JAKARTA: As dawn breaks across Indonesian cities, motorcycles carrying covered bird cages begin arriving at open fields, parking lots and community venues. Men wearing bird club jackets gather around ...
An excerpt from Tanul Thakur’s ‘Wild Wild East: Exiled Americans, Enslaved Indians and the Systemic Abuse of the H-1B Visa Programme’.
Beyond the competitions, kicau mania supports a wider ecosystem of breeders, feed suppliers, cage makers and event organizers. According to Indonesia's Ministry of Trade, the country's ...