Question: Does "race" separate Malays from Chinese or Indians?
Answer: no.

Race and Communalism in Malaysia

Hoisted from the comments: The only bone I have is though, is the non-threatening euphemisms that you have chosen – to cover up the rampant racism that are being practised. What is wrong with calling a spade, a spade? Why…

Linking and Attribution

Linking and Attribution

My last post, Malaysia and the Perfect Storm, attracted some attention from the Malaysian blogosphere. Most notably, it was reproduced in its entirety on the blog of Lim Kit Siang, long the elder statement of the opposition Democratic Action Party….

Happy 500th Post

By my calculations, this is the 500th post at Indolaysia. This blog has been up since September 2004, when it was an old and clunky Typepad site. In that time, lots of changes. TP has become Assistant Professor TP, JM…

Something New: Research Posts

Something New: Research Posts

We’re going to try something new here at Indolaysia. Rather than just posting abroad–which means lots of posts smashed together, but lots of time in between trips–I’ll try to post a bit more frequently on research-related topics. Not too often;…

New Web Address, Same Indolaysia

Effective November 2010, Indolaysia has moved to a blog server at Cornell. New posts (when they arrive) will appear here, and all of the old posts have migrated over here as well. So long, Typepad.

Signing off from Doha

Last post for a couple of months.  I’ll be back again this summer, maybe with JM again.  I’ll close with some final thoughts, with no common connection among them. I like all fruits in Indonesia except for durian and papaya. …

Signing Off, Over the Northern Atlantic

Singapore Airlines is absolutely great.  When’s the last time your American Airlines flight offered free wireless access?  I’m a couple hours away from JFK, and since the trip to Indonesia is over, the blog goes again on hiatus.  JM and…

Back for a Limited Time Only!

That’s right, readers, TP here with our first update in six months.  I am heading to Indonesia again for three weeks, from February 25 to March 18, to do a bit more research.  While I’m there, you can expect regular…

Style

Typepad claims that it is aware of problems with blog styles, and that it will be fixing things soon.  We sure hope so because we don’t like this current design very much and we miss our old one.