Rajen_Devadason

TAKE a deep breath. Is the air dirty and polluted or clean and fresh? Uncontaminated air is an obvious human right too many people in too many places lack.

ON a recent Sunday morning in the middle of December, I was in church in Seremban listening to a sermon by my friend Pastor Nally Woo. In the middle of her message, she touched on the dangers of envy, saying: “Comparison is the thief of joy.”

DID you know there is something called the Global Slavery Index?

ONE paradox of modern life is that while our planet’s aggregate store of human wealth grows (almost) inexorably from one year to the next, yet too many of us continue to flounder or struggle in debt and poverty.

ECONOMICS is a fascinating field of study that helps us make sense of many facets of life in finance and beyond.

CONSIDERING the sums of cash ranging from minute to modest to massive that different families spend on the funerals — be they burials or cremations — of cherished loved ones, it’s obvious our need for cash doesn’t, immediately, end with our demise.

THE popular expression “cash is king” enjoys seasons of tremendous relevance during cyclical global economic downturns and intermittent personal fiscal crises.

THE English adage “God helps those who help themselves” contains a profound truth: Although different people harbour differing belief systems, the vast majority of Malaysians unapologetically believe in God.