Fiction & Essays

Published: 2019-11-22 04:13:50

His gaze is fixated on an indeterminate spot behind me, his arms hang loosely by his sides. Wearing nothing but a pair of faded black shorts, his ribs and collar bones rise above his cavernous stomach. His bulging eyes stand out. A ray of afternoon sun penetrates through a few holes on the attap roof above us, shining on some part of his left arm and shoulder. Sitting on the ground of this six-by-eight-metre hut with his back leaning against the wall, his dark brown skin blends in with the soil underneath us and the bamboo wall surrounding us.

Published: 2019-05-16 02:59:04

A lifelong activist and retired midwife is teaching her peers to stay engaged… and not burden their children

Published: 2019-05-02 06:31:36

On a recent study trip, journalism student Lisa Favazzo met two people giving back to their communities in extraordinary ways

Published: 2018-11-30 02:42:00

Irreligious youth are looking for their place in religious Indonesia

Photo essay: Hope in the face of disaster

Published: 2018-11-02 00:09:19

Palu after the tsunami

Published: 2018-09-19 01:57:28

Masykuri Bakri doesn’t fit the stereotype for a moderate Muslim leader

Published: 2017-05-06 00:10:55

A Hazara fleeing persecution has dedicated her life in Indonesia to helping her fellow refugees in Bogor

Iswadi Pratama, an auteur of Indonesian theatre

Published: 2017-04-12 00:57:02

Indonesia’s foremost theatre director, the internationally acclaimed Iswadi Pratama, staged an extraordinary eight productions in 2016

Published: 2017-04-04 09:13:15

Lontar Modern Indonesia: ‘But that is, after all, the relationship between land and power... Whoever holds power will impose their view.’

Published: 2017-04-04 08:18:18

Lontar Modern Indonesia: ‘Siapa yang pegang kuasa, akan paksakan pandangannya tentang bagaimana cara mengatur aset alam itu.’

Published: 2017-02-20 07:29:44

Honouring Indonesian activist Putu Oka Sukanta for humanity

Essay: ‘Harvard’ and ‘Cambridge’ at your doorstep

Published: 2016-12-20 04:48:45

Pare’s English language school grew out of a tutoring job and is now attracting thousands

Published: 2016-11-29 03:26:43

Kumpulan karya puisi memperingati jasa-jasa Kartini dalam perjuangan kaum wanita Indonesia.

Published: 2016-11-29 01:32:25

Five poems celebrating Kartini and her contribution to Indonesia's feminist movement.

Esai: Mencari identitas, memetik I.N.D.O.N.E.S.I.A

Published: 2016-11-06 11:54:34

Published: 2016-11-06 10:59:00

Almost twenty years after reformasi, journalist and novelist Leila S. Chudori ponders on the successes and failures of this historic period for Indonesia

In Memoriam & Ten weeks in Bali, Java, Singapore and Sumatra, December 1981 - March 1982

Published: 2016-10-03 23:01:17

Many older readers of Inside Indonesia will remember John Barnard, who died earlier this year in Melbourne after a brief illness. John, who worked as a technician in the science laboratory at Monash University, was a regular attendee at the regular Centre for Southeast Asian Studies seminars where he loved to meet up with old friends and make new ones. A shy retiring person and a bachelor all his life, visiting Indonesia was always a significant annual event for him as his travel diary clearly shows.