always knew it, we must ask ourselves if these very costly changes have come to completely destroy us or re-invigorate us in ways that are yet unfolding….
Good evening, sir. Why do people call you a sage? Where did you acquire the title? Is that what brought you here, my friend? No sir So what brought you here? I have a burden. I was told you can help me with it. What is your burden? I’m a descendant of history’s biggest villain. Who gave your forebear, to whom you refer, that title?…
News flash: there’s a looming scarcity of condom. One of the top makers of the product, Karex Bhd, a Malaysian company that produces one in every five condoms used globally, says the coronavirus-induced lockdown ordered by the government in Malaysia, has massively disrupted its production schedules. Consequently, all married and single persons who have been learning and unlearning new habits during this period of general…
Once upon a time there were four lepers who were placed in quarantine on the outskirts of a certain city. For some inexplicable reason, the social system that ought to have ensured that they didn’t lack the basic items for their sustenance, had broken down. It appeared like they had been forgotten. Unfortunately, the actions of the rest of society unwittingly forced the four gentlemen…
Last week American Billionaire Bill Gates got our attention with his op-ed, which was published by the Washington Post. It was a necessary intervention especially given the fact that he had in a 2015 TED Talk, shared his thoughts about the possibilities of a pandemic that could disrupt much of the world. In a way that would make the experience with Ebola some kind of…
We thought you would be good sport. For the vast number of ‘jobless people.’ With too much time on our hands. Waiting for anything to break the boredom. That has been resting heavily on most homes, like a shadow. Insisting on colouring every room with gloom. But we shouldn’t pick on people in their vulnerable moments.
You are not going to be popular with that suggestion, my friend I am not looking for popularity Don’t tell me you don’t know that some people are happy with Liverpool’s current status of suspended jubilation I’m not naïve, I know. I also know that a target that does not satisfy when we attain it, is a target we did not need ab initio Then…
Once upon a time, a lion took three other cats and went up a hill. Some moments later the whole body of the lion was transformed into the brightest white imaginable. His mane took on a shade of brightness beyond compare. None of the other cats had ever seen anything like it. They were paralysed with fear at the spectacle. Unfortunately, instead of waiting quietly…