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Orchard Road: Singapore’s most Famous Shopping Street
By: Cher Tan The famous main shopping street in Singapore, Orchard Road can be considered Singapore’s pride and joy. Emblematic of how Singapore got its reputation...
A Javanese version of Stravinsky’s a Soldier’s Tale and Loevendie’s the Nightingale
Written by Stravinsky for a group of poor, unemployed artists and musicians during the crisis just after the first world war. Complex and dynamic music such as that...
A trip to Karang Aji, or, my rocky journey to the waters
By: Beatrice In the first pages of what is considered by many to be a classic American work of fiction, Herman Melville elaborated on the human race’s eternal love...
World Cinema Amsterdam Festival 2011
This summer the second edition of World Cinema Amsterdam will take place from 10 - 21 August 2011: a festival that celebrates the many exceptional films made in...
The Ubud Writers Festival 2011
The 8th International Ubud Writers & Readers Festival will take place in Bali, Indonesia from 5 - 9 October 2011. The UWRF will hold the festival in over 50...
The rich in Indonesia
How do they live? How do they make their money? How good are they for Indonesia? This is the first time Inside Indonesia has run a whole edition on The Rich. The poor...
Malaysian Dutch Descendants Project
Descendants from Dutch settlers and local people are still living in Malaysia, most of them in Melaka and Kuala Lumpur. Unlike the Portuguese descendants, these Dutch...
The importance of Radio Netherlands Worldwide
PETITION TO MEMBERS OF THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT We, the signatories to this petition, would like you to consider the following when deciding the future of Radio Netherlands...
Indonesia’s Jews
This series of articles provides insight into the little-known history of the Jewish community in Indonesia Rotem Kowner Hanukka in Bandung, 1935 Hanoch...
An obscure history
Jews have been in Indonesia for a very long time, probably since well before the European expansion into Southeast Asia <br Rotem Kowner A bar mitzvah ceremony...
