WORLD PEACE STARTS WITH YOU by Nadira Irdiana
In honor of Peace One Day today, I decided to re-post the piece that I wrote last year for International Youth Network. Original source: Irdiana, N. (2012). ‘World Peace Starts with You’. International Youth Network. [online]. Available from: http://internationalyouthnetwork.blogspot.nl/2012/09/world-peace-starts-with-you-by-nadira.html [21 September 2012]. ”Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding… Read More WORLD PEACE STARTS WITH YOU by Nadira Irdiana
FEMEN Movement: Islamophobia, Patriarchy and Clash of Civilizations
On April 4, 2013, Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN carried out a protest in support of a Tunisian girl Amina Tyler. This protest was staged across Europe (Paris, Belgium, Italy, Ukraine, Sweden and Germany) and is called ‘Topless Jihad’. While many of the protests were done outside Tunisian embassy, one of them was carried out in… Read More FEMEN Movement: Islamophobia, Patriarchy and Clash of Civilizations
‘Tolerance in a Just and Fair Society’
Earlier in the day, Dalai Lama reminded everyone of the responsibility of the youth and the importance of action. This one day conference on 20 June 2012 at the LSE explores the nature of intolerance that exists in our societies. It was held in the 10th anniversary of Frederick Bonnart-Braunthal Trust. The first speaker of… Read More ‘Tolerance in a Just and Fair Society’
‘The Price of Inequality’ – Stiglitz lecture at the LSE
Yesterday, on 29th June 2012, I went to Joseph Stiglitz lecture at the Old Theatre (The London School of Economics and Political Science). after getting the ticket by luck (specifically because the tickets were allocated by ballot). In this talk, he want to address the consequences of inequality that we are facing today. Since 1980,… Read More ‘The Price of Inequality’ – Stiglitz lecture at the LSE
The Athens of the North!
This Easter holiday, to be precise, 5 to 8 April 2012, I went to Edinburgh, Scotland. And… here is my travel write up. Hopefully will help you if you want to go to Edinburgh and only able to spent a short time in there. 3 days will be quite a task to cover the lovely… Read More The Athens of the North!
Sad, but true: Indonesia is NOT YET a democratic country
This is probably the first blog post that I dedicated spesifically because I am studying International Politics. I’ve been studying since last year, but have not get any interesting matter that would be very interesting to be written on the blog. But now that I found one, here it goes… I first read this topic… Read More Sad, but true: Indonesia is NOT YET a democratic country
Majestic Cornwall
Hi all. It’s been a long time since I posted blog posts regularly, and it’s the day when I truly updated my blog theme and make it look fresh. Heya, I’m just gonna tell you all the things that amazed me in my recent holiday in Cornwall, England. I started going there on 27 August… Read More Majestic Cornwall
The British Monarchy – and why William and Kate represent the ‘young’ generation
I didn’t like to compare people and probably will never be good at it, however, there’s a significant changes in the “monarchy today” compared to “monarchy of yesterday” that we need to discuss to predict “the monarchy of tomorrow”. Having spent several days listening to the couple’s love story, some conclusions appeared in my mind.… Read More The British Monarchy – and why William and Kate represent the ‘young’ generation
The Most Fragile Thing
Dear Emily, Time has been running out and it is my time to go. You know I have been waiting for you for 5 years. I knew you will not be here next week and it tears me apart so badly. I could not imagine you will be away for another year. This is a… Read More The Most Fragile Thing