Archive for Oktober, 2006
Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank and Nobel Peace Laureaute
I am not an economist, nor am I a South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) analyst. I hardly write on India-Pakistan-Bangladesh political events unless there’s an Indonesian newspaper requests me to do so.
That’s why when CNN reported last night that Nobel peace prize winner for this year is a person named Muhammad Yunus, a Bangladeshi, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Corrupt Democracy or “Clean” Tyranny?
People in developing countries are facing many challenges the most basic of which are corruption, injustices and poverty; widening gap between the rich and the poor; the deficit of trust between the ruler and the subject. In Indonesia, with life is getting harder on grass root level, many start murmurming about and romanticizing the “good [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Anousheh Ansari the First Space Blogger
After the successful space traveling, Anousheh Ansari is associated with more than one attribute: the first woman space traveler; the first Muslim; the first Iranian origin and the first space blogger. She’s been actively updating her blog from space during her one and half week stay at the unique trip and thousands of readers were [...]
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