From a pile of postcards featuring European landscapes, Yusman Telaumbanua picked only one to boost his spirits while in jail. The card he picked did not bear a picture of a windmill, the Eiffel tower or tulips. He preferred a simple depictiona card with crayon doodles of a mountain and some blooms.

Why that postcard? It is written in English, he answered. Never mind English, Yusman only learned Bahasa Indonesia properly following his arrival i