Give Us This Day
As we reach middle age and death advances on the horizon, many of us try to adopt a healthier lifestyle.Taking up exercise, quitting smoking and curbing drinking can aid longevity. Equally good is cutting down on fatty, salty and sugary foods, and finding something healthier to eat.
December 4, 2012
When I returned to Indonesia in 2011 after an absence of several years, I was struck by many changes. Schoolgirls skirts had grown longer, the Islamic headscarf was more popular andurbanIndonesians were getting fatter.
It is bewildering to be confronted by overweight beggars. On a pedestrian overpass near my Central Jakarta apartment is a largewoman who spends nearly all day prostrate, requesting money buat makan[for food]." Twice a day she takes a
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