Caught Between Two Happinesses
Young Indonesian lesbians struggle with the pressure to marry.
KATE WALTON
Selling Nationalism
Indonesian television advertisements are constructing images of Indonesia by appropriating well-known nationalist themes.
STEFANI HANING SWARATI
Muslim Men Supreme
Activists work to change men’s interpretations of Islam that justify their superiority at home.
RACHMAD HIDAYAT
Falling Into The Lesbi World
Blackwood gives insight into a little-understood group in Indonesian society.
HELEN PAUSACKER
Picture, Reality
Between February and March 2011, with the support of The Patatas, I conducted a photography workshop with some 34 students in Nepal, most of which were from underprivileged backgrounds. During the month-long course, students kept a journal of the lessons they learnt and the reflections they experienced. This is an excerpt from the journal of one of my students, Suman Shakya.
DEBBY NG
Mourning the Norway Killings
For all our differences, there are more things that hold us together than keep us apart.
MARCK RIMORIN
Rambling in Jaffna: An Ode to the Past
A nostalgic writer and traveller revisits the city of Jaffna in Sri Lanka.
RASIKA JAVAKODY
A Day-off Too Late
Here’s a eulogy for Miss Cawi Nei Mawi. A day off seems so little to ask, but we know it can make such a difference to maids cooped up for too long. 
CHERRY HMUNG
Pictures of an Abstract Mind
Between February and March 2011, with the support of The Patatas, I conducted a photography workshop with some 34 students in Nepal, most of which were from underprivileged backgrounds. During the month-long course, students kept a journal of the lessons they learnt and the reflections they experienced. This is an excerpt from the journal of one of my students, Anupama Shree Dhamala.
DEBBY NG
No Divorce in the Philippines, But Lots of Mistresses and Paramours
Divorce hits the latest rehashed headlines in a country perennially stuck in backwardness.
BONGV
Singapore, the Two-Tier Society
It is difficult to love a city that doesn't love you back.
MJUSE FLANEUROSE
Rich, Fat and Sitting Down
Childhood obesity is a growing problem among the urban rich in Indonesia
JULIA MADARINA
How to Call Your Sweetheart in Thai
A few are rather honey-dripping sweet but more are fun and quintessentially and charmingly Thai – here’s our list of Thai terms of endearment.
KAEWMALA
Less Alimony for Attractive Divorcees?
The Singapore Courts have ruled that a woman’s ability to attract another mate can decide her alimony. 
SIMONE ERASMUS-LAM
The Economics of Extra-Curricular Tuition
Is there really a correlation between extra tuition and better grades?
ANDREA LEUNG