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The house in Tugu and its literary circle. Part II: Maria Dermout and The Ten Thousand Things
IO - Let us be clear from the start so as not to disappoint too much any fans of Maria Dermout, one of the great names of Dutch literature: she never visited the house...
The house in Tugu and its literary circle. Part I: How it began and Hella Haasse
IO - The house in Tugu is located before the Puncak (meaning the Top of the Mountain) and is often shrouded in mist or rain and bamboos grow there as well as roses. My...
Justice for Josua Hutabarat. Part II: Police Reform
General (ret.) Agus Widjojo who formulated military reform for Indonesia says that the police have become untouchable and need to be placed under democratic authority.
IO - When talking about Josua Hutabarat, the 28-year old...
Justice for Josua Hutabarat. Part I: My good boy…
IO - A crowd had gathered at the Plaza TIM in front of Taman Ismail Marzuki arts centre in central Jakarta for the 40-day commemoration of his death with an event called ‘Lighting 4000...
Marianne North, 19th century botanical artist – her travels and paintings. Part II: Travels in Java
Foliage and Flowers of the Burmese Thaw-Ka or Soka, painted in Singapore (Amherstia nobilis). Photo credit: Marianne North, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
IO - Kew Gardens is probably the most famous botanical garden in...
The Ar-Raudah mosque in Pekojan. Part II: The Ba’Alawi sada sayids and the syekhs
IO - The Musyolah Ar-Raudah is a small mosque located in the Pekojan quarter of Jakarta, just outside what would once have been the intramuros area of the Old Town of Batavia. In the...
Marianne North, 19th century botanical artist. Part I: A new species has been discovered in one of her Borneo paintings
IO - Marianne North was that most enviable of all creatures: a woman of independent means and because of this she was able to do what she loved most namely, to travel the world...
Olena Zelensky, First Lady of Ukraine reflects the feminine face of the war
IO - More grim news in from the Ukrainian War as Reuters reported that on Friday the 29th of July, “Dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war appeared to have been killed during the night,...
Part I: The Ar-Raudah Mosque in Pekojan
IO - Ar-Raudah is a small mosque located on Gang 3, Jalan Pekojan I which is also known as Jalan Pekojan Masjid because of the many old mosques in the Pekojan quarter just outside...
Growing Older and the Modern Elder Academy
IO - After 13 years as the director of the Foundation for the National Archives Museum in Jakarta my job came to an end and when it did I was left rather confused. The...
Part II: ASEAN – Is there an ASEAN identity?
IO - In 2021 ASEAN exported nearly €136 billion worth of goods to the EU whereas the EU exported about €80 billion worth of goods to ASEAN. During pre-pandemic times nearly 10 million people...
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