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Comment on How to Win Elections in Indonesia? by Rin

Rin — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:42:36 +0000

Sangat menarik! Terima kasih banyak untuk peduli budaya politik kita!

Comment on Ethnic cleansing and genocidal massacres 65 years ago by Ishtiaq Ahmed by The Two Jinnahs of Pakistan Independence | The NeoConservative Christian Right

Mon, 06 May 2013 01:29:25 +0000

[...] can see little effort from Jinnah on bringing the atrocities to an end from his side of the partition; however I have no doubt that Jinnah wanted a Pakistan nation that [...]

Comment on Myanmar – a country opening up? by zongo K aubin

zongo K aubin — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:41:27 +0000

Dear Student
Thank you very much for share the wonderful but revolting experiences in Myanmar.I found that all poor countries have nearly got the same social difficulties due to their democratic level of their political leaders. But what is encouraging is noone can prevent “change” whih appears as the remedy of the oppressed and ignorant people. God bless you! I like your release.

Comment on Iqbal’s Pakistan! – The Country Ahead? by sabzpakistan

sabzpakistan — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:58:37 +0000

Reblogged this on Shua e Umeed.

Comment on Myanmar – a country opening up? by Rune

Rune — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:45:44 +0000

Good insides on the current state of development in the delta area. Your reflections and experiences in regards to freedom of speech seems to serve well as a counter weight to the “happy-development” stories about Myanmar we are being flooded with. Also the amount of government control is very worrying. Excellent piece.

Comment on Xi Jinping: My road into politics by Xi Jinping: My road into politics « ThinkChina.dk Blog

Xi Jinping: My road into politics « ThinkChina.dk Blog — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:53:51 +0000

[...] Jinping: Welcome here.[1] I have previously said no thank you to personal interviews innumerable times. We all have different [...]

Comment on Pakistan: a consolidated democracy? by Raheel

Raheel — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:03:38 +0000

The notion of the military and the superior judiciary joining together is a wishful thinking on the part of the opposition political parties that could not knock out the federal government through the National Assembly and now wish that either the military or the superior judiciary or both removed the federal government. There is a wide gap in the perceptions of the superior judiciary and the military on governance and military affairs against the backdrop of the former’s populist disposition in pursuing judicial activism.

Comment on Political blogs in China: the case of Han Han by Jesper Schlæger, PhD Fellow Copenhagen University by Informational explode and exchange in blogosphere | MDIA5003 Online and Mobile Media-Iris

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 05:22:23 +0000

[...] http://infocus.asiaportal.info/2011/08/12/political-blogs-in-china-the-case-of-han-han-by-jesper-sch… [...]

Comment on A Dane in distress by asit guin

asit guin — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:05:19 +0000

Anandmarg was very much involved with purulia arms drop case. They were planning for civil war in india. In 1982, anandamargis were conducting recruitment drive from Calcutta footpath. They were conducting child-lifting from Kolkata footpath. The whole anandamargis organisation is using “sanyas” custom of Hinduism as impersonation tools. These sanyasis themselves are kidnaped creatures in their childhood. Meanwhile, anandmargis kidnapped one young refugee-boy of that area and tried to force him to adopt sanyas. This boy was transferred to Varanasi center of Anandmarg and the boy escaped from there. Local club boys where the boy was a member decided to beat the anandamargis. Unfortunately, when the beating of the kidnappers started, the beggars and foot-path residents come running; participated in the process of beating; outnumbered the club-boys and ultimately killed the Margis. Till today , nobody knows the actual name of those 17 Margis; nobody claimed , whose relatives they are. Enough reason to suspect that these creatures were themselves kidnapped by anandamargis in their child-hood. Every nation have the right to be careful of emergence of such problematic organisation. KIM DAVY, the Purulia arms drop accused is a false person, using a birth-certificate of one Australian child who died long ago. Let govt also be careful regarding emergence of Anandmarg. Expressing sympathy for such anti-national group is highly objectionable.

Comment on Lady Gaga and the Fake Rolex Affair by The Disconcerter

The Disconcerter — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:51:05 +0000

'....Indonesia, as well as disturbingly many other places, does have powerful religious hardliners with little understanding of modern pop culture. ...' Does any mainstream society in the world have a proper understanding of pop culture?

Comment on Are the "flower revolutions" in the Middle East and North Africa endangering stability in China? by Christian Göbel by What does the Bo Xilai scandal tell us about China’s political system? | AsiaPortal – Infocus

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:17:58 +0000

[...] A little more than a year ago, I offered an analysis on this blog of the likelihood that the color revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa would trigger a similar movement in China (http://infocus.asiaportal.info/2011/03/02/blogsin-focus2011marchare-flower-revolutions-middle-east-a…). [...]

Comment on Contemporary Buddhist Revival in Kalmykia: Survey of the Present State of Religiosity by Stargaze

Stargaze — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:25:24 +0000

It is interesting that although the Kalmyks are Buddhists, they are still open with other religions. I like the historical background as well especially the origin of the Buddhist influence.

Comment on One Year On: A Symposium Commemorating ‘311’, the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 by One Year On: A Symposium Commemorating '311', the Great East … | Save JAPAN!

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:58:02 +0000

[...] East Japan Earthquake of 2011'. The event was held with Danish scholars on Japan and … Go to Source Filed under: [...]

Comment on A female serial killer’s literary roots: Murakami Haruki, 1Q84 and Aomame by Handmade Jewelry

Handmade Jewelry — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:27:33 +0000

If you remove everything else, at its heart, 1Q84 is really a love story. But there is quite a bit to the “everything else.” Haruki Murakami’s epic novel is the story of Aomame and Tengo, and the first two-thirds of the novel are told in chapters changing between the viewpoints of the two. In the last third, a new character and point of view are added to the mix. Like all those works, browsing the novel felt like slowly sinking into a well of dreams, and being surrounded in a mood of awareness and off hand beauty/absurdity.

In such a long and complex book, there is lots more to share. For instance, Murakami follows the concept that time does not flow in a straight line. In 1Q84, time twists around, perception shifts, and the past can sneak up unannounced behind you. These are just a very few of the interesting themes I found.

Comment on Six Prime Ministers in 5 years – why Japanese Prime Ministers are so short-lived by maja

maja — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:57:51 +0000

the term of office is not tenure

Comment on Controversial Chinese activist receives the Simone de Beauvoir prize for Women’s freedom by Aren Agopian hoover

Aren Agopian hoover — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:55:07 +0000

“women’s equality is a prerequisite for development”
aren agopian hoover

Comment on A Dane in distress by Peter Bleach

Peter Bleach — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:29:09 +0000

You don’t do your research properly! Why have you not bothered to contact me and clarify important points? Your theories are well argued but fly in the face of the established facts.
Peter Bleach

Comment on The Path of Bliss by A DANE IN DISTRESS | AsiaPortal – Infocus

A DANE IN DISTRESS | AsiaPortal – Infocus — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 09:10:12 +0000

[...] Please see http://infocus.asiaportal.info/2010/04/29/the-path-of-bliss/ [...]

Comment on Controversial Chinese activist receives the Simone de Beauvoir prize for Women’s freedom by The Vagina Monologues at Fudan University « We Drive East

The Vagina Monologues at Fudan University « We Drive East — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 09:02:26 +0000

[...] here, and read Prof. Ai’s thank you speech upon receiving the 2010 Simone de Beauvoir prize here. Prof. Ai has been on my mind a lot lately after a class discussion in Prof. Jiang Jin’s [...]