The Shallot and Garlic
Long ago in a small village in Indonesia, there lived two half-sisters whose names reflected the humble vegetables of their homeland: Bawang Merah, meaning “Shallot,” and Bawang Putih, meaning “Garlic.” Though they shared a home, the two girls could not have been more different from one another. Bawang Merah, the biological daughter of the household’s mother, lived a life of
