COMMENT | A whiskey by any name remains whiskey

COMMENT | Advertising guru Harmandar Singh is known to all and sundry as “Ham”. And when the controversy over hot dogs arose two years ago, all that was said in humour was that “Ham has been left untouched”.

His friends (of all races and religions) have yet to desert him although his name may not be acceptable to a few. He still continues to influence people with his brand of wit and humour and most of all, he has company whenever he goes for his nip.

Therefore, the furore caused by a handful of politicians, NGO officials and religious leaders over Timah whiskey has injected some humour into an already depressed populace.

These personalities already got their two minutes of fame on television and I have taken the stand that their voices should be treated as noise and taken with a...