TENGKU Tahura Alautiah wept at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Monday, November 10, 1975, when President Suharto named his father Tengku Amir Hamzah, a celebrated Indonesian poet, a national hero.

Tahura, Amir Hamzah’s only child, felt the title was significant because it proved his father’s role and contribution to the nation. "I came to understand who my father really was," said Tahura as reported by the media at the time. "My father was not