Tiga bersaudara berjuang mempertahankan kemerdekaan di Kalimantan Barat. Bardan Nadi, yang gugur di tangan tentara Belanda, diingat sebagai pahlawan. Sedangkan jejak kedua saudaranya menghilang di tengah perburuan kaum komunis setelah 1965.
Semaoen dikenal sebagai wartawan yang tajam mengkritik pengusaha kapitalis dan pemerintah kolonial. Akibatnya, dia dipenjara karena delik pers. Selama ditahan, dia menulis Hikajat Kadiroen.
Trubus melukis orang-orang terdekatnya. Pelukis kesayangan Sukarno ini menghilang setelah Peristiwa 1965. Lukisan istri dan kedua anaknya jatuh ke tangan Adam Malik.
Gula menjadi penanda status sosial dan melambangkan kekayaan karena hanya dikonsumsi para bangsawan. Keinginan akan gula yang terjangkau memicu perbudakan.
Di usianya yang masih muda, Semaoen memimpin dan menggerakkan serikat buruh. Dia memperjuangkan pekerja tertindas dengan melancarkan pemogokan, sampai diusir pemerintah kolonial.
Sebagai pegawai kereta api, masa depan Semaoen terjamin. Namun, dia memilih terjun ke pergerakan karena melihat ketidakadilan yang dialami rakyat jajahan.
Pemerintah Indonesia mendesak dunia Islam lebih tegas terhadap terorisme pemukim ilegal Israel di Palestina. Isu serupa juga diserukan pada Muktamar Islam di Palestina yang dihadiri Ahmad Subardjo.
Anak juragan tanah Betawi ini dari pemain lenong sukses menjadi aktor. Meski populer dan terkenal, Pak Tile tinggal di rumah petakan di pinggir rel kereta api.
Maria Ullfah’s first marriage ended in tragedy. Her husband was shot and killed by Dutch soldiers. Her second spring of love unfolded with Soebadio Sastrosatomo.
Maria Ullfah’s first marriage ended in tragedy. Her husband was shot and killed by Dutch soldiers. Her second spring of love unfolded with Soebadio Sastrosatomo.
KH Chalimi once led the Surabaya student movement opposing Suharto’s re-election as president. He was arrested and then detained at the notorious Kalisosok Prison.
Maria Ullfah shared a room with Siti Soendari, the youngest sister of Dr. Soetomo. They had different personalities but complemented each other very well.
Setiati rallied women to commemorate the first anniversary of Indonesia’s independence at the site where the Proclamation was read. They pressed on despite being blocked by Gurkha soldiers.
An Italian general and national hero was commanding his ship when the Aceh War broke out. Alas, in the waters off Aceh, he contracted cholera and met his demise.
The United States’ hydrogen bomb tests in the Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific alarmed a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives, who urged the government to mobilize opposition on the international stage.
Identified with the god Vishnu and revered as the standard-bearer of all kings, the genealogy and depictions of Purnawarman can be traced in various Tarumanagara inscriptions.
In his novels, Motinggo Boesje weaves in elements of sexuality and eroticism that captivated readers. Toward the end of his writing career, he changed his path to serious literature.
The term “tante girang”, which means cougar, gained popularity in the 1970s, though the phenomenon had already been emerging for two decades prior. Popular literature captured it as a social portrait in Indonesia.
As one of the seven important inscriptions from the Tarumanagara heritage, the Tugu Inscription mentions the Bekasi River and the Old Cakung River that exist until today.