Ignorance and Bliss: Yours

Ever wonder why despite the accessibility and advancement of ICT, civilisation is generally ignorant of human rights abuses, primarily when it affects the minorities? Its puzzling, when people claim that they are not aware of a tournament of torture in a war-torn country or a terrible buffet of violation of liberty in a developed country. […]

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Thai proverb

กงเกวียนกำเกวียน = Like karma, deeds repay. ZashnainAn avid blogger, twitterer and photojournalist, Zashnain Zainal suffers from an incurable addiction to social work, helping marginalised communities since 1989. Nowadays he travels from the plantations of Malaysia to the slums of Thailand. He can be found at zashnain.com and @bedlamfuryMore Posts – Website Follow Me:

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Hypocrites when it comes to West Papua [update]

Australia has a strong track record of tolerating Indonesia’s violence against the people of West Papua. Similar to ASEAN, and other hypocrites of “human rights”. Despite the onslaught of the Indonesia Army into West Papua, the regional and international community does nothing concrete to intervene – the fact that Indonesia is still the colonizer of West Papua, […]

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Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance

Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; Nothing fosters ignorance more than one’s own opinions; Nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality. — Sheri S. Tepper ZashnainAn avid blogger, twitterer and photojournalist, Zashnain Zainal suffers from an incurable addiction to social work, helping marginalised communities since 1989. Nowadays he travels from the plantations […]

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