Creativity and Our Life

Creativity, as held by many, can take two forms. One is invention, which has quite often been described as “one’s creating totally new things.” The other is innovation, usually understood as “one’s doing old things in new ways.” Talks about creativity as well as interests in it have in fact been abounding. Recently for example,…

Apabila Kuasa Dianggap Keistimewaan

Dalam suratnya yang panjang kepada Malik bin al-Harith al-Ashtar setelah pelantikan Malik sebagai gabenor Mesir pada 658 M. (38H.), Khalifah `Ali k.w. antara lain mengingatkan Malik bahawa pemilihannya untuk memikul amanah memimpin rakyat merupakan ujian bagi dirinya. Justeru itu, Malik diberikan panduan yang begitu terperinci bagi melaksanakan amanah kepemimpinan tersebut yang merangkumi sikap dan layanan…

Perception and Reality

Of late, there have been complaints that what matters most in Malaysian politics, is perception. So often have we heard political statements in the form “not only must one be…but one must also be seen to be…” that we have developed, perhaps subconsciously and in a subtle way, a kind of resolve that it is…