Writing for Change
There was a time in history when words, spoken in a thundering voice, would make us realize just who we were and where we were going. It was from such speeches that a piece of our history emerged. The pity is that such inspiring orations are now infrequently heard…
May 20, 2008
After the Crucial Night
The text of independence proclamation was hurriedly formulated. There was conflict of thought between Sukarno and Hatta.
LADIES and gentlemen! I have requested your presence here to witness an event of paramount importance in our history. The time has now arrived for us to take the fate of the nation and the country into our own hands,” said Sukarno in an unwavering tone. Before him, people were crowding with expressio
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