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JUNGLE FEVER IN JULY: Sarawak’s Rainforest World Music Festival
By: Antares THIRTEEN YEARS have elapsed but the euphoria hasn’t evaporated. The euphoria of being transported to a different world for several days – a world of...
Little India, Singapore’s Most Colorful & Least Sterile Corner
By: Cher tan If anything, Little India is arguably the only place in Singapore which feels out of place in sterile Singapore. The feeling is palpable once you are in...
Introduction to Northern Sulawesi
By: Dalih Sembiring The provinces of North Sulawesi and Gorontalo make up most of the Minahasa Peninsula, the northernmost arm of Sulawesi, also known as the island of...
Pulau Tidung @ Pulau Seribu: Tropical Getaway a stone’s throw away from Jakarta
By: Martin Jenkins I used to think the ultimate culture shock trip from Jakarta was the flight over to saccharine sweet Singapore but equally as eye opening – and...
Gender and politics
Female candidates did better than expected in the 2009 general elections Sarah Shair-Rosenfield Hetifah Sjaifudian represents Golkar in Indonesia’s lower house ...
Have you showered, eaten and married yet?
By: Emma Kwee These three questions must rank in the top five of daily inquiries in Indonesia. Wherever you go, whether you know the persn in question or not, at a...
Pramoedya Ananta Toer – a committment to struggle
By: Ed Caffin Pramoedya Ananta Toer was one of Indonesia’s greatest authors and an influential political figure. When he died in on April 30 in 2006 at the age of 86,...
East Timor: Dili Insider Tips, Savor Dili’s Laidback Charm
By: Dalih Sembiring Many East Timorese may not know the exact size of their country, but they can tell you that it stretches from Oecussi, an exclave bordering with...
Veiled controversies
Muslim women gather in a Cirebon bookshop to discuss topics including lesbianism and female circumcision Joanne McMillan and Alimah On a Friday afternoon in late 2010, a...
Norman ‘likes’ Bollywood
Dancing cop buys legitimacy with the people <br Thushara Dibley and Wayne Palmer <br Norman singing his heart out YouTube Norman Kamaru, a Mobile Brigade police...
