Articles with tag: Bali
Anomalies of Economic Liberalization
ummad mazhar Aug 7, 2009 interacts: 2When viewed against economic liberalization, the consumption and saving decisions of middle and low income countries help secure the status of developed countries.
Global Recession and China
mahmood Mahmood Oct 20, 2008 interacts: 8Decoupling, the theory that Chinese economy is independent and is not dependent upon USA and EU market has been tested severely under the after math of the recent financial crisis
Hindu Hegemony
Harimau Iyer Oct 27, 2008 interacts: 139A great sense of sadness enveloped me as I contemplated the pathetic condition of Indian Hindus compared to the proud Hindus of Bali.
Fathers and Daughters
Fatima Mirza Sep 28, 2008 interacts: 189When Abu liked to talk of the moon, sitting by the sea, he was quite the man. He would tell me complicated things about life, and how to live it as a running clock with no hands. To feel its essential present.
Sunset at Uluwatu
Rajesh Shankaran Jan 27, 2008 interacts: 2Anjali and I had spent the afternoon in Tanjong Benoa. A small touristy cove off the Southern End of Bali, it had been a typical beach bumming day banana boating, snorkeling...
Local Knowledge, Capital, and Social Change in the Age of Globalization
Rohit Chopra Sep 20, 2007 interacts: 3Whether it is selling vegetables or tourism, the local agent does not, by definition, possess anything that cannot be brought from elsewhere in the globe.
The Reality of Disposable Kids
Faris Kasim Sep 11, 2007 interacts: 12Child laborers, Sex workers and factory workers in the third world are all really slaves. Victims of the people's residence in unreality and constant indifference.
Globalization and Human Relationship
Nasim Hassan Mar 26, 2007 interacts: 32Globalization has stressed all relationships. It is imperative to understand this phenomenon and to take steps to adjust to the changing environment.
This Really Gets My Goat
Shandana Minhas Jan 22, 2007 interacts: 169As the outcry against the Pakistani governments plan to mine the Durand Line grows, I am reminded of the title of a Ray Bradbury novel published in 1985, Death Is A Lonely Business. Death is a lonely business. Step on an anti-personnel landmine, and it
From Tribalism to Humanism
Khalid Sohail Jan 9, 2007 interacts: 163Even in the 21st century many human beings still have a tribal mentality---all that has changed is the definition of the tribe and the nature of tribal war.
The Globalization of Spirituality
Saima Shah Dec 11, 2006 interacts: 50When Soros became socialist and Bill Gates generous, we all knew something big was happening. We theorized, we fantasized and we said,’aaha, perhaps intense consumerism leads to something good—philanthropy!’
Industrial Food
Saima Shah Oct 2, 2006 interacts: 39Industrial Food is not just about food production, but also about globalization. Multinational corporations affect food production all over the world. Food has been contaminated all over the world with synthetic chemicals
Latin America on the Road to Democracy and Humanism
Najeeb Kazmi Jul 4, 2006 interacts: 16The great revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara left Cuba for Bolivia with a mission to spread the struggle against world imperialism and was murdered by a CIA agent in Bolivia. In December, 2005, after nearly 39 years, Evo Morales, a poor coca farmer was ele
Islam and the Age of Globalization
Bina Shah Jun 18, 2006 interacts: 280Never one to shy away from a challenge, Professor Akbar S. Ahmed's latest brainchild is a project on Islam in the Age of Globalization, an in-depth look into how technology and the interactions of civilizations are affecting the practice and cultural trad
The Leveling of America
Saima Shah Dec 14, 2005 interacts: 630Friedman shows us how the world became flat and isolates ten flatteners of the world. The flatteners range from computer technology to changing political ideology.
Invisible Immigrations, Furtive Bleedings
Harish Nambiar Nov 13, 2005 interacts: 13Unfortunately, the ghetto is moving into the city. The city is bleeding into the ghetto...Destinies are converging constantly and very swiftly in the globalised and globalizing world.
Life inside and outside the Bubble
shan rehman Apr 19, 2005 interacts: 31The children’s eyes staring into the multicolored wonderland of Mcdonald’s, the beggars tapping the rolled-up car windows at traffic stops. There isn’t room for everyone inside, with the air-conditioner on. There never will be.
Shrinking Violets in the Global Village
Amrita Rajan Feb 24, 2005 interacts: 72They come on TV shows and accuse each other of chicanery; they create issues where none exist; they worry audibly about our morals while possessing none themselves; they embezzle our money and wail about the disastrous state of our economy; they nearly di
Socio-political History of Modern Pop Music in Pakistan
Nadeem F Paracha Dec 13, 2004 interacts: 29A complete chronology of influences on Pakistani Pop music and the rapid trend to being 'globalized'
