Us and Them at 61
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
After 61 years of independence, the sense of communal harmony appears to be fading. Yet a handful of peacemakers tirelessly work on to sow the seeds of hope.
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INSIDE a damp and dilapidated building, the women and children huddle. There are no rooms, no mattresses. Thirty-two families have divided the hall into tiny units, each separated from the other by sarongs, blankets or towels, hung on a string. They do their cooking outside, in front of the building.
The people of Mataram, in West Nusa Tenggara province are aware that this white building was actually built to house prospective participants in the
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