ABDURRAHMAN Wahid is no longer the nations President, and neither is he Chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesias largest Muslim association, but the man known as Gus Dur keeps constantly busy and is never short of visitors.

Despite his busy schedule, Gus Dur still finds time to write, which he usually does when hes traveling. The notes he dictates to his assistant eventually become columns that appear in different media. A series of these