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Prior to the latest edition of “Inside Indonesia” my knowledge about West Papua was near zero. The facts I was aware of were scarce. I did know about the pretty dirty circumstances the Dutch colonial rule was ended in the early sixties of course, had read about some real nasty and even disastrous environmental [...]
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Like everywhere else in the world Jakarta also has several realities. One is caused by the ever widening gap between the poor and the rich. And the way the common man has to cope. By this account (in Dutch) the growing new middleclass gladly pays € 2.10 for the popular iced latte. Or rather [...] It’s not unusual a nation pays honour to great sons and daughters. So I can’t quite explain why these footprints in cement in Jakarta astonished me at the time. There they were: the small toes of Megawati. And the feet of other presidents, starting with those of the real hero, the father, the founder of [...] |
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