In Memoriam & Ten weeks in Bali, Java, Singapore and Sumatra, December 1981 - March 1982
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.
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Review: Witnesses to Holland's war in Indonesia 1945-49
Orang-orang di Rengat dan arsip-arsip di Belanda, kedua-duanya tahu adanya pembantaian di bulan Januari 1949. Lalu, mengapa masyarakat umum Belanda tidak tahu itu?
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Rengat, 1949 (Part 2)
The people of Rengat, the Dutch archives and Dutch authorities have always known about the massacre of January 1949. Why then is the Dutch public not aware?
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Rengat, 1949 (Bagian 1)
Pasukan payung Belanda membunuhratusan, bahkan mungkin ribuan orang di Rengat, sebuah kota Sumatra, pada masa Revolusi Nasional Indonesia, tapi kelihatannya orang-orang di luar Rengat tidak tahu itu.
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Rengat, 1949 (Part 1)
Dutch paratroopers massacred hundreds, perhaps thousands, in a Sumatran town during the Indonesian Revolution, yet nobody outside Rengat seems to know.
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Review: Dancing the Feminine
A look into Indonesian migrant women, identity, and cultural performances.
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Review: A life beyond boundaries
Benedict Anderson’s memoir showcases a broad-minded approach to the world and Indonesia
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Review: Stormy with a Chance of Fried Rice
Review: Stormy with a Chance of Fried Rice
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A perfect lunch break
Pat Walsh's book of short stories and poems takes us through a year of intimate encounters with Jakarta
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More than six decades after being inspired as an undergraduate in Sydney, Ron Witton retraces his Indonesian language teacher's journey back to Suriname