Clare recounts his daughter’s experience of having a child out of wedlock in Yogyakarta.

Timdog on popular stereotypes about Madura and the Madurese, and the rumoured sexual prowess of the women.

Ramadan etiquette for unbelievers, by Purba Negoro.

Purba Negoro on the future of Javanese language, and learning some easy words and phrases.

Ross worries that the next target of Islamic fanatics will be old Javanese figures and traditions.

Two aspirants for the presidency, Soetrisno Bachir and Prabowo Subianto, put themselves about.

Purba Negoro looks at Indonesian defence issues in somewhat mystical Javanese terms.

Modern day Javanese girls showing off their bras and underwear willy nilly, and the position of Javanese culture today.

Timdog gives Pramoedya Ananta Toer the literary parody treatment.

Sadanand Dhume’s My Friend the Fanatic – Travels with an Indonesian Islamist.