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The Syair Tabut of Encik Ali, Indonesia and the Malay World

This is an annotated transcription and translation of the Syair Tabut (Poem of the Tomb Effigies) of Encik Ali, a Malay-language, Jawi-script syair account of the Muharram commemorations of 1864 at Singapore.

Poem: Sweet By Murya Artha

We met in plenary session the other day and our leader’s plan was the decision of the meeting in 1945 on the seventeenth of August four years of bloody history ago

Poem: The Meeting By Murya Artha

I’ve dished out enough gun power and saltpeter mortal combat, we’ve even been through that: Only today we write a new page, a page of victory the accounting of the cost to our country, on the level of rising to the stars and we’ve been soared in the seventh line

Southeast Asian manuscripts from the Sloane collection – Asian and African Studies Blog, The British Library

In 1753 the British Museum was founded through the bequest of the vast collections of Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1673), including over four thousand manuscripts, which are now held in the British Library.

Declassified: US Ignored Human Rights Abuses as Suharto Rule Ended, GWU National Security Archive

“US Clinton Administration saw stability as more important than human rights..”

Javanese manuscripts in the Sloane collection – Asian and African studies blog, The British Library

“The British Museum was founded through the generosity, intellectual curiosity, and vision of the physician and collector Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753). On his death in 1753, Sir Hans Sloane bequeathed to the nation his vast collections of natural history specimens, coins, medals and curiosities, as well as 50,000 books, prints and manuscripts, on condition that…

New Film: “Bumi Manusia” By Falcon Pictures

Blora – Soesilo Toer, the brother of Bumi Manusia’s author, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, shared his advice on the adaptation of Bumi Manusia into a movie, with Hanung Bramantyo as the director.

Poem of a Bottle of Beer By WS Rendra

I stare at the world, and what I see is people starving.

Op-Ed: JSOC and Rivalry Between the Armed Forces and the Police By Made Supriatma

“They must prioritize the nation’s interests over party, group, and personal interests. It might sound cliché, but it is what we need now.”

Poem: Friend By Murya Artha

I’ve dished out enough gun power and saltpeter mortal combat, we’ve even been through that: Only today we write a new page, a page of victory the accounting of the cost to our country, on the level of rising to the stars and we’ve been soared in the seventh line