Lia Tjokro offers a restrained and emotionally exacting meditation on grief and care. The story centers on labor that is invisible yet essential—emotional maintenance performed without recognition or relief. Silence, repetition, and ritual structure the narrative, allowing sorrow to surface … [Read more...]
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The Last Supper
December 28, 2025 by
Lia Tjokro shares a poignant tale featuring love and loss, making a reader go through a roller-coaster of emotions. It was a night when the stars hid behind the bulbous stormclouds and the nocturnal insects were silent. The eerie shadow and protruding branches of the frangipani trees that lined … [Read more...]
Amir Sjarifoeddin and His Struggle
October 30, 2025 by
Whether acknowledged or not, Amir played a crucial role in the Second Youth Congress that gave birth to the Youth Pledge. Amir Sjarifoeddin was the treasurer of the Youth Congress. - This biography of Amir Sjarifoeddin is undeniably one of the most anticipated books by its readers for several … [Read more...]
Literature Marks the Times
October 23, 2025 by
Every literary work always marks its era, without exception. Nevertheless, the innovator forges their own path, boldly rejecting conventional rules. Chairil Anwar, a 20th-century Indonesian poet, pioneered the liberation of Indonesian poetry from all forms of constraint and structural rigidity … [Read more...]
Sri Owen, food writer who introduced Indonesian cuisine to Britain in the 1970s
October 12, 2025 by
Working in an age before lucrative supermarket tie-ins or television deals, she never achieved the name recognition of younger chefs. Sri Owen, who has died aged 90, was an authority on Indonesian food, and was widely credited with introducing the country’s cuisine to the English-speaking … [Read more...]