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  • Poem of Young People By WS Rendra

    Poem of Young People By WS Rendra We are the stuttering generation who have been treated like children by an arrogant generation. We haven’t been given official education in relation to justice, because we’ve been brought up to not get involved in politics, and haven’t been taught about the basics of the legal system. We…

  • A Note from Najwa

    We are Anti-Corruption The deepest respect goes to those who admit doing something after proof turns up, not after being forced to by those who want to shut it down. #CatatanNajwa Source: Najwa Shihab @NajwaShihab Tweets by MataNajwa

  • Indonesian Manuscripts from the Islands of Java, Madura, Bali and Lombok – Brill

    By Dick van der Meij, independent scholar – Indonesian Manuscripts from the Islands of Java, Madura, Bali and Lombok discusses aspects of the long and impressive manuscript traditions of these islands, which share many aspects of manuscript production. Many hitherto unaddressed features of palm-leaf manuscripts are discussed here for the first time as well as…

  • Muslim Shrines in the Malay World – KITLV

    Lecture: Muslim Shrines in the Malay world: Scattered, Contentious, and Illuminating Inscriptions in the Landscape By Sumit Mandal (University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus) This lecture explores Muslim shrines in the Malay world. Muslim shrines, or keramat as they are known in Malay, are constituted by the grave sites of exceptional individuals and found across the…

  • Book Review: Black December 1974

    One Hundred Thousand for Rubbish Art: A Review of Menanam Padi di Langit [Planting Rice in the Sky] by Puthut EA Blog post by Wahyudin, January 2017 – 9 – […] consider the description of Bambang Bujono (Tempo, 11 January 1975): “In neither the invitation to painters to participate in the 1974 Grand Indonesian Painting…

  • Poem of a Cigar By WS Rendra

    “..Two or three businessmen squat down, And shit on their heads…”

  • Poem: Ambition By Muhammad Yamin

    Ambition By Muhammad Yamin Night has fallen, cool and still The breeze is so gentle and soft; The ocean heaves, murmuring quietly The smooth surface glistening and glinting. Outstretched hands reach into the night air Unsteadily withdrawn, by a heart without joy Because of the “wish”, remembered so often So brilliantly, beyond words. Every star…

  • Film: Salawaku at the Melbourne International Film Festival

    From the website of the Melbourne International Film Festival: “The remote wilderness of Indonesia’s Maluku Islands provides a magnificent backdrop for this gentle journey of youthful discovery. “In a secluded village in Indonesia’s beautiful Maluku Islands, ten-year-old Salawaku’s older sister has gone. Salawaku takes it upon himself to find her and sets off on a…

  • Cinema: Salawaku Trailer, Melbourne International Film Festival

      The remote wilderness of Indonesia’s Maluku Islands provides a magnificent backdrop for this gentle journey of youthful discovery. In a secluded village in Indonesia’s beautiful Maluku Islands, ten-year-old Salawaku’s older sister has gone. Salawaku takes it upon himself to find her and sets off on a grand journey into the wild heart of his…

  • Personality: “A Note From Ahok” by Basuki Tjahaja Purnama

    “..I was one of the people always being invited onto Metro TV’s talk show Mata Najwa..”