Carmen Chen

Dawn breaks on the 17th of August, and Laksmi prepares for a celebration of the Indonesian independence day. As she embarks on her preparations, she experiences visitations by familiar faces from her past, reminding her of the folly of nostalgia in a post-colonial world.

In his first escape from quarantine, Mr. Razzor, a barber by profession, gets kidnapped by a mysterious man with rather silly motives. Oh, he also *follows* Covid safety protocols throughout the abduction.