WE laugh for different reasons. Every millisecond someone somewhere is doing that – showing emotion through an explosive, often spontaneous, vocal sound. Pakistan did a lot of that on their way to a seven-wicket win over Zimbabwe in their one-off … Read more
TO SOME, this might have been just another cricket match, but to many Zimbabweans the one-off Test match against Bangladesh was critical given the many weights of expectations attached to it. These weights ranged from patient and loyal supporters starved … Read more
MY PRECEDING blog, Diasporas Inclusion: The Jangling Discords, attracted very interesting contributions from readers and I would like to thank everyone including those who wrote to me directly. Evidently, the Diasporas have overwhelming emotional desire for participatory inclusion in the … Read more
IN HIS intriguing book, The Problems of Philosophy, British philosopher Bertrand Russell criticises “absolute sceptics” who claim nothing can ever be known with any certainty. While criticism is the hallmark of philosophical inquiry, he brands the sceptics’ approach as “destructive … Read more
