TR EMERITUS

I remember a local Tamil friend of mine was got a shock when he was asked “Are you from India,” at a corporate function. The man who at the time was head of Southeast Asia for a multinational aerospace company, was taken back because it seemed to imply that the multinational company assumed that if an Indian was qualified... 

NDP to continue as planned with MINDEF reviewing scale of parade and safety measures- page A9, ST, 21 July 21. Our National Day (ND) is under 3 weeks away but this year's ND is much different from past NDs. This year's ND comes at a time when we as a country is literally fighting a war against an invisible but no less dangerous... 

I have to confess that I had high hopes during national service. I had a strange fantasy of being an officer and then, somehow proving myself in a combat situation and climbing the ranks. I guess part of it was from growing up in the UK, where it was expected of any young man with A-levels entering as an officer if he chose...