Stories about India from September, 2007
India: Lesbians and Values
Confessions From The Closet writes blogging about being a lesbian and a few harsh comments.
India: Elasticities of Corruption
Urbanomics on the elasticities of corruption and the consequences of regulation.
India: In Ladakh
Feringhee has snippets from her stay in Ladakh. From Yaks to shopkeepers.
Chak De India – Go For It India
Chak De India (Go For it India) is a Bollywood film that was released last month, and what an impact the film has on the pysche of Indians. In India...
India: Cricket and Journalism
Falstaff isn't amused with an article in the NY Times about cricket, Twenty20 and India.
India, Burma: No Comment
Sepia Mutiny on India being rather quiet on the issue of the pro-democracy protests in Burma.
India: Adam's Bridge, Infrastructure, Government and Religion
The Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project proposes cutting through a formation known as Adam's Bridge or Rama Setu. Even as the environmental implications of such a project are being discussed, along...
India: Twenty20 and Cricket Fans
The Twenty20 format of Cricket seems to be winning over new fans, as Chronicus Skepticus takes to the game.
India: Classical Music
30 in 2005 attends a seven hour Indian Classical Music Concert and comes back very happy.
Pakistan: The Twenty20 Final
A thrilling final match at the Twenty20 World Cup between India and Pakistan. Kaleidescope liveblogs the entire match in two parts – Part 1 and Part 2.
India: Pursuing a PhD
nanopolitan on getting more students in India to pursue their PhDs.
India: “Hostile areas” and blogs
The Social Blog points to a blog written by Mona El Farra on the situation in Gaza.
India: NTR, MGR and Adulation
The Culture and Politics of Tamil Cinema on the culture of adulation and comparing the cases of two contemporaries in different states.
India: Sexual Harassment at the workplace
Ultra Violet on sexual harassment in the workplace in India and on corporate reactions.
Free Speech Roundup: Turkey, Russia, Pakistan, India
For the second time in a year, a Turkish court ordered, on Tuesday September 18, to block access to YouTube.com over videos deemed insulting to the country's leaders. In Russia, the 23-year old LiveJournal blogger, who wrote a fictional story on his blog inspired by the Virginia Tech shooting, could face up to three years in prison for "falsely warning of a terror threat." In Pakistan, access to the popular blogging platform blogspot.com has been blocked again. And Mumbai's police are planning to install keystroke loggers in cyber cafes.
India: Faith and Science
nanopolitan on the faith-based attacks on science and the reluctance of the Indian scientific to comment.
India: On “Movements”
Siddhartha Shome on new social movements that “claim to represent the “people” – the downtrodden Indian masses, without, however, subjecting this claim to the test of democratic elections”
India: Amritsar Diary
Reshma Anand reflects on the various facets of Amritsar.
India: Silk Road
Tabula Rasa travels along the Silk Road and blogs it. Day 9 and 10 here.
India: Tamil television and politics
Culture and Politics of Tamil Cinema on the many intersection between television channels and politics in Tamil Nadu.
India: First Day of Ramadan
Private Opinion blogs the first day of Ramadan.
