Author: Bramantyo Indirawan
Freelance Journalist and Writer
Songs of Earth Diversity in the Interstellar Space
In voyager spacecrafts, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) placed two 12-inch phonograph records dubbed The Golden Record, which contained sounds and images of life on Earth and its cultural diversity. A ...
The Coexistence Case of Macaque and Men in Bali
Throughout Bali, humans and monkeys seemingly lived in harmony. People around the world can see it with their own eyes when they visit places such as Uluwatu, Ubud Monkey Forest, and Alas ...
Art Through the Two Eras of Indonesia, A Look at Dunia Dalam Berita
Indonesia’s political history can be summed up in three eras; Old Order, New Order, and Reformation. The date was 21 May 1998 when President Soeharto stepped down from power and the New ...
A Celebration of Life, A Process of Reborn
by Bramantyo Indirawan Everything moves fast, information flows endlessly—the comforting technology and advances seemingly accelerate us into submission. At that pace we forgot what it means to be a living human being, ...
In the Search for Renaissance Men
Renaissance, derived from the French word that means ‘rebirth’, was an age of ideas and culture taking place in Europe between the 14th and 17th century. According to Renaissance and Reformation (2007), ...
The Enigma of Burning Yourself Alive
In Ben Arous, Tunisia, Tarek-el Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi stood in front of the local governor’s office after a policewoman confiscated his fruit cart and also gave him a beating. What came next ...
A Tale of the Meme Generation
With just a click away, we can learn something new and explore the vast data the internet has to offer. From Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, facts about Borobudur Temple, to lessons ...
Sword to the Stomach: Seppuku and the Case of Altruistic Suicide
If you ever watched a samurai film , you probably would have seen harakiri - a suicide act by thrusting a dagger or short sword to oneself for the purpose of retaining ...
The Freedom of Taking Your Own Life
Suicide stories surround me everywhere – my colleague, two sisters in Bandung, a broken hearted man who filmed it live, a local social media celebrity, to international artists that surprises the whole ...