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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (41): Martin Manurung Indonesia Political-Economy Blog Indonesia blogs are growing. And grow fast. One thing that doesn’t grow, or grows so slowly is ’serious’ content, especially when we talk about English-speaking Indonesian blogger. When I talk about serious topic, it means politics and economy. Two most important components as far…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (40): Nana Podungge Notes of an Indonesian Feminist Blogger If there’s a topic which is classic and everlasting it’s feminism. Feminism becomes a talking point since time immemorial because feminism does not only connote to a name of a gender, the opposite of male, the offsprings of Eve and the…
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Itulah yang terpikir di benak saya saat saya merasa sangat kesulitan memulai menulis. Itu terjadi pada masa saya duduk di bangku SD. Sungguh sulit menyusun satu paragraf karangan yang diminta guru SD itu, sementara teman sebangku saya dengan ringan membuat beberapa paragraf dalam waktu singkat. “Aku tidak punya bakat menulis.” Pikiran itu tanpa sadar keluar…
Indonesia dan bangsa Indonesia–ya, kita-kita ini–memang “lucu.” Di sono ada kampanye kondom, kita pun ikut. Setiap 1 Desember diperingati sebagai hari HIV/AIDS sedunia, termasuk di Indonesia. Ok, ini bagus untuk mengingatkan kita agar tidak mendekati perbuatan-perbuatan yang akan berakibat terjangkit dari penyakit yang belum ditemukan obatnya itu. Tapi, agak aneh kalau kemudian untuk menghindari HIV/AIDS…
Blogger Indonesia of the Week (39): Arief Prasetyo Self-Reflection of an Indonesian Muslim A lot of words being said for or against Islam and Muslim by the so-called experts, Muslims or non-Muslims. Particularly concerning the current phenomena of terrorism and the use of violence carried out by Muslims in the West or in Muslim countries….
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (38): Budi Putra Following the downfall of Suharto regime in the late 1990s, I read a piece on Indonesia politics in Time Magazine, USA, written by Goenawan Mohamad, then the Editor-in-Chief of Tempo Magazine. There’s a brief CV in the end of his piece: Author of book Sidelines published by…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (37): Merlyna Lim I’m a bit superstitious about a certain Indonesian name. I mean even before I meet a person, once I know one’s name, I tend to ‘judge’ his/her personality. Of course I never tell anyone about this habit. So, when I saw a commenter named Merlyna Lim in…
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Sekitar 90 persen hakim di Indonesia korup dan suka memproyekkan perkara. Agung Djoko Sarwoko SH, Ketua Muda Pengawasan Mahkamah Agung (Jawa Pos, 6/12/07) Pernyataan di atas cukup mengagetkan, bukan karena rakyat Indonesia tidak tahu adanya praktik korupsi di lembaga ini, semua yang pernah berurusan dengan hukum pasti tahu soal ini. Yang mengagetkan adalah bahwa ini…
Blogger Indonesia of the Week (34): Founder Blog Indonesia One Stop ‘Shop’ for All Indonesia Blogs Theodore M. Hesburgh, considered one of the most influential figures in higher education in the 20th century, once said “The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.” A leadership…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (36): Primadonna Angela A Writer, Bookwormer and full time Householder How many books should you read in a month in order to be a writer? Judging from what Primadonna Angela does, at least you should read 24 books a month. Well, that’s too much, you might think. Not only too…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (35): Carlos Patriawan A Few Indonesian Men in Silicon Valley Rahardjo Mustadjab, a senior Indonesian diplomat and former Consul General in KJRI (Konsulat Jenderal Republik Indonesia) Mumbai wrote in The Jakarta Post recently(16/02/2006) about why India, a developing countries, could produce an IT human resources in such a massive scale…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (30): Enda Nasution As I said earlier on, the salient feature of a person with leadership capacity and instinct is he/she would think of others as much as he/she thinks of him/herself. That’s why, the leaders always emerge in their own way in critical situation. They are not necessarily…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (33): Rasyad A. Parinduri Blog of an Indonesian Economist Economy is mighty important thing in life. You cannot even live without it. You can’t even read this blog if you don’t have Rupiah (Indonesian currency) to access the internet. In practical terms, It’s the only one any human being have…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (32): Jennie S. Bev Blogger Indonesia of the Week (32): Jennie S. BevProductivity is Better Off Abroad?Do Indonesian scholars & intellectuals need to live abroad to stay productive and prolific in a conducive environment? Many Indonesian scholars like Nadirsyah Hosen think so. One such case in point is Jennie S….
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (31): Maya Nasution Indonesian Expats Life: Bringing Indonesia to the World There are some few debates, pros and cons, in several Indonesian mailing list (or milis as it’s locally known) over Indonesians who keeps staying abroad after finishing their studies and making a decent living. Some speculations being raised about…
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A few months back, a non-Indonesian friend asked me in the comment box why I hardly blog on Indonesia religio-political issues, to which question I replied that when I’m blogging, I’d like to write what I want; not what I have to. Besides, blogging a very serious topic is not in-vogue from “blog-marketing” point…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (23): Tylla Subijantoro The Education for All, India Case Many Indonesian journalists who cover up the president’s state visit to India know her name. They only spell it incorrectly. Kompas, for example, spells her name here and here as Tya Subiantoro. Wonder, how come the biggest Indonesian newspaper like Kompas…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (22): Indonesia Anonymus It’s been long overdue for this blog to be reviewed. It should come a way earlier, considering its very good content, a collaborative of good writers behind it and its blog-for- justice-and-the-poor kind of vision. A vision I share in a great deal and shared by global…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (27): Purwarno Hadinata The Significance of English Language Grammatical skill for the first step is not required, because all Indonesians who passed their 10+2 grade must’ve had the basic requirement. And as a matter of fact, most Indonesian bloggers are at least already got their bachelor degree.Having said that, if…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (29): Agus Setiawan Expertise and Commitment Agus Set is a PhD student on Oceanography in Hamburg, Germany. He’s one of those few Indonesian students who are fortunate enough to have the opportunities to further their studies that far. Indonesia lacks in human resources. Everybody with PhD degree will be considered…
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