Oleh Edwin Eduardo Kalisaran Saya menulis ini untuk mengungkapkan perasaan saya yang cukup berkecamuk melihat berita-berita demonstrasi yang dilakukan oleh sesama mahasiswa di Indonesia perihal rencana kenaikan harga BBM. Perasaan sedih, kecewa, khawatir dan gemas, semua bercampur.  Saya sendiri adalah mahasiswa Indonesia yang kebetulan tidak menimba ilmu di Indonesia. Akan tetapi saya, dan saya percaya, [...]

Oleh Gary Evano Daniel Wacana pemerintah Republik Indonesia untuk menaikkan harga bahan bakar minyak (BBM) subsidi kerap menjadi topik yang hangat, baik di media konvensional, internet maupun di perbincangan sehari-hari. Jelas saja, kenaikan harga ini tentu memberikan pengaruh langsung yang cukup terasa bagi seluruh lapisan masyarakat. Efek langsung yang ditakuti adalah inflasi dan kesejahteraan rakyat [...]

  Oleh Titus Sasmoko dan Ester Yulianawati Suatu sore saat hendak ke gereja, lampu merah di perempatan itu menyala. Saya mengambil lajur kanan, sebab tujuan saya kali itu mengharuskan belok kanan. Jelasnya posisi sepeda motor saya mepet dengan median jalan. Dan di situlah satu pertemuan terjadi. Anak perempuan itu tiba-tiba saja berhenti di depan motor [...]

Written by Raisa Tanawi Today is 17 August 2011, the day when we commemorate Bung Karno’s proclamation of our legalized freedom from all the Dutch, Japanese, and other European countries that have colonized us for hundreds of years. We, as the citizens of Indonesia, have experienced in celebrating it formally, with the flag ceremony, and the [...]

Written by Edwin Eduardo Kalisaran As an Indonesian student studying abroad, it is quite instinctive for me to update myself about the latest news and developments of hot issues in Indonesia, something I believe quite a number of us do too. Being in Singapore, especially, I think we are fortunate to have access to many [...]

Written by Karina Maharani Tehusijarana I’m sure many of you have heard about the incident involving DPR-RI’s Komisi VIII and the Indonesian Student Association in Australia (PPIA) on April 30, 2011. If you haven’t, I urge you to look it up on PPIA’s YouTube channel, which has the whole thing on tape with all the [...]

Ditulis oleh Titus Sasmoko Pernah mendengar cerita TKI wanita Indonesia? Cerita yang selalu dirundung nestapa dan menumbuhkan iba? Sebuah karya sastra dan berita yang menunjukkan sisi gelap perantauan? Kali ini, ketika saya bercakap dengan seseorang di bandar udara udara Soekarno-Hatta, entah kenapa hal ini tiba-tiba yang dibincangkan. Beginilah kisahnya. Menurut cerita dirinya yang sering berurusan [...]

Written by Titus Sasmoko First and foremost, happy Halloween in advance everyone! (We’re just a couple hours away!) And on an unrelated note, happy birthday to our Scorpio readers! May the feast of Halloween bring happiness for your future years. (A little weird for a wish, but anyway.) Halloween is identical with ghosts (Western ones [...]

Written by Titus Sasmoko I was half asleep that night, alone in my high school dorm room. As a matter-of-fact, I was alone in the whole building. The other human beings have all left the building, going back to their respective hometowns after three years of blood, sweat, tears, and excessive laughter. However, when the [...]

Written by Adinda Savitri It would have been the first Netherlands visit by an Indonesian president in 40 years, but it was not to be. Despite high anticipation from the Dutch government as well as Indonesian expatriates in the Netherlands, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono abruptly cancelled the Tuesday (5/10) visit on the grounds of “national [...]