June 28, 2016 edition
At a High-level Dialogue of the UN General Assembly on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace in New York a while back in 2007, Gerardette Philips made a presentation.
She had been chosen from among 175 nominees to speak at the interactive hearings with civil society on the topic of best practices and strategies for the future.
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May 31, 2016 edition
Daisy Hadmoko, journalist and veteran travel writer, is in a quandary. Now that most of her books have been given away, she wants to ensure that the important large books she still has get a readership. In other words, she wants to donate them to a repository. "But I no longer know anyone," she said with a sigh.
Actually, this is an understatement. Whenever Daisy Hadmoko is in a roomful of people, there are always people who come up to her to chat. Or to tell her that she may not recall them, but they know her from her from when she was managing editor of Indonesian Observer.
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May 17, 2016 edition
Mella Jaarsma recalls a day in July 1998 when, along with six other foreign visitors standing across the Agung State Palace in Yogyakarta's Malioboro area, she watched as a dish of frog legs was being fried in a big wok over a charcoal stove. Passersby stopped their strolling to watch the strange scene: seven foreigners watching their dish being cooked on the side of a street. The dish was then offered to the onlookers.
"It was all consumed," said Jaarsma, who initiated the performance art titled Pribumi-Pribumi ('The Indigenous'), recalling that particular activity some 18 years back when Tempo visited the Rumah Seni ('Art House') Cemeti in Yogyakarta.
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May 10, 2016 edition