Showing posts with label youth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label youth. Show all posts

Jul 19, 2012

Red Lines in Rijswijk

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"Red Lines in Rijswijk" - "Garis Merah di Rijswijk"

Author: Ilham Q Moehiddin

Synopsis:

This novel of intrigue and conflict a number of power, ideology and organization who want to formulate the shape and the way the Union Holland (an early form of Indonesia). Collaborative Nationalist-Religious, Socialist, Communist and Zion-Masonic clashing intrigue and strategy to build influence in the Indian soil. All the intrigue was pinned in Rijswijk Palace (Presidential Palace, now) in the reign of Governor-General Stachouwer.

How does the involvement of a number of senior Army Intelligence (Royal Dutch Intelligence Service) that supports Zion-Masonic, pushing the Indian as a Union-Holland, a shaft power of the Third World in the South-West Pacific (with two Netherlands Antilles: Curacao and Aruba)? How the communist mapping forces of conflict which they set in the Netherlands? Like what the plot is set in Prague Socialist? Conjunction with the Kuomintang and the Chinese Revolution? What kind of movement and position of the Nationalist-Religious which is considered a major barrier to the flow of other forces, amid strong political domination and colonial interests? As far as what information is available at Soekarno Belitong (Pacific Islands, now) the particulars that annexation between VOC and EIC. What kind of relationship Tan Malaka, Soekarno, Hatta, Sjahrir, Amir Sjarifuddin, and many other figures that flows through the experiences of the main character, Makhzam. Sjarir escape in an early morning in downtown Batavia. Then, what Makhzam romance with Sri Yanti and several other women.

Strands of the story of this trilogy novel sets in Batavia, Semarang, Solo, Makassar, Pacific Islands, Kabaena Island, Rotterdam, Egypt, Mecca, Prague, Atlantic and Japan, in the mid-1920s until 2010.

"Red Lines in Rijswijk" is the book one of the trilogy.

Mar 12, 2012

Small street boys

By Rbe Pramono

Husky have small feet
on the thorny road
sting of the sun on the earth's crust
blisters are no longer bold
you're running, the sweat turns climbing
squeaking wheels
Earth grimaced sore
country so far
vague angel with folded arms

Merapi, March 10, 2012
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Rbe Pramono. A poet, lives in Yogyakarta.

Feb 5, 2012

'Return..'

By Melly Syafiie

Tired when hit,
troubled that none brings endless..
My soul longs to find dusk..
For the sake of the burden of care rested..
For a moment, the pace..
Just to break my destiny..

I just want to..
'Return..'

*nocturnal..

Jakarta, 2012
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Melly Syafiie. Lives in Jakarta.

Sep 5, 2011

Youth Times

By Ishtar Maryam

Running away deer run
ran into the middle of cassava fields
not to the farm, there are farmers
the angry cassava farmers, lame deer
broken legs

Running away, deer run
ran into the granary
not to the barn, there are farmers
rice farmers are friendly, lame deer
brought home

Running away, the deer can not run
But still want to run
keep running

Bandung, September 2, 2011
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Ishtar Maryam. Often writing in various media. Living in Bandung.