Stories about Citizen Media from September, 2006
Knight-Batten Awards: And the winner is…..
It was appropriate that, for an award given for innovations in journalism, overseen by J-Lab (the Institute of Interactive Journalism at the University of Maryland), the news came from my...
Philippines: Most controversial military general
Army Major General Jovito Palparan is implicated in more than a hundred cases of human rights violations. He retired last week from active military service but the government vowed to...
Postcards from the Congo
With the elections, the run-off announcement, the violent clashes between two presidential candidates, it's easy to focus only the DRC's political tempests. However, many Congo bloggers are writing about art,...
India: The state of Srinagar
Kashmir on the changing face of Srinagar. “Srinagar no longer deserves the title of “city.” It might have been one in the past, but now it qualifies at best to...
India: Model Minority
Sepia Mutiny on the ‘model minority’ argument when it comes to the US. “Another season, another self-congratulatory article about desis as a model minority. At least this piece – by...
Pakistan: Salt Range
Shirazi on the Salt Range – that appears to have witnessed much history. “The Salt Range derives its name from extensive deposits of rock salt. It stands as remnant of...
Nepal: American Ambassador
United We Blog! on international affairs and the “American ambassador is visiting Nepali Army’s sensitive barracks one after another as if he is the defense minister.”
Pakistan: Osama Bin Laden art
chapati mystery has an interesting post about Osama Bin Laden art. How is the man represented, caricatured and portrayed? “This paucity of visual images of UbL has forced all cartoonists,...
The world is talking – we're listening
Global Voices has grown dramatically over the past year thanks to our fantastic community of authors, supporters, editors and readers. We're working hard to make sure that the site is...
DRC: Looking for Democracy After Post-Election Clashes
The blogosphere takes a look at violent clashes between two presidential candidates that last month gripped Kinshasa for 3 days. Some analyze the causes of the violence, others assign blame....
Sri Lanka: The insensitive Colombo Citizen
Nirmal Jayasinghe outlines the ‘Insensitive Colombo Citizen’. “Why should I go out? Let them get all the bullets, suffering and whatever results. I don’t care, because I’m not concerned. I’m...
India: On being Macho
Cuckoo's Call on what constitutes being macho. “According to a study done on the group from a northeast Mumbai slum, a “real man” is one who is “physically attractive, dominant,...
Nepal: Grief and the Maoists
United We Blog! on the mistakes that the Maoists are making, causing much grief to those in Khatmandu.
India: In the News
Greatbong talks of the coverage India gets in the international Media. “But what about Indians themselves ? Why do Indians, the moment they write for a foreign media outlet, start...
Pakistan: Progressive Muslims
ifaqueer on using the term “Progrssive Muslims”. “As to whether there is such a thing as a “Progressive Muslim”, and isn't there just one True Islam which, in its pure...
Bangladesh: Extremism in Pakistan
How I learned to stop worrying… on what brought terrorism and extremism to Pakistan. “The nation of Pakistan has its roots in a form of Islamic fundamentalism known as Deobandi....
Blogcamp Unconference in Chennai: Remains of the Day
The last weekend saw BlogCamp being held in Chennai. Promoted as the largest unconference on blogging thus far in India, it saw quite a range of people attending the event....
The Sitting Party: Cross-cultural Reflections on Social Relations in Vietnam
Recently there has been a very lively discussion in the English-language Vietnam blogosphere about the phenomenon of the self-proclaimed expat expert. Kevin of What Happened to Your Hair? started it...
India: Potholes all over
Dateline Bombay on the potholes through the country. “And do our civic authorities not experience these terrible roads themselves ? Do they know not what a basic evenly laid out...
Sri Lanka: Black July
Nirmal Jayasinghe on a book ‘July’ set in the backdrop of Black July. “This was a very touching book. It’s mainly about a love between a Tamil boy and Sinhalese...
India: Voting in the US
The South Asian population in the US is increasing, and that makes Sepia Mutiny wonder about the voting dynamics during elections.
