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book-review

Books 5 years ago

‘The Uninhabitable Earth’: Unpleasant wake-up call to harrowing future

Wallace-Wells remorselessly delineates the notorious impact of human-induced disasters in a worst-case scenario. He spells out the adverse effects of climate crisis in his book’s first line as “worse, much worse than you think”.

Books 5 years ago

Kalis Mardiasih’s bold, moderate Islamic interpretation of 'hijrah'

Choosing a more moderate approach, I sometimes question myself, am I not Muslim enough if I don’t follow this hijrah trend?

Books 5 years ago

A journey through time and spices

A young writer’s new book explores how the spice trade shaped Indonesia’s social and political structure.

Books 5 years ago

‘A Yellow House’ opens window to the lives of Indonesian domestic workers in Singapore

Many Indonesian maids often are locked inside working extra-long hours without even being fed. Some of them experience sexual abuse. Those portrayals of Indonesian domestic workers along with Asian domestic workers are neatly narrated in Karien van Ditzhuijzen’s A Yellow House.