It is over 800 days since Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 disappeared. Pieces of debris, suspected to be from the aircraft, have lain in Madagascar for over three weeks now, along with more than a dozen personal belongings found on the same beach where these were found. They remain unclaimed by Malaysia, the country leading the…
I flew into a rage, the morning of 8th March on seeing the 2nd Interim Statement on the MH370 Safety Investigation from Malaysia. It surprised me.
The practice of democracy is messy at times. It comes with risks. It is threatening to pre-existing hierarchies. It often underlines what we must give up in order to have what we espouse. So it is hard work. It requires active learning.
The cynic reviles the present; he rejects the dream; The rebel rejects the present; he revels in the dream; The cynic’s anger is frozen, buried in cold storage; The rebel’s anger is molten, rage ready to engage; The cynic sees futility in all things and all pursuits; The rebel sees a fight for all things…
The proposition here is that democracy starts with individual responsibility for one’s neighbourhood, in the first place, a commitment to ensure that one participates actively in its affairs and builds a record of service that goes beyond service of self.
Reports of debris, suspected to be from missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, found in the last few weeks have raised expectations and aggravated despair in quick succession for the families and friends of the victims. It is over 500 days now that we have been struggling to come to terms with the confusion and loss.…
Airlines move people across distances, help get those meetings and deals done, deliver precious / scarce supplies in quick time, and take people driven by curiosity and adventure to new places. Day after day. If you want to get a sense of the scale… the big picture… the trillions that has been sunk in over…
It is a full year since MH370 disappeared. Predictably, the print, television and digital media swung into action dusting off old footage to string together their updated narrative. There was little by way of investigative journalism that threw new light or offered fresh perspective. Most coverage seemed to depend on ‘human interest’ stories: families laid…
In January, the Malaysian government declared MH370 as an accident, in accordance with the Chicago Convention, and its passengers presumed dead. However, questions about this decision remain unanswered.
Reflections on loss, mourning and acceptance, six months on.