SUMITRO Djojohadikusumo was a man of countless journeys. As an economist and educator, he was no ordinary intellectual. His ideas, forged through firsthand observation in the field, gave rise to many grand concepts. Outside the classroom, he became deeply entangled in politics. It was also politics that once turned him into a hunted man: branded a rebel, pursued by the government, and forced into exile.

Sumitro’s legacy stretched across ma