Stories about India from January, 2008
India: Divorce and Women
Ultra Violet on the increasing instances of divorce in India, what it means in terms of autonomy for women and perspectives on divorce.
Bahrain: Are Gulf Arabs Lazy?
Earlier this week the Bahraini Labour Minister Majid Al Alawi was interviewed in the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat, and in the interview he said that the Gulf was facing an 'Asian tsunami' because Gulf nationals are 'lazy' and 'spoilt' and depend on imported labour to do even simple tasks. He said that that the nearly 17 million foreign workers in the Gulf, mostly Asian, represented 'a danger worse than the atomic bomb or an Israeli attack'. What do Bahraini bloggers think?
South Asia: Islam and Democracy
Pickled Politics takes a closer look at Islam and Democracy, particularly in South Asia.
India: NRIs and Remittances
churmuri writes on the importance of NRIs given the size of remittances that flow into the country, as compared to the FDI inflows.
India: Arun Gandhi and Anti-Semiticism
SAJA Forum on the controversy surrounding Arun Gandhi for making remarks seen as anti-semitic.
India: Madrasa Reforms and Education
Madrasa Reforms in India highlights the work of Delhi-based Islamic Fiqh Academy (IFA).
India: Defending arranged marriages
Hip Hop Grandmom writes a post defending the idea of arranged marriages.
India: For Booklovers
Metroblogging Mumbai does a roundup for book lovers in the city – big shops, the shops around the corner, and hawkers near railway stations.
India: Dalal Street
India Daily on the ups and downs on the stock exchanges in India – mirroring the volatility in markets worldwide.
India: Sex and 40
head start reacts to a post that seems to assume that women in India don't have a sex life after the age of 40.
Bahrain: State Acts as Religious Policeman
Bahraini Mahmood Al Yousif brings us the story of Maya, whose marriage in India and conversion into Hinduism led the Bahraini authorities to confiscate her passport.
India: Caste and Politics
a reader's words on the dynamics of caste and politics in Punjab, India.
India: On Breastfeeding
IndieQuill on breastfeeding, and what the fuss is all about in India.
India: Marriage and Women
Bohemian Rhapsody on the expectations in India, when it comes to women who get married – to look, behave and act in a certain manner.
Philippines: Korean English Teacher Visa Policy
Diplomats from Singapore, Philippines and some other Asian countries are critical of South Korea's new Visa Policy that bars Asians from Teaching English.
India: The Sound of Language
Lotus Reads reviews The Sound of Language by Amulya Malladi – a book that explores the story of an Afghan woman in Denmark.
India: Mandatory HIV/AIDS testing
To each its own on the rather contentious issue of mandatory HIV/AIDS testing.
India: Rewriting History
Synchori-Cities narrates an incident that leads the author to reflect on the re-writing of history.
India: A representative for the NRIs
Law and Other Things suggests that Non-Resident Indians should get their own representative in the Indian parliament.
India: Blogging and Media
A popular news channel in India had a discussion-based program on the need to regulate blogs. The charade goes on… has more.
India: Majority and Minorities
Indian Muslims explores the idea of communities within the construct of “majority and minority”.
