The Trowulan Awards, 2025
As 2025 comes to an end, the Trowulan Reviews will give pointless awards that the winners cannot brag about. After going through almost no selection process, the editorial team of the Trowulan Reviews have nominated a number of awards to the following.
The award for
KEEPING 95% OF THE ECONOMY CIRCULATING
is given to
SPORTS STORE OWNERS SELLING PICKEBALL RACKETS
The award for
ENDING THE POLITICAL CAREER OF ANIES RASYID BASWEDAN
is given to
ANIES RASYID BASWEDAN
The award for
BEING IDEOLOGICALLY FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO FIT ANY COALITION
is given to
MUHAIMIN ISKANDAR
The award for
BEING SEEN AS SUPERIOR BY DOING EVERYTHING IN A MEDIOCRE WAY
is given to
PRAMONO ANUNG
The award for
SOLVING A PROBLEM BY RENAMING IT
is given to
BADAN KOMUNIKASI PEMERINTAH
(formerly known as KANTOR KOMUNIKASI KEPRESIDENAN (KKK))
The award for
HOLDING THE MOST AMOUNT OF CRAP IN A PERSON
is given to
THE TACTICAL VEST WORN BY VERREL BRAMASTA
The award for
MAKING HISTORY MORE COMFORTABLE
is given to
FADLI ZON AS MINISTER OF CULTURE
The award for
BEING COMPLETELY ABSENT FROM THE EPSTEIN FILES
is given to
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We congratulate all awardees and encourage them to keep up the good performances, hence they can win more meaningless awards, such as Doctor Honoris Causa.
Image credits: Photos by Brendan Sapp on Unsplash, aniesbaswedan.com, Wikimedia Commons (Pramono Anung, KKK/Bakom RI, Fadli Zon), Detik via Instagram.
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