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Online book launching of "Sepasang Luka" -  

World Book Day which falls every April 23 is a momentum for increasing literacy to consistently encourage people to love reading and writing. The launch of the Anthology of Short Stories (short stories) “Sepasang Luka” is one of them. The book is written by 30 junior high school students, contains an outpouring of honesty from future generations regarding their injured mental and social conditions.

"Social injuries occur due to a number of things, such as rampant corruption cases, a sense of injustice that still often occurs, an unfavorable environment, to the influence of social media abuse," said Director of Media Pendidikan Cakrawala East Nusa Tenggara Gusty Rikano at the World Book Day Celebration Webinar. with the Indonesian Reading Ambassador, Friday, (22/04/2022).

In fact, they are the future generation of the nation. However, now they are a generation that is hurt and injured mentally and socially. Gusty added that their expressions of expressing their anxiety over what they felt were the greatest way to bandage a wound.

Another admiration was also voiced by the Motivating Teacher from West Nusa Tenggara, Purna Aprianti. How junior high school students already have a deep sensitivity to social life. There are character values ​​that should be contemplated and should be read by all stakeholders. 

“This article is amazing. It can be said as a critical book. Because sometimes adults often feel the most right. Sometimes we need to open our hearts to read their stories,” added Purna.

According to a release received by Voice of Indonesia on Friday (22/04/22), The Anthology of Children's Short Stories from Indonesia "A Pair of Wounds" is a product of the Java-Bali-NTB-NTT Indonesian Reading Ambassador Literacy Safari which took place from January 18 to April 10, 2022.

"There are hundreds of manuscripts submitted, and we did a strict selection," explained the Indonesian Reading Ambassador Gol A Gong.

The Head of the Center for Library Analysis and the Development of Reading Culture at the National Library of Indonesia, Adin Bondar, said that books have long been a barometer of the progress of the nation's civilization.

Barbara Tuchman, a historian from the United States once wrote that books are the bearers of civilization. Without history books, literature is silent, science is paralyzed, thinking is stuck. In short, books are the engine of changing windows of the world. The same thought was also expressed by the famous President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, who served in the period 1801-1809, who claimed that he could not live without books.

World Book Day is a moment of inspiration that reading is very important. Through books, there is a repetition of people's critical thinking. People who like to read will tend to be productive and innovative, and have social skills//VOI