TANGKUR KUASA

"The historical orientation of Indra J. Piliang’s self-voice is crammed with discourses of diverse cultures, while its elan vital is conspicuously revolutionary. No new work—or any work that carries a sensibility different from what already exists—will emerge without being carried out revolutionarily. A writer ought to be a creator, conveying ideas that, as far as he is able, are unimaginable to most people. A writer’s revolutionary stance is at least visible in his appearance before the reading public, ready to bear any risk, as in the poem 'Undang-Undang Kertas' … though in the end: I was torn."

Tommy F. Awuy