Welcome to Desi Anwar’s Musings

... and other meditations on life in Indonesia.  Here you will find articles that have formerly appeared in the (now defunct) Indonesian Observer, The Jakarta Post, the Japanese Daily Mainichi Shimbun and the weekly news magazine Tempo English and others.  Most are comments to various issues from politics, the economy, society to religion spanning a period of over a decade that saw the toppling of an authoritarian regime and the mushrooming of shopping malls. .  There have  been many changes, quite a few turbulent, although some events I have omitted altogether because they were events beyond words (such as the Tsunami - suffice to say I was there), and lately the increasing preoccupation with religion and the tensions and debates that never fail to dog this emotionally charged issue.  However, despite the ups and downs of democracy and  reforms, overall most things have remained the same - namely the complexity and nature of our problems and our quirkiness as Indonesians.

Also somewhere in between I managed to find certainty through capturing moments through the camera lens during my travels, freezing time so it is not lost in the inchoateness of eternity or the fleetingness of memory.  My photography far from having any artistic pretense is simply an extension of that musing, so the insignificant too could have purpose in the universal.  

Moreover, when travelling, often the voyage itself is more interesting than the destination.  It is what makes life ultimately a thoroughly Romantic Journey. 

Enjoy!

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