SP Vellu’s Funeral

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Brothers clasped arms over family, work and politics
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KUALA LUMPUR: Not a day went by without the two brothers meeting and talking about family, politics and other issues.
Yesterday, an emotional Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu bid farewell to his younger brother Datuk S. Palani Vellu, 68, who died of a heart attack on Wednesday. Family members said the siblings were close, meeting as often as possible and Palani, a lawyer, also handled some of the works minister’s legal matters. » Read more: SP Vellu’s Funeral

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PM says inter-cultural dialogue is way forward

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and yet we can’t even have dialogues in our own backyard…what a joke 🙂

Inter-cultural dialogue ‘is the way forward’
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DIALOGUE between cultures and civilisations has now become another pre-condition to achieving the global goals of peace, security and prosperity, the prime minister said.

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said dialogue could bridge the gap and generate greater understanding between cultures and civilisations especially between the West and the world of Islam. » Read more: PM says inter-cultural dialogue is way forward

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Paruthi Veeran

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I heard many good things about this movie. Thus, there was an air of anticipation when I finally caught this on VCD. After nearly 3 hours, one thing came to my mind: what goes around, comes around.

The director, Ameer, has given a great movie (Raam) before and didn’t disappoint much.

The movie begins with a verse from Thirumurai 49:13, something about God creating man and woman, allowing them to procreate, leading to different race and culture, and for humans to interact with the different cultures.

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Resorts should cater to people of all religious beliefs

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how many of us have experience similar situations below? i heard that even the National Deepavali celebration has beef served.
 
 
From The Star's Opinion column
Resorts should cater to people of all religious beliefs

I HAD the good fortune to visit Langkawi recently and stay at one of its beautiful resorts.

I noticed that apart from several Westerners, there were many tourists from Asia, especially the Indian subcontinent.

The resort offered quite a spread for breakfast but on several occasions the only meat served was beef.

When one of the Indian tourists remarked over the choice of menu, the captain’s reply was that they only served American breakfast.

I found it rather unfair to those Indians who had coughed up huge sums to reside in these resorts but were being short-changed, having to make do with merely toast.  

I pondered why, despite the country being a multiracial country, the religious sentiments of Indians had not been taken into account.

It is perfectly fine to include beef in the menu but is it too much to ask that another meat be served as well?  

S.S.
Ipoh, Perak.
 

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Country’s foremost eye surgeon dies at 85

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Country’s foremost eye surgeon dies at 85

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Datuk Dr Keshmahinder Singh was instrumental in setting up the Tun Hussein Onn National Eye Hospital
Datuk Dr Keshmahinder Singh was instrumental in setting up the Tun Hussein Onn National Eye Hospital

KUALA LUMPUR: One of the country’s foremost opthamologists, Datuk Dr Keshmahinder Singh, died yesterday of old age. He was 85.

He was instrumental in initiating the setting up of the Tun Hussein Onn National Eye Hospital in 1986 and had contributed towards the development of eye care in the country.

His nephew, Ashvinder Singh, said Dr Keshmahinder had been warded at the Pantai Medical Centre for the past three weeks as he was not feeling well.

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