Indonesia

The Game of the Name

Pallavi Aiyar

What we call our children says a lot about us as a society

Eka Kurniawan: A Terrible Beauty Is Born

Nandini Nair

The rising star of Indonesian fiction, Eka Kurniawan spins a tale that is as bloody as it is brilliant. He has a message for the world—the truth always exposes itself. The magical realist in conversation with Open

Indonesia’s Uncle Pai

Rimli Sengupta

His comics bear an uncanny resemblance to the signature Amar Chitra Katha style. And yet, Raden Ahmed Kosasih, the father of the Indonesian comic, was doing this many years before Pai began his own epic effort.