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An outsider to all establishments, even artistic ones, Semsar Siahaan is yet to be accorded his rightful place among the ranks of great Indonesian artists

Half a century after Herb Feith first lived in Kamal, Nikolas Feith Tan retraces his grandfather’s steps

Djenar Maesa Ayu – one of Indonesia’s exciting new female authors

Transforming rubbish into political art

A farmer’s daughter takes control and makes a difference

It’s been a long struggle trying to get unions to listen to women

Fauzi Abdullah reflects on more than a quarter of a century of organising

Pramoedya was an all-round revolutionary writer.

In his last interview, Pramoedya kept up his attack on elitism and corruption.

Pramoedya's reputation is still dogged by the cultural polemics of the Sukarno era

An Australian academic describes the personal impact of Pramoedya’s writing.

An activist reflects on Pramoedya’s significance for young Indonesians.

A younger writer remembers Pramoedya’s influence on his own life and work

Pramoedya the writer was also an historian who loved his country

  Y B Mangunwijaya (always known as Romo Mangun) died of a heart attack on 10 February 1999, moments after presenting a paper at a Jakarta symposium. On 6 May 1999 he would have turned 70.