Culture and Society: an Indonesian Blogger Perspective is a book which is based on collection of A. Fatih Syuhud’s notes during his stay as students in India in which he actived wrote in English during that time.
Independent Indonesia 61st Anniversary of Independent Indonesia August 17, 2006 is the 61st anniversary of Indonesia’s independence day. We celebrate this day with joy every year. The context of celebration is we have freed ourselves from the colonialism, occupation and justice inequality of one country (Netherlands) against another (Indonesia). We gain this freedom not for…
Indians Neutrality and Us I see Indian people are more neutral and knowledgeable than some of Indonesians in commenting on international political issues. A day when the US invaded Iraq and filling up media headlines around the world, a shop owner named Sanjiv which has not even finished his undergraduate study said angrily to me…
Laptop and Indonesian MPs (DPR) Despite less significant, the issue of DPR (Indonesia’s MP)’s plan to buy a laptop for each of DPR’s member assumes a bigger interests among Indonesian blogosphere. No less than 160-odd postings has been dedicated talking about this issue. The public debates on this issue focus mainly on the necessity and…
How Important True Identity for Blogger Since first time blogging, I discouraged anonymity and anonymous blogging. I call this attitude irresponsible – if you fear the heat dont enter the kitchen., and be a good kid. I wrote several posts on the important of clear identity for any blogger to earn credibility of whatever one…
Why They Blog Anonymously and We do not I keep wondering a ’little and trivial’ thing prevails in blogosphere: the tendency of westerners to blog anonymously; and the fondness of us, Indonesians, to blog otherwise ofcourse with few exception here and there. For various reasons Indonesian bloggers tend to make their blogs and their names…
Why Ghost Blogger? (2) In responding to my posting Why Ghost Blogger?, Nad’s Note turns heavily “philosophical”. :) He argues that the purpose of her being pseudonymous is, in her own words, “to minimize such tendency…” i.e. any bias of the writer concerned. Visit her good blog for full understanding of her raison d’etre Well,…
Why Ghost Blogger? As I said earlier, I know the blogger world the first time through CNN which covered the Baghdad Blogger extensively during the early Iraq War II. At that time, i signed-up to blogger.com but updated it occasionally and a bit reluctantly. I fully understood then why the Baghdad Blogger used pseudonym rather…
Muslim and Poverty Why Chinese Indonesians are generally richer than non-Chinese? Andreas Harsono, a journalist, himself a Chinese, has the answer as reported by Jawa Pos newspaper yesterday (May 11), “Because Chinese are minority. And minority everywhere tends to work harder than the majority.” He further elaborates that Javanese are hard-working community outside Java…
روائية سعودية تدخل منافسة جائزة بوكر للرواية العربية Saudi woman novelist makes Arabic Booker Prize shortlist Novelis wanita Arab Saudi masuk daftar Penghargaan Booker أصبحت رواية “طوق الحمام” لكاتبتها السعودية أحد الأعمال الستة التى تضمنتها القائمة القصيرة لجائزة بوكر للرواية العربية والتي اشترك فيها 16 رواية آخرى. “The Dove’s Necklace,” a book by Saudi…
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Top Ten Indonesia Blog versi Tempo In my previous post a few months back, I congratulated and fully supported Tempo Interaktif initiative to make a weekly review on Indonesia blog written by Indonesian in Bahasa Indonesia or English. The first of its kind by a conventioal media. I am not sure whether that feature is…
Top Ten Blogger Indonesia of the Year 2010 1. Budi Rahardjo 2. Bunyamin Najmi 3. Rob Baiton 4. Willy Sudiarto Raharjo 5. Rieke 6. Riana Ambarsari 7. Evi Meinar 8. Septian Budi Waluyan 9. Mohamad Mova Al Afghani 10. Nurudin Jauhari
Top Ten Blogger Indonesia of the Year 2009 1. Nadirsyah Hosen 2. Joko Anwar 3. Amalia Sanusi 4. Hermawan Kartajaya 5. Agustinus Wibowo 6. Indonesia Anonymus 7. Ahmad Qisai 8. Ninit Yunita 9. Christine Susanna Tjhin 10. Purwarno Hadinata
Top Ten Blogger Indonesia 2008 The essence of blogging, as I put it as a jargon in my Bahasa Indonesia blog, is to culturalize the tradition of writing and reading. Many Indonesians, like those who are from developing or underdeveloped nation, don’t have the habit of writing and reading. They talk a lot. Write and…
Top Ten Blogger Indonesia Year 2007 Year 2007 has witnessed the sweetest and most happening ever so far as blogger Indonesia goes. The rapid growth of blogging culture, more ministers and former minister started blogging which means more attention to this writing-and-reading culture. And finally the most amazing event of all, the Pesta Blogger 2007…
Top Ten Blogger Indonesia of the Year 2006 It’s been almost two years eversince I introduced the Blogger Indonesia of the Week’s feature during which I have witnessed the fast-growing English-speaking blogs by Indonesian blogger, a prerequisite eligibility to be reviewed. Interesting to note here that in early stage I started this feature, it’s been…
RUU APP Reviewed Finally, the mounting pressures from every corner regarding the RUU APP – Rencana UU anti pornografi/pornoaksi (or anti-pornography bill) makes the committee who draft the RUU APP shaken. In the statement reported by Kompas Daily Badriyah Rayumi from Kebangkitan Bangsa Party acknowledges the blunder the committee made and promised to review the…
International Women Day Yesterday (March 8, 2006) women around the world were remembered. United Nations made the day dedicated for women. Why only women? Why there’s no special day for men? One would argue that because women since time immemorial have always been oppressed by men; regarded as the second creatures on the planet earth;…
The Limits of Freedom Eversince the cartoon controversy sparks a furore in the Muslim world, I resist the tempation to comment on that matter as I intend to dedicate, and therefore confine, this page only for talking on human interest, universal values and sort of reflection note on my self, local culture and tradition: the…
Beauty and the Beast I watched the film series “Beauty and the Beast” in my childhood days, the days when Indonesian government under Suharto regime started allowing private TV channel to operate. More than only operational, it allowed the three private TVs to broadcast their own programmes without any need to relay official news by…
Is Blog a Threat to Conventional Media? Indonesia “conventional” Media seems to start seeing blog with a bit more respect. Not again regard it as a teenage tool-kit or IT geeks playing ground. Kompas, the largest selling national newspaper, carried an article on May 18, 2006 with an interesting title: Pewarta Warga, Ancaman bagi Editor?…