In the Heart of HCMC, Seeking One Place That’s Permanent
The shops and stalls of a working-class district give Viên An great comfort, but economic pressure on the neighborhood is relentless.
Read MoreNo Place to Call Home
Kuik Yi Ke wanders through a concreted, tower-studded district of central KL, seeking lingering traces of worlds that are being razed.
Read MoreA Garden and a Mosh Pit in a Skyscraper’s Shadow
Watching a punk concert on a rooftop, Ancen is prompted to reflect on what makes an ideal city.
Read MoreIn Maluku I Feared, Then Faced the Sea
After a lifetime of avoiding the ocean, Amy Djafar walks at dawn to the water’s edge and paddles out.
Read MoreFor Whom the Nasi Goreng Cart Tok-Toks
For those who know what it means, few things are sweeter than the 'tok-tok' sound of a roving food cart selling fried rice and noodles.
Read MoreHow to Sell a Sack of Chillies in West Sumatra
Deddy Arsya experiences the thrill of commerce in a vegetable market in Bukittinggi.
Read MoreThe Roar of the Ocean Can’t Compete With a Madurese Village
Royyan Julian, exhausted from his university work and participation in cultural activities, desperately needs a little tranquility. His hometown has other ideas.
Read MoreOn the Kahayan River of Kalimantan
Rio Heykhal Belvage arrived at a Dayak village with one large rucksack, lots of empty notebooks, and a questioning mind.
Read MoreWhen I’m Restless at One A.M., This is the Place I Go
The food at a burjo resto is easy enough to cook up. What draws Muhammad Nanda Fauzan is conversation and comedy.
Read MoreFalling Asleep in a Hospital Bed is Tougher-Still if You’re a Migrant
For Wilda Hikmalia, one place in Jakarta was terrifying above all others. Then mysterious symptoms got her admitted there.
Read MoreA Poetry-Filled Digital Detox, in a Lombok Alley
Julia Arungan, aspiring to be an author, waits with bated breath to hear what her mentor has to say.
Read MoreThe Cost of Free Parking
Fikry Ainul Bachtiar ponders a question with far-reaching implications: ‘Should we have given money to that person we left behind?’
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