“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” – G.K. Chesterton “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” – Robert Brault “Cultivate the habit of being grateful for...
If, since lockdown, you have found it hard to remember to email someone, summon up the word you need, or yet again forgotten to buy the milk – you are not alone. I’ve lost count of the number of times recently that friends have bemoaned their worsening memories. Data is...
Many of us daydream about being a hafidhul Quran. How wonderful would it be if we could understand every single word the imam is reciting during taraweeh prayers in Ramadan! I envy the people that cry out during salah, the words of the Lord echoes in their heart where most...
International trade is a tool that connects the entire world. Export, import, exchange of foreign currency – all evolve around international trade that brings different nations and civilizations under one umbrella. Now, this idea of trading and going global is not a new concept. A model of international trade was...
Poetry has been at play for thousands of years. It is used to express thoughts, ideas, feelings and emotions. It has the power to create imagery on the reader’s mind. Poets choose different types of words and acoustics to match the mood of the poem. Some poems are rhyming, while...
Since the inauguration of construction works of Padma Bridge Project — a hefty, vigorous mega structure and the mega project of the nation’s infrastructural history will ensure presence across the Padma River. The establishment is expected to lift the national and local economic struggles from pitiable conditions towards a new...
One might think that it takes a lot of hard work, good fertilizer, nice soil, lots of sunshine as well as rain and of course effective seeds to make a good garden. Although it is partly true, the idea is missing one vital point. Which is pollinator such as bees...
Scattered across the Arabian Sea, south-west of Sri Lanka and India, the Maldives present the face of a dreamy, tropical idyll to travellers from all over the world, who fly in to savour picture-perfect coral atolls fringed with white sand, luxurious resorts and world-class water sport. But perhaps no other...
“Get out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.” – Brian Tracy I’m a big fan of doing the unusual thing. Sometimes in big ways. Often in small and daily ways to mix things up....
Wandering albatrosses have long been considered exceptional creatures. They can fly 8.5 million kilometres (5.2 million miles) during their lifetimes – the equivalent of flying to the Moon and back more than 10 times. Their 3.5m wingspan is the same length as a small car and they can weigh as...
Communication starts even before a person is born. Right from inception, a person communicates in different modalities like a kick in the womb, a little movement, and more. In infancy, a cry, a burst of laughter, an expression, everything counts as a way of communication. Gradually, people grow up and...
For years, no one knew why dozens of battered wooden “ghost boats” – often along with corpses of North Korean fishermen whose starved bodies were reduced to skeletons – were routinely washing ashore along the coast of Japan. A recent investigation I did for NBC News, based on new satellite data, has...
The Day after the massive explosion in Beirut, residents were surveying the damage to their homes. One video shared online showed 78-year-old Beirut resident May Melki playing the piano in what appears to be her destroyed living room. Her entire home is damaged: furniture in disarray, shattered glass everywhere, curtains ripped apart....
Most summer days on the Danish island of Læsø, you’ll find Henning Johansen at work. A native islander, Johansen is a thatcher. But on Læsø, a thatcher’s job is unlike anywhere else. Nineteen kilometres off the north-east coast of Jutland, the island appears in Norse mythology as the home of...
Gli the cat is the guardian of the gorgeous historic architecture. She roams around the place with style as if she owns it. With thousands of Instagram followers and even a former U.S. president as a fan, Gli the cat is almost as famous as her home, Istanbul’s ancient Hagia...
“Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.” – Wayne Dyer “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” – Marcus Aurelius It is usually pretty easy...
Southern China’s rainy season lasted nearly twice as long this year. Record rainfall caused the country’s longest river, the Yangtze, to overflow along the river’s middle and lower regions. “A normal rainy season is about 24 days,” said Xiquan Dong, an extreme weather expert at the University of Arizona. “This...
Religion is not just about faith and belief. It is a robust idea that defines the lifestyle. All around the world, religion has been shaping people’s lives in more than how they worship or believe in the divinity. Likewise, decades ago, the culture of one of the prominent civilizations was...
It was the muddy water that caught Stefan Talke’s eye. In the mid-2000s Talke was a postdoctoral scholar at Utrecht University, studying the river Ems that empties into the North Sea between Germany and the Netherlands. Decades earlier, engineers had begun dredging parts of the Ems so that newly built...
“To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.” – Henry David Thoreau “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson Some days are great, better than you would have expected when you rolled out...
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