One does not intend to live 97 years, but in doing so it is impossible not to consider how it was done, and besides, what is contributed to the improvement of others during this life. Herawati Diah has been described as the embodiment of Indonesian women. Personally, she sees honor the traditional customs and modern spirit. This perspective leads the proud nationalism, when as a journalist, Herawati reported on Indonesia's struggle for independence, and as the wife of an ambassador, it increased its culture abroad, and that the leadership, she stood in the streets with women, urging them to find a strong voice. Reference moments in his life shaped his vision and his battleships not for his book An endless journey :. Reflections of an Indonesian journalist
Gracious, ready, warm and welcoming, it encourages anyone who met him over the years to say hello to rallies. And people do. Thoughtful and yet alive, remembers Herawati details and to consult the welfare of others. Perhaps it was born decorum of diplomacy, but more likely, it is his innate curiosity and concern for the world.
Herawati Diah
Born in 1917 in a higher class priyayi family, Herawati received a privileged education. While other intellectuals went to colonial homelands in the Netherlands or Western Europe for school, his mother insisted her daughter study in Japan and America. "My independent spirit was encouraged by my mother's spirit strong," Herawati said. She boarded with an American family to learn English and two years later, she attended Barnard College at Columbia University in New York. The seeds took root journalism, and his career began.
As the first Indonesian woman to graduate from an American university, Herawati came home a star with his choice of jobs even movie offers, but it also returned to a homeland on the brink of the war. She became a freelance writer for United Press International, but the position was cut short when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. With a command of English, Herawati was pressed into service as an advertiser in Indonesia Radio Hosokyoku during the Japanese occupation. New insipid was propaganda, but the work has led to the meeting with his life partner, B. M. Diah, who worked on Asia Raya .
"It was beautiful," she said with a mischievous smile. They married in 1942 and had three children. In August 1945, the declaration of independence and freed Indonesia " merdeka "or" freedom "became the greeting on the street. He also became the banner on the B. M. newspaper founded. Its mission was to enrich the understanding of Indonesians.
"Journalism requires a love of work, but there are also tasks that require attention to our conscience," she wrote in her memoirs. Six months before the 1955 Asia-Africa Conference in Bandung, she founded the Indonesia Observer , only English newspaper in the country for over a decade, providing a global report to the struggle of his people.
an endless journey - Reflections of an Indonesian journalist
In 1959, BM Diah received a bid ambassador in Czechoslovakia, and later Hungary, Thailand and Britain. Herawati packed cultural treasures of their house to bring Indonesia into the world, even as their diplomatic trip Herawati introduced to kings, queens, presidents and statesmen. She left the company reports on Indonesia, and began work to represent it abroad with his integrity and intellect. Herawati noted as a journalist, she was a free spirit, but as a diplomat now, it should always be polite.
His memories of meeting famous personalities are animated. She knew all Indonesian presidents, Queen Elizabeth, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry Kissinger. He asked about Communist China. Herawati times viewed Ghandi on Indonesia's struggle for freedom, and he said. "When you really believe it will be successful, then it will surely succeed"
BM became Minister Information in 1968, and their links with the global leadership continued. Seeing historic preservation abroad led Herawati to keep the culture of his homeland. She took her case to Paris and Borobudur was declared site UNESCO World Heritage Site. the woman foundations have also established vanguard, as Indonesian cultural partners to protect the treasures and textiles, the Association and other Indonesian women, who raised the political consciousness in women. she never lost her nose for news, pushing the concerns of women in the 190s "They represent half the world's population," she wrote, "only business of a minority . "She always reached out to work with yayasan to educate young children.
If requested on that emulated Herawati, she said: "Anyone who can make our country free," the development of equality in education, wealth and opportunities She traveled. constantly over the decades, still the champion of Indonesia and seeking to protect and improve it. Yet his self-deprecating way, she says about her memory, "no, if you please consider this book as a recording events in which I am involved. "Yes, involved and motivated by a deep love of the country.
Finally, its secrets to a long life is not secret at all, but the wisdom of the ages: Be strong, eat healthy but not too-live and sleep well without worries
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