Monthly Archives: May 2011

A Plane to Catch

May 30, 2011
By Bayu Maitra
A Plane to Catch

It was not so long ago when my collegue cursed while checking the airlines fares for the next holiday season. She took a deep breath, sighing. She was frustrated by the-peak season-rates for travel accommodation. Well, of course, it was a mistake from the beginning.

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Diskusi Timor Leste

May 25, 2011
By Bayu Maitra
Diskusi Timor Leste

May 25th, 2011 Agustinho de Vasconselos is the director of post-CAVR, “The Timor-Leste Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation” (CAVR – Portugese acronym). CAVR had released a–2000 pages–book called “Chega!”, a Portugese for “no more, stop, enough”. The book recorded 8.000 human rights violation by Indonesia during their occupation in Timor-Leste from 1975-1999. Vasconselos said that, after all the...

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