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Short Story: Shoot Seven People Dead By Ahmad Tohari

“…He raises the AK-47. His palms are moist. He consciously assumes a brave firing pose. Right index finger tightens on the trigger…”

Journal Article: 18th Century Qur’anic readings and Malay translation

Journal Article: Qur’anic readings and Malay translation in 18th-century Banten Qur’ans A.51 and W.277

Short Story: The Poetic Journey of a Contract Hit Man By Surya Gemilang

“..the person who needs my services this time is a teenage high school boy, not a government official, or someone like that, quite apart from how he finds out where I live, or where he gets the sort of dough he needs to pay me..”

Short Story: Funny Story About Gun Shots By Surya Gemilang

…Sarimin’s gun suddenly pumped a bullet into the back of his head. Pajenong collapsed instantly.

Elections: Competition Among the Generals Behind 1998 Kidnappings and Riots, Tirto.co

“But… that’s politics.”

Short Story: Sandalwood Fan by Gerson Poyk

Sandalwood Fan By Gerson Poyk I live completely alone, but I can still live well enough because I don’t depend on anyone else. I can eat three meals a day. I can live in one rented room where there’s a couch, a bathroom and a kitchen. At the back outside, there’s a covered roof that…

Poem: Language, Nation By Muhammad Yamin, 1921

Language, Nation By Muhammad Yamin, 1921 “What you have inherited from your fathers, earn over again for yourselves or it will not be yours.” Goethe While still small and young in years The little child nestles in her mother’s lap, Singing soft songs and lullabies her mother Beams over her child overflowing with joy; She…

History: The Bugis Kingdom of Bone, Sulawesi By The British Library

“To what extent does this collection of manuscripts now in the British Library represent the contents of the royal library of Bone? The answer is probably: only partially…”

History: Maria Ullfah, Mother of Indonesia’s National Women’s Day

Dutch East Indies Students in Holland, 1932. Maria Ullfah (right) would go on to become the first woman bachelor of laws from the Dutch East Indies. (Source: @Potretlawas)

Poem: Mother Indonesia By Sukmawati Soekarno Putri

Mother Indonesia By Sukmawati Soekarno Putri Although I am no expert in the law of Islam What I do know is the chignon of mother Indonesia is very beautiful More elegant than your chador So perfectly folded is the hair As perfect as the fabric that enfolds your form Her endlessly diverse creative senses Fuse…