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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.”

Short Story: The Color Purple By Ratna Indraswari Ibrahim (Version 2)

The Color Purple By Ratna Indraswari Ibrahim It is an oppressively humid afternoon, and everyone is drenched in sweat. All the members of Hendrawan’s extended family are sound asleep, exhausted from the previous night’s festivities. The wedding eve widhodharen ceremonies kept everyone up late, celebrating with the bride and groom. Today, at two-thirty in the…

Short Story: The Color Purple By Ratna Indraswari Ibrahim

The Color Purple By Ratna Indraswari Ibrahim It is a very sweaty afternoon. All of Hendrawan’s extended family are asleep. The previous night till late they are all with the bride and groom for the widhodharen wedding eve ceremonies. Later today at two thirty the bride and groom will be married. Following that they…

Short Story: The Old Man in the Wheelchair By S Prasetyo Utomo

“The scent of the tulips he inhales does not bring peace to his soul.”

Fatalities, Accidents, Suppression and Criminalization: The Fate of Workers at the PT GNI Nickel Smelter By Project Multatuli Pt3

Workers face death, suicides, accidents, respiratory problems, contract terminations, and wage cuts in the nickel industry in Morowali on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island, proudly touted by the government of President Joko Widodo. Worker protests and anger are also being met with imprisonment.