Author: Datuk Beatrice Nirmala

The lady was not for turning

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country. – Margaret Thatcher,  Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990  I have always admired Margaret Thatcher. Many said with admiration that she was the only one

The moon

You can’t change who you are, but you can change what you have in your head, you can refresh what you’re thinking about, you can put some fresh air in your brain. – Ernesto Bertarelli, Swiss entrepreneur active in the fields of business, finance, sport and philanthropy I normally start

Spirituality and religion

My faith didn’t remove the pain, but it got me through the pain. Trusting God didn’t diminish or vanquish the anguish, but it enabled me to endure it. – Robert Rogers, American colonial frontiersman The last time I went to the temple on Thaipusam was when I was a teenager.

Productivity

There is no reason why the whole country or the state should be locked down for the sake of being popular and politically correct. — Tan Sri Mohd Sheriff Mohd Kassim, former secretary general of Treasury, Ministry of Finance I was having a discussion over lunch today with my good

De-dollarisation dilemma

The global economic system must avoid being dominated by a single currency. – Santosh Kalwar writer, author and poet If anything else, 2024 is going to be a very interesting year. It comes after four years of roller coaster rides with pandemics, lockdowns, vaccinations, Build Back Better slogans by elites

Truth can be stranger than fiction

Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you. – Richard Dawkins, British evolutionary biologist and author Saw an episode of Black Mirror yesterday. It’s some dystopian era in the future. Common people are recruited to become

Choices, choices but not really

Freedom requires that government keep the channels of competition and opportunity open, prevent monopolies, economic abuse and domination. — Herbert Hoover, 31st US President OUR grocery stores seem to have an abundance of all types of foods, skincare, and cosmetics, from seemingly hundreds of different brands. Lucky us? Well, it

The GMO plot

We are either going to have a future where women lead the way to make peace with the Earth, or we are not going to have a human future at all. –Vandana Shiva, 2003 ‘Environmental Hero’ by TIME Magazine and recipient of the Right Livelihood Award in 1993 Part 2

The GMO plot

You do not measure the fruit of your action.You have to measure your obligation for action.You have to find out what is the right thing to do.That is your duty. It’s not about winning or losing but doing what is right. – Lord Krishna to Arjuna, in The Bhagavad Gita

Cancer – the most lucrative trade

When cancer happens, you don’t put life on hold. You live now. – Fabi Powell, whose late husband Josh was diagnosed with a rare cancer and died one month after they married. In 2015, Detroit oncologist Dr. Farid Fata was found guilty of lying to patients that they had cancer