Ancient lessons to help us fight climate change
Thousands of years ago — to be precise around 10,000 BC — we faced a similar climate problem to what we are facing today.
Building a new Indonesia
Every year we commemorate the anniversary of the birth of Sukarno; the country’s first president and true man of vision, whose mission gave us the five principles of Pancasila:
Local politicians have way to go to find identity
Machiavelli and Sun-Tzu may have lived thousands of miles apart, they may have hailed from different continents and may have never met each other — but they spoke the same language. They always agreed that all is fair in politics and war, and that there are no permanent friends and foes… that is, it is right to “use” people to attain your goals and objectives.
Recommitting ourselves to national awakening
Sunday, the 20th of May, 1908: A handful of young Indonesians, led by Wahidin Sudirohusodo, and supported by Soetomo, Gunawan and Suradji — declared the formation of “Boedi Oetomo”, laying the foundations for our independence. The movement would awake Indonesians to Indonesia — to its rich cultural heritage, and age-old values.
Anand Krishna: No run-of-the-mill spiritual guru
To sit in the cool tranquil space of the new Anand Krishna center in Bali with the man himself is to be in the company of one of the most renowned spiritual leaders in Indonesia.
Emancipation Insults Womanhood
For, in many ways woman is superior to a man. Emancipation, on the other hand, lowers her status and makes it at par with man. Emancipation has a “Man” as its standard. It is a dirty word, for it does not consider the potentials of a woman. Woman’s standard and status, both are not recognized. She is made, rather forced to struggle to meet man’s standard. The question is: What for? Why should a woman struggle to meet such standard? Doesn’t she have her own standard?