16 Apr

Posted at 05:00h in Food, Written Articles by

Congratulations Surabaya. I have just returned from a long weekend from this bustling centre of commerce in East Java. I am impressed with the clean streets and rivers and the overall tidiness, thanks to Tri Rismaharini, Surabaya’s first female mayor, who is running Indonesia’s second...

02 Apr

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Andrea Hirata: The Rainbow Troops source : ABC Australia | http://www.abc.net.au/tv/bigideas/stories/2013/04/02/3724829.htm Indonesian writer Andrea Hirata has had spectacular success with his debut novel, The Rainbow Troops, selling 5 million copies in Indonesia alone. But he’s a modest man, pointing out that the population of Indonesia is 247 million. Born on the island of...