Happiness is ’Maknyus’

While his columns were a joy to read, Bondan Winarno was also an investigative journalist who exposed the gold mine fraud case and a consultant for the World Bank. But he was happiest when he was called “Uncle Maknyus”.

December 4, 2017

BONDAN Winarno was not just ¡®maknyus’ (which approximately means yummy ), a word which he accidently blurted out after tasting food in a restaurant during a TV show called Wisata Kuliner (Culinary Touring), which then became popular and got stuck to his name. Bondan also wore many hats: as a writer, a photographer, a journalist, a businessman, a consultant and a politician (a short-lived profession because he failed to become a member of par

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