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Category Archives: Politics
Meddling Much in Middle Class: The Ivory Towers’ New Pastime
Enjoying your weekend? Either savoring Sunday brunch, sweating at gym, catching the latest flick and frocks or, hopefully, spending time outside malls with your beloveds, I wish you a good time. One does need rest after toiling away at work … Continue reading
Posted in Econ, Politics, Society
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Why Fret About the Mayan Prophecy, When Jakarta Needs Saving Now?
How has 2012 treated you so far? While some of you, probably the Mayan prophecy diehards, are still recovering from a prolonged New Year celebration, some of us have had to return to real life. Real life in Indonesia this … Continue reading
Posted in City Life, Politics, Society
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Make No Mistake About the Ring of the Real Royal Bells
We all have our own escapist distractions. In the world gradually going mad like this, you practically need to escape from rough reality on some self-determined basis to keep afloat. This week many people turned to the British royal wedding … Continue reading
Posted in Glitteratti, Love & Romance, Politics
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Of Blackberries, Crows, and Eating Crow
Let me first clarify that I’ve never owned nor liked a BlackBerry, to the point that I penned a piece on it (http://lyndaibrahim.com/2010/09/minding-the-fine-virtual-line-in-a-borderless-world/). The possible ban will affect my life as much as if imports of Barbie were to be … Continue reading
The Tragic Mangling of the Art of Public Communication
Indonesia’s has only tasted democracy in the past decade of its 65 years. The first years after the bloody May 1998 riot ripped off Suharto’s 32-year iron tape were marred by one street rally after another where angry groups demonstrated … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Politics
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As The Honeymoon Goes On: Obamania in Indonesia
Two years ago, the man shook the world. On so many levels, he changed some of the long-held game rules on the last hegemony on Earth, which echo would undoubtedly leave imprint elsewhere. On this particular part of the world, … Continue reading
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Of Hegemony: Bush, Bond, and the Big Screen
Jakarta, 22 November 2006 Written under Miss Sassy (16) Many went berserk last weekend over Bush’s impending 6-hour visit, with protests ranging from the billions allegedly spent on the new helipad in Bogor presidential palace to the fear over Indonesia … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Culture, Miss Sassy, Politics
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Much Comedic Ado About Nothing: FPI and Piggybanks
Jakarta, 4 July 2010 I commenced the week rather ominously, broke a tooth while lunching on entirely harmless spaghetti. Gushing blood as scrambling to my car, I hit fence in swerving mad dash to the dentist. Dented tooth and dented … Continue reading
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Whoopsie-Daisy, Just When They Thought They’d Rid of Mulyani
Jakarta, 21 May 2010 Nope—this is neither a tribute for former Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati nor a rant against her opponents, I promise you. I’ve vented off unreservedly on a couple of other blogs before (www.cafesalemba.blogspot.com/2010/05/day-i-morosely-picked-side-by-lynda.html and www.misslailai.blogspot.com/2010/05/on-jumpstart-and-our-own-gory-agora.html) that … Continue reading
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The Gory Unraveling of Our Own Agora
Jakarta, 7 May 2010 Two weekends ago I watched Agora, featuring great actress Rachel Weisz as the renowned philosopher and astronomer Hypatia from the fourth century, during which lingering paganism, rising Christianity, and struggling Judaism made the tumultuous melting pot … Continue reading