Charterforcompassion.org On Nov. 12, the Charter for Compassion, a document promoting peace and tolerance, will be officiated and hopefully it will serve as an antidote to religious fundamentalism. It is the brainchild of religious scholar Karen...

[This article was previously published in The Jakarta Post on November 12, 2009.] Every single incident captured through the senses has at least one meaning, if not several. Meanings are both attached and given. As a writer, I give both concrete and...

[This article was previously published in The Jakarta Post on November 3, 2009.] Bylaws in Aceh for stoning adulterers to death and 100 lashes for premarital sex should be nullified as they are not merely against human rights and unconstitutional, but...

The Youth Pledge was declared on Oct. 28, 1928, where three ideals of Indonesia –one motherland, one nation and one language– were immortalized and became the unifying promise among young Indonesians. Today, such

Cited from Peter Rubie’s “The Elements of Narrative Nonfiction: How to Write and Sell the Novel of True Events” on page 46 and 47: A serious downside to narrative nonfiction journalism is that it can create an atmosphere where emotionally charged...