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Wikan Satriati (1975-2021)

Melangkah dengan Bismillah/ Illustrator Evelyn Ghozalli

Some personal reflections

Photo essay: A pandemic in pictures

Mass burials in Jakarta, 2020 / ATH

More than one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus is still having unforeseen impacts

Review: The USA, the CIA and Suharto’s coup

JFK hosts Sukarno in Washington, 1961 / AP

Book review: The journey of Australia’s first Asian language

Review Essay: Banishment and belonging

Japanese and Malay Pearl Divers / State Library of Western Australia

Thoughts for Lance Castles

Lance Castles, painted by Yasin Tiar in 1999

Obituary: Remembering Lance Castles (1937–2020)

Lance in a seminar in Jakarta / TEMPO/NIHIL PAKURIL

Book Review: Man of Contradictions

/ @jokowi Instagram

Photo Essay: From the field

Be there! Exploring small oil palm plantations from Riau (not Europe)

A day in the life of Bali’s miracle worker

Prof. Suryani and the author / Cok Jaya

Professor Suryani and her team are making a difference

Review: Diponegoro's biographer

Peter Carey making a pilgrimage to the gravesite of Pangeran Diponegoro, Makassar, South Sulawesi in June 2014 / Subi, 2014 with permission

Review: China, Indonesia and the Cold War

Review: Witchcraft and doubt

Photo essay: Jakarta's youth use trash to shape their futures

Dido (17) cuts wine bottles into glasses before adding unique designs by using a sandblaster

The mentors and interns at Ffrash are empowering themselves within the waste economy and striving to better society

Book Review: The Tasman Map

State Library of NSW

Photo essay: Woman to woman

Source / Alex Radu

A unique drug rehabilitation centre in Bogor helps women regain their independence

Book reviews: Telling the Dutch colonial wars in Aceh and South Sulawesi

Essay: Letter from Jakarta

Refugees protest in Makassar, February 2018 / Ali Froghi

Living in the midst of uncertainty

Review: Bridges of Friendship

An excellent reminder of the strength and importance of relationships between people of different cultures

Aging remarkably

Tati (Tatik) Soepijarniwati, 86 years, seems too small, too slight and too old to agitate / Author

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

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The demand for support for children with ASD is growing, but a lack of data and research means services remain woefully inadequate

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