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

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

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

Pramoedya depicts the lives of ordinary people during truly extraordinary times. Barbara Hatley. While other contributions to this edition discuss the remarkable achievement of Pramoedya’s novels ...

Pramoedya Ananta Toer stands as a major figure in the landscape of Indonesian history and literature. His life and works are deeply intertwined with the intense periods of Dutch colonialism, the ...

My first encounter - albeit imaginary - with a victim of human rights violations occurred in the seventh grade. The victim's name was Widji Thukul. I got to know him well through devoutly reading his ...

Ompung Putri Limbong, an elderly farmer and Raja Bius (Indigenous Chief) of Bius Sipitu Tali tends his crops beside Batu Hobon – a sacred site now fenced off with tickets no one buys. Around him, the ...

In Yogyakarta, days during Ramadan days begin with sahur, a simple predawn meal, and close with a more elaborate one with iftar (Arabic), buka puasa (Indonesian) or takjil (Javanese) shortly after ...

A quarterly magazine on the peoples of Indonesia - cultures, politics, economy and environment ...

Indonesian expats are vigorously defending their homeland’s democracy. Duncan Graham. The Republic’s birth was fortified in 1945 by teens with bamboo spears fighting the return of Dutch colonialists ...