BEFORE I went to college, I was obsessed with studying only the right subjects, as it was entrenched in my mind that education was the ticket to progress. As a result, I was not exposed to lateral thinking on how matters of the past and present have a significant effect on the future and the community at large. These include stewardship of natural resources, economic modernisation, cross-cultural living and even world history.
The fact that Malaysia was not invited to participate in the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, which will be hosted by President Joe Biden of the United States on April 22 and 23, has been a hot topic of discussion in the past few days, especially with Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam having been invited.