Through Minke, Pramoedya will go on being heard, will go on giving life to those who care about genuine human connection and ...

Articles about Pramoedya by academics such as Pamela Allen, Adrian Vickers, Paul Tickell and Helen Jarvis, also Indonesian ...

Indah Arsyad’s Balinese perspective. Natasha Doroshenko Murray. At Indonesia Bertutur 2024, a biannual festival exploring Indonesia’s cultural heritage through contemporary art, the historic gardens ...

Even now, Indonesians find it difficult to face the traumatic events of the past Robert Cribb and Michele Ford. In the course of little more than five months from late 1965 to early 1966, ...

To include bissu in the group described as waria requires a quite extraordinarily inclusive and flexible interpretation of the term. As Sharyn Graham points out (Inside Indonesia No. 66, April-June ...

Featuring translations and analysis of rare texts, including the revival of an early 20th century Javanese wayang play, this edition illustrates the multi-faceted ways in which pandemics affect us and ...

In the past two years race and racism has come to the forefront of political and social debate in many countries, including Indonesia. America’s #BlackLivesMatter movement resonated globally and ...

Pro-reformasi demonstrators in Solo, May 1998 / Sunaryo Haryo Bayu, Solopos, 1998. ‘Every second, I feel the bitterness’, my mum said. She tried to remember clearly what happened 26 years ago in May ...

Pram’s fictional characters are rebels. Arok, Wiragaleng, Minke, Hardo, Sama'an to Gadis Pantai are rebellious types. They ...

Go to any mall in Indonesia and you will find images of light-skinned, if not Caucasian, women modelling the latest fashion, handbags and beauty products. If you have grown up in Indonesia, you are ...

For much of its modern history drugs have been legally produced and consumed in Indonesia, largely in response to demand at home. As far back as the 10th century, the use of cannabis (ganja), mostly ...

Alice Sinclair, Daniele Antonaglia and Max Eagles ‘The original price is Rp16 million,’ says the young Indonesian man as he points to a new season Dior bag on the glass counter of his cluttered stall, ...