Thermopylae
Thermopylae is a word that tells the story of human courage and resilience, even in defeat. Sekali berarti sudah itu mati (an instance of being meaningful, and then you die).
Goenawan Mohamad
November 13, 2023
THE 10th of November is the day of Thermopylae.
On that date in 1945, in Surabaya, Indonesian militia, mostly skinny and carbine-wielding, some of them members of the newly formed People's Security Army, were in battle; they were up against the Allied infantry troops, part of the Allied Forces Netherlands East Indies (AFNEL) who had come to Indonesia, a country that only four months prior had proclaimed its
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