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Poem: Three Short Poems About Light By Sapardi Djoko Damono

Three Short Poems About Light By Sapardi Djoko Damono /1/A light, lost among the skyscrapers, searches in vain for her shadow. “Are there any lights who do not have a shadow?” wonders the light, as evening falls so quickly and the sun calls for her till he is hoarse. At night, so many shadows hang…

Development: Asep Mardi, Creating Jobs Through an Oyster Mushroom Business

Previously employed in factories, Yuyun now has a stable income while managing her household responsibilities.

Op-Ed: The Marginalized By Bambang Ismawan

Previously employed in factories, Yuyun now has a stable income while managing her household responsibilities.

Development: Mrs Yani: Transforming Rattan into Prosperity

Mrs Yani’s rattan plate business has not only secured her family’s welfare, it has also expanded to international markets.

Poem: Conversation By Sapardi Djoko Damono

Conversation By Sapardi Djoko Damono So where else should our conversation go (the room quivers with the sigh of the clock, words now emptied. Outside after a night of rain the trees grow greener; grow redder roses are under the window; and mist, and mist that always makes us forget) after the rain, when each…

Elections: Old Generals Flex Their Muscles, Tempo

“Early on Sunday, June 25, at six in the morning, the residence of the former Indonesian Air Force Chief of Staff, Air Marshall (Retd.) Agus Supriatna, …was buzzing with guests.”

Elections: Andika Perkasa Has Chance to Become Ganjar’s Vice Presidential Running Mate, Observer: Interesting Idea as Counter to Prabowo

“JAKARTA — Executive Director of the political research company Charta Politika Indonesia, Mr. Yunarto Wijaya, believes the inclusion of former chief of the Indonesian National Armed Force (Retd.) General Andika Perkasa as a potential vice presidential running mate alongside the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle’s (PDI-P) presidential hopeful, Governor of …”

Cerpen: Mantel Oleh Nikolai Gogol

“..The Cloak for the first time strikes that truly Russian note of deep sympathy with the disinherited. It is not yet wholly free from artificiality, and so is not yet typical of the purely realistic fiction that reached its perfected development in..” Thomas Seltzer

Poem: Conversation By Sapardi Djoko Damono – Sketches

Conversation By Sapardi Djoko Damono Where else will our conversation lead (the sigh of the trembling clock fills the room, words already emptied. The trees outside grow greener after a night of rain; grow ever redder Roses beneath the window; and mist, and mist that always makes us forget) after the rain, as each…

Short Story: The Subduer of Bandits By S Prasetyo Utomo

“…Dul Manan swung his shining sword at Kiai Muhaya wildly, but it never touched the kiai. The lembu sekilan magic prayers shielded Kiai from the sword’s blows.”