THE STATE OF SINGAPORE MURDERS NGUYEN TUONG VAN
January 25, 2006
By Andre Vltchek
Singapore. Nguyen Tuong Van, a 25 year old Australian born in Vietnam, was definitely not an innocent man. He tried to smuggle 360g of heroin through Singapore on a flight from Cambodia to Melbourne. That's a serious crime by any standards. If caught by Australian customs, he would hardly be able to escape a prison sentence.
KALACHAKRA 2006
A Prayer for Andra Pradesh
January 5-16, 2006
Amaravathi, India
by Keith Harmon Snow
All things pass… I left Amaravathi the way I arrived: on my bicycle. The Kalachakra Empowerment Ritual was over. My faithful bike has toured me all over the world, and with between 100,000 to 150,000 people exiting the Kalachakra at once, and with trains in all directions sold out through the end of the month, here was my liberation from suffering.
KHERLANJI'S STRANGE AND BITTER CROP
November 29, 2006
by Satya Sagar
Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black body swinging in the Southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
Pastoral scene of the gallant South,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh,
And the sudden smell of burning flesh!
THAI COUP IN HOT SOUP
October 17, 2006
by Satya Sagar
It is a staple Thai dish that you will not find in any recipe book on the country's famous cuisine. And yet for connoisseurs of modern Thai history a 'coup in hot 'n spicy soup' is a very special delicacy indeed.
Less than a month after the Thai military took power by ousting the government of Premier Thaksin Shinawatra in a 'happy', bloodless coup all indications are this favourite national dish is being cooked once again.
MODERNITY AND ASIA: THE "MODERN WEST" IS SUPERIOR TO THE "TRADITIONAL EAST"?
October 30, 2006by Max Lane
REPUBLIC OF RELIANCE: RE-COLONISING RAIGAD
Frontline, Jun. 17-30, 2006 by Dionne BunshaReliance is planning a Special Economic Zone just outside Mumbai, roping in the government to acquire land at a steal.
'WHAT WE DO IS NOT VULGAR. WHAT IS VULGAR IS HOW PEOPLE LOOK AT IT'
WHAT WE DO IS NOT VULGAR. WHAT IS VULGAR IS HOW PEOPLE LOOK AT IT'May 14, 2006 by Dionne BunshaFed up of being maligned, Vaishali Haldankar, a bar singer, decided to write a book to set the record straight.
FORTY YEARS AFTER INDONESIAN HOLOCAUST — SILENCE
October 11, 2005By Andre VltchekJakarta. They came to commemorate the 40th anniversary of one the most intensive massacres in human history. Not many, but at least some 50 or 60 people came. Of all places in Jakarta they gathered in the modest complex of German cultural centre - Goethe Haus. There was a poetry reading, theatre, talk show with the greatest Indonesian author Pramoedya Ananta Toer.
HURRICANE KATRINA — VIEW FROM ASIA
September 01, 2005 By Andre Vltchek
CONDOLEEZA RICE REVISITS THE SCENE OF US CRIMES
March 25, 2006By Andre Vltchek"Do you know how Chileans first learned about Indonesia?" asks Jorge Insulza, foreign secretary of the Chilean Communist Party. "Long before the coup of Pinochet, right wingers were intimidating members of progressive movements and parties: 'Watch out, Jakarta is coming!'"
