Kuala Lampur, July 8 -- "People talking without speakingPeople hearing without listening..."~ Simon & Garfunkel, "The Sound of Silence"

Those words, written in the 1960s, may as well have been written for today. We live in an age where communication is everywhere. It hums in our pockets, flashes across our screens, and echoes through every waking hour. Notifications ping, reels autoplay, and voice notes arrive in rapid fire. We talk, and talk, and talk.

And yet, many of us feel unheard.

It's a strange thing - to be surrounded by words but still feel alone. But that's what's happening. Conversation, the real kind, is quietly slipping through our fingers. We're losing not the ability to speak, but the willingness to listen. Not the tools...