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Duri dan Kutuk

June 29, 2025 by

The old house next to Adam’s, long abandoned, now has a new occupant. Eva—a woman with a gift for nurturing all kinds of plants—transforms the eerie atmosphere of the place into Toko Firdauz, a lush and thriving garden shop. Adam, a restless teenager caught in a wave of sexual curiosity, often … [Read more...]

Akhir Sang Gajah di Bukit Kupu-Kupu

June 29, 2025 by

How would you feel if you had to kill your beloved elephant? What happens when a sexual abuser goes unpunished simply because he’s the leader of a doomsday cult with supposed supernatural powers? What does it feel like to keep loving someone who is willing to sell you, hurt you, and steal your … [Read more...]

Max Havelaar

June 9, 2025 by

Max Havelaar - a Dutch civil servant in Java - burns with an insatiable desire to end the ill treatment and oppression inflicted on the native peoples by the colonial administration. Max is an inspirational figure, but he is also a flawed idealist whose vow to protect the Javanese from cruelty ends … [Read more...]

The Coalitions Presidents Make

June 6, 2025 by

In The Coalitions Presidents Make , Marcus Mietzner explains how Indonesia has turned its volatile post-authoritarian presidential system into one of the world's most stable. He argues that since 2004, Indonesian presidents have deployed nuanced strategies of coalition building to consolidate their … [Read more...]

The Last Whalers

June 5, 2025 by

On a volcanic island in the Savu Sea so remote that other Indonesians call it "The Land Left Behind" live the Lamalerans: a tribe of 1,500 hunter-gatherers who are the world's last subsistence whalers. They have survived for half a millennium by hunting whales with bamboo harpoons and handmade … [Read more...]