Mar 30, 2010 | Bali Times
The media is the most powerful entity on earth,” said the American black militant leader Malcolm X, popular in the 1960s. For, in his own words, “They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control...
Mar 23, 2010 | Bali Times
Hardly? Impossible? Not in Bali. Here, science and the arts are not poles apart. Here, science and the arts are not opposed to each other. On this beautiful isle of gods, the two not only meet, but also complement each other. This is the inner significance of...
Mar 15, 2010 | Bali Times
We normally associate celebrations with noise, loud music, singing, partying and of course crowds of people. Not so with the Balinese; not always. Here, on this isle of gods, silence and solitude are celebrated too. Indeed, the most important celebration here is that...
Feb 22, 2010 | Bali Times
There was a vigorous debate last year whether yoga and/or meditation were part of certain religious rituals, belief systems, science or some sort of physical training. The census among those who raised the issue was that as long as yoga was done for physical wellbeing...