The US, Europe, Japan, Russia, Brazil – all of them are facing an economic depression as the follow up of the financial crises. And all of us will suffer. Severely.
Maybe not really all of us though. Maybe Indonesia will escape the economical catastrophe ahead. “President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia would not see a repeat [...]
On Thursday, the 31st of July 2008, Kishore Mahbubani – see the previous post- held a lecture at the presidential palace. His audience was the national ruling elite of Indonesia, the President himself, government members etc. And, as a courteous guest, he said some flattering things about ( and to) his host. But he also [...]
The quote is from Kishore Mahbubani, a learned and eminent Singapore citizen of Indian descent. He himself is making tidal waves in the media and universities by his books in which he castigates the West for arrogance, geo political incompetence and complacency, while at the same time he proclaims the ascent of Asian progress. While [...]
Diamonds remind me of lines like these:
“A diamond as big as the Ritz” and
“Diamonds are the girl’s best friend” and
“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”.
But F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marilyn Monroe or The Beatles have nothing to do with it. Not with this one:
“For the love of God” (2007) is a piece of art by the [...]
Lulu Wang is a Chinese woman who, when she was 25 years old, came to The Netherlands. In the last 22 years she has lived here and became a prolific Dutch author of quite a number of bestselling novels. She is, one might say, a very successful new Dutchwoman.
