by admin | Aug 6, 2020 | Blog, Ruminations
The recent death of Sapardi Djoko Damono (20 March 1940–19 July 2020), one of Lontar’s founders, has had me thinking of the suasive role that poetry has played in my life. Poetry was not a focus in any of my literature courses either in primary school or in high...
by admin | Jul 3, 2020 | Blog, Greetings
English Summary of Archipel Article Greetings from Batavia: Postcards from the Dutch East Indies Archipel is a journal of interdisciplinary studies on Insulindia (Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, East Timor), established in 1971,...
by admin | Jul 2, 2020 | Blog Right, Greetings
Five months into the Corona virus pandemic, people seem to be getting over their griping and groaning and starting to look on the bright side of things. One notable development is the increasing use of the internet for almost all our daily needs. Indonesians are...
by admin | Jul 2, 2020 | Blog, Ruminations
Anyone who knows anything about Indonesia knows that Pancasila is the nation’s official ideology, the five principles of which include belief in God, a just and civilized humanity, national unity, democracy, and social justice. Anyone who knows anything about...
by admin | Jun 10, 2020 | Blog, Ruminations
The Idul Fitri holidays are now past but with millions of Indonesians unable to mudik—to go home for the holidays—because of Covid-19, there was much dismay this May in Indonesia (and much of the rest of the world) this year. This year’s Idul Fitri holidays were,...
by admin | Jun 10, 2020 | Blog Right, Greetings
The current pandemic reinforces our belief that you can never take anything for granted. Who would have thought that in our lifetime we would be experiencing such a global-wide tragedy or that we would be staying under restricted house-bound conditions for months on...
