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3 weeks ago | 
thestar.com.my | Barani Krishnan
GLOWING in her commencement robe, gripping the scroll that would set her on the path to being a doctor, Lim Jia Jia’s megawatt smile carries all the pride deserved by her truck driver father and homemaker mother. Also beaming for her was Malaysia's "Uncle Kentang (Potato)". It’s a moniker that has stuck with Kuan Chee Heng (left) since his early portly days, despite him dropping a few sizes now.
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1 month ago | 
thestar.com.my | Barani Krishnan
Indra Selvarajah wants us to know — and use — the therapeutic powers of music. BATTLING Alzheimer's in his twilight years, Ronald Reagan was often found responding to familiar songs, sometimes singing along or tapping his foot, as the disease chipped away at the cognitive ability of the 40th US president. Reagan wasn’t alone.
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2 months ago | 
thestar.com.my | Barani Krishnan
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2 months ago | 
thestar.com.my | Barani Krishnan
AS the 2024 winter gave way to the milder chills of spring, I got a call from a news channel outside Malaysia that regularly covers the country. They were doing a story on the impact of the falling ringgit on Malaysians. For context, they also needed to speak with those who had left for "greener pastures abroad". Could I be one of them? Sure, I said. I had just returned to New York from a three-month stay in KL.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
linkedin.com | Barani Krishnan
It takes decades for the political world to produce a human like Gandhi or Mandela. But the sporting world produces great humanity almost everyday. The reason is simple: The truth. Athletes acknowledge, celebrate and live the truth. At their crux, athletes know the truth of their strengths and weaknesses. And when their rivals excel where they don't, athletes will acknowledge that truth.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
justneverforget.com | Barani Krishnan
“I am not the editor of a newspaper and shall always try to do right and be good so that God will not make me one,” American humorist Mark Twain wrote, before winding up with just that job. Similarly, Ng Poh Tip took the reins at her paper through events not of her making, helping create a large and strange organization unrecognizable with its old virtues and reporting glory, though she herself stood tall all along (literally) with infinite charm and grace.
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Apr 28, 2024 | 
justneverforget.com | Barani Krishnan
Depending on the time of day and mood you caught him in, you’d find Robert Gibbons downright obnoxious or too sweet for words. Obnoxious because he had neither time for BS nor patience with those pretending to know what they didn’t. Too sweet because he’d put work aside to give you his wisdom — and, mind you, he knew a thing or two — on a multitude of things. It can be politics, history, society, culture, sports, music or energy infrastructure. He was passionate about them all.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
uk.investing.com | Ross Hendricks |Barani Krishnan
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
uk.investing.com | Barani Krishnan |Chris Williamson
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
uk.investing.com | Barani Krishnan |Chris Williamson
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