by admin | Jun 8, 2021 | Blog Right, Greetings
Do Indonesians have a culture of reading? Not really was the finding of experts debating the issue on the occasion of the National Book Day on May 17, which coincided with the establishment of the National Library 41 years ago. Despite the increasing number of books...
by admin | Jun 4, 2021 | Blog Right, Greetings
First the sad news… We recently lost our friend and colleague Wikan Satriati, who had worked at Lontar for the past 11 years as assistant to the director of publications, managing everything from contracts to book launches. She passed away at her family home in...
by admin | Jun 4, 2021 | Blog Right, Greetings
One year after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, any semblance of normalcy remains far from the case in Indonesia, despite the reduced rate of Corona virus infections and deaths around the country. In June of last year the National Covid-19 Task Force classified 58%...
by admin | Mar 25, 2021 | Blog Right, Greetings
International Mother-Language Day on February 21 might have gone unnoticed and unreported in Indonesia had it not been for President Joko Widodo who greeted his Facebook followers that day with “Pripun kabare?”—the Javanese (his mother tongue) for “How are you?” He...
by admin | Mar 25, 2021 | Blog Right, Greetings
As if the unsettling pandemic wasn’t enough of a burden, a series of floods, landslides, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions across the country seemed to signal yet another inauspicious new year—one that had initially begun with a nascent sense of optimism. As...
by admin | Mar 25, 2021 | Blog Right, Greetings
It’s that time of the year to look back and reflect on what has been achieved during the past 12 months and what remains undone. One thing for sure is that 2020 will forever be remembered both here and elsewhere when well-laid plans went astray as a result of the...
