IN the end, it is death that separates them. Chairil Anwar may never have dreamed of having a grandchild, someone who would later admire his poems. Mochtar Lubis, the crusading journalist, now has a follower: one of his grandchildren is a journalist by profession. Mohammad Hatta can be recognized by Athar, his grandson, only from pictures and books.

In the end, it is death that separates them. The founders of this republic have departed with as