Super Charged Albino Expat Syndrome #uwrf14
Made Wijaya, a.k.a. Michael White, convened, chaired or provoked (we’re not sure which) a house rocking panel at the Left Bank earlier today. Invited/seduced/coerced (again we’re not sure which) to join were Balinese Putu Semiada and Wayan…
15 Minutes with Daniel Ziv
My Interview with Daniel Ziv as he goes to the Busan International Film Festival to premier the theatre version of his documentary feature JALANAN as an official entry in competition..
Indonesia: The Act of Glossing
As an Indonesian born in the 1950s, I found watching the three hour director’s cut of Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary “The Act of Killing” (executive producer Werner Herzog) deeply disturbing. Though it revealed nothing factually new per se about…
Indonesia Politics: Where's the Party?
Originally published in the Huffington Post It’s been a busy fortnight in Indonesian politics. The inhabitants of the capital Jakarta just voted in a new governor, Joko Widodo a.k.a. Jokowi, of the PDI-P party with the significant support of the…
15 Minutes w Daniel Ziv
My Interview with Daniel Ziv as he goes to the Busan International Film Festival to premier the theatre version of his documentary feature JALANAN as an official entry in competition..
INDONESIA: THE ACT OF GLOSSING
As an Indonesian born in the 1950s, I found watching the three hour director’s cut of Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary “The Act of Killing” (executive producer Werner Herzog) deeply disturbing. Though it revealed nothing factually new per se about…
INDONESIAN POLITICS: WHERE’S THE PARTY?
Originally published in the Huffington Post It’s been a busy fortnight in Indonesian politics. The inhabitants of the capital Jakarta just voted in a new governor, Joko Widodo a.k.a. Jokowi, of the PDI-P party with the significant support of the…
HOME IS WHERE I WANT TO BE
MUDIK - The Annual Indonesian Phenomena at the End of Ramadan The presence of hundreds of thousands of dedicated Javanese workers – seasonal migrant laborers, skilled workers, right up to professionals – in Bali undoubtedly boosts the economy and…
Adat - Handling the Double Edged Sword
originally published in the Jakarta Post's supplement, Bali Daily as part of a 'conversation' between Made Wijaya, Diana Darling, and myself under the title of "I Love Bali - Handling the DOuble Edged Sword of Adat" Adat is a double edged sword. On…
THE CIKEUSIK RULING: BLIND IS NOT IMPARTIAL
Several months ago the world looked on in dismay and horror as their tv and computer screens filled with images of self-styled ‘true’ Muslim villagers and students from nearby pesantrens in Cikeusik attacking members of the controversial Ahmadiyah…