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Chasing a cure for beriberi

View of Singapore. Group of Coolies. GR Lambert and Company c1900 /Wikimedia commons

A long search for a cure for beriberi in Southeast Asia in the late nineteenth century was led by trial and a lot of error

For two decades Bali-based rock band Navicula’s mission has been to tackle some of the country’s biggest social and environmental ills

“Rejeki comes in many forms”. It could take the form of a house, a baby, winning a lottery, a pay rise, and so on / Supplied

How can you get rejeki? Like everything else about rejeki, the answer is something of a mystery.

In contrast to the national motto ‘Unity in Diversity’ and its history of tolerance, Indonesian sexual minorities are not respected

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Translations of Putu Oka Sukanta’s trilogy of novels, bring his stories of struggle, oppression and resilience spanning over sixty years of Indonesian history, to an English-speaking audience

Istiqlal Mosque and St Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Jakarta

Children attending the Sunday service with their siblings / Sari D. Ratri

For transnational families like those in Manggarai in East Nusa Tenggara, financial stability comes at great emotional cost

Chasing a cure for beriberi

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Review: 25 years of music activism

Essay: Divine rejeki! What a wonderful windfall

Dorce Gamalama's burial and Indonesia's transgender traditions

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Fiction: Threads of Dignity

Book review: A life told in three parts

Book review: Religious pluralism in Indonesia

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