Stories about India from December, 2007
India: Baghdad Burning on stage
Known Turf on watching a dramatic reproduction of the blog – Baghdad Burning on stage.
India: Photographs from abroad
Glimpses of life abroad in the 70s (or so) at Sepia Mutiny. Beautiful photographs.
India: No buyers for tea
My Himachal on a crisis that has hit tea producers in Kangra Valley – no buyers.
Bahrain: The debt owed to the Indians of the Gulf
This is the second post from Bahrain this week; the first covered various celebrations, and demonstrations. In this post we'll be examining the official population statistics, hearing about a frustrating experience in Saudi Arabia, seeing what role graffiti can play in political mobilisation, and acknowledging the debt owed to South Asians in the Gulf.
India: Tweetup!
A Tweetup (or Twitter Meetup) in Mumbai, probably the first one in India – more information at Gauravonomics.
India: Children, violence and guns
karmickids is shocked by a shootout in a school in India – and why she isn't likely to buy her kid any toy guns.
India: Delhi from the sky
synchroni-cities has a beautiful post on Delhi as seen on wikimapia.
India: Women and Islam
Indian Muslims on Islam, women and the Quran.
India: Death of two students
Two Indian PhD students are shot dead at Louisiana State University. Sepia Mutiny has more.
Bahrain: A tenfold increase in population?!
This time the roundup from Bahrain covers three weeks. We have frustration on every front, unfortunately: frustration with being surrounded by apathy and ignorance, with being a teenager, and with a ludicrous criminal charge. One blogger is considering leaving the Gulf for a better life back in India, another admits he rarely reads, and a number of others are debating the merits of secularism.
Neigbourhood Diaries: Growing Citizen Journalists from Grassroots
This week we have the pleasure to introduce to you the fifth of the first round grantees of the Rising Voices. 'Neigbourhood Diaries' is a citizen writing program moblising young people living in ’slums’ as citizen journalists to research, write and disseminate unrecognized and authentic community narratives in local and global media.
India: On Post Feminism
Ultra Violet asks if it is indeed time to call in the era of post-feminism yet.
India: Identity, conflict and a hiatus
Sharanya explains her hiatus, as her comments about the current issue of ethnic Indians in Malaysia have been blow out of proportion.
India: On Plagiarism
balancing life on the recent incidents of plagiarism in academia and why the real problem goes back to not educating children about citing one's sources.
India: Ellora Caves
Youth Curry on visiting the wonderful Ellora caves, government neglect and the noisy tourists.
India: Outing Bloggers
A sudden turn of events in the blogosphere, as some trolls “out” some of the bloggers by disclosing their real names. IndieQuill on “Outing Bloggers”.
India: 49th Carnival of Feminists
Tamil Punkster brings the 49th Carnival of Feminists. Links to some excellent posts on issues like media, violence and technology.
India: Bengalooru Bangalored!
With due apologies to Prof. TT Ram Mohan who came up with this creative title for his post, and which I have happily borrowed from him. The emergence of Bangalore...
India: On an Epic
Reading the re-telling of the Ramayana by Ashok Banker gets Lightning Strikes Everyday to reflect on the epic.
India: Economy and Rights
Despite all the buzz around India's growing economy, Arthshastra feels that returning to India requires deeper thought, given the current state of civil liberties. Uber Crazy voices in on the...
India: Still 1992
a reader's words reminds us of the events of 6 Dec 1992, when a mosque was demolished by fundamentalists, and on how things haven't really changed.
