Java

Frying the wires, freeing the waves
Grassroots organisations in Indonesia are building communication media from the most basic of utensils
Against the grain
Two Chinese-Indonesian women are role models for the younger generation
In memory of martyrs
A Chinese community constructs and preserves the memory of their loved ones, the victims of racial and political violence in Banyuwangi
Demonstrating diversity
Photo-essay: Yogya’s community protests against the Pornography Bill
Hot debates
A law on pornography still divides the community
No positive news
People living with HIV face corruption and incompetence in the health system
Staying clean
Drug rehabilitation in Indonesia
Giving up partisan politics?
Indonesia's biggest Muslim organizations are having second thoughts about partisan politics
Promoting pluralism
Pesantren progressives defend constitutional religious freedoms
Indonesia'€™s Q!Film Festival
Young Indonesians are using an alternative film festival to promote awareness of sexual diversity
Skin deep
Young Indonesians struggle to resist the power of the skin whitening industry
Where are you (not) from?
Sundanese have a habit of putting each other in their places
Marginal and tattooed
A group of Jakarta punks challenges the criminal stigma attached to tattoos
Seeking Soeparno
A man who left his home to work in a plantation half-way around the world
A world of reading
Local writers help combat illiteracy in rural Banten