Yesterday a former student of mine said an interesting thing;
Indonesia sudah merdeka, tapi belum mandiri. 'Independence' should not (only) refer to freedom but to an independent mindset.
A sound, concise review of our current condition: unfocused and frantic.
But alas, I am still hopeful. In Komarudin Hidayat's words: '-merindukan Indonesia sejahtera dan bermartabat.'
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Incidentally when googling I landed here. Hm ... this post is slightly flicked our independence day.
But ... I could not refuse. It reminded me of what I wrote at last year's Independence Day at:
http://love-ely.blogspot.com/2010/08/way-i-see-independence-of-country.html
Tikno
An author of Global Voices
http://globalvoicesonline.org/author/tikno/
Halo Mas Tikno,
I enjoyed your blog post, then browsed through your writing. Added you to my blogroll!
Cheers,
Inaya
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