Stories about India from June, 2008
India: Social Justice and Free Speech
Law and Other Things comments on a situation, where an editor has been arrested, and describes it as a tussle between social justice and freedom of press.
India: On Child Labour
The issue of child labour is complicated, and Pr3rna wonders if stopping the children from working actually makes the issue worse.
India: Right to Recall
Law and Other Things on voters in Chhattishgarh, India exercising their ‘right to recall’ elected representatives.
Bangladesh: On Gorkhaland
Unheard Voices from Bangladesh takes a closer look at the Gorkhaland issue in India, and focuses on the apparent Bengali racism.
India: Quitting
zigzackly survives a heart attack, and now details his plan to quit smoking.
India: Marrying an NRI
Heartcrossings on the diminishing value of the once prized trophy – a Non Resident Indian groom.
India: On Homophobia
Remains of the Day from India lists various reasons for the prevalence of homophobia, both in the law and popular culture.
India: Price of fuel
To be or not to be.. on the pricing of fuel, price hikes and political play.
India: Clothes and Women
Bohemian Rhapsody from India writes on the obsession with labeling women on the basis of the clothes they wear.
India: Watching the News
DesiDabba on the state of TV news in India, focusing mostly on high profile crimes.
India: History Carnival
The sixth edition of the Indian History Carnival is up at Desipundit, a selction of posts on history in the Indian Blogosphere.
Pakistan: Spying across the border
The Pakistani Spectator takes a closer look at the spies sent across the border between India and Pakistan, and how their cases are used politically.
Russia: “Nina the Moldovan Grocer”
Moscow Through Brown Eyes shares a wonderful story on “Nina the Moldovan Grocer” and her “interpretation” of the blogger's parents.
India: Children and Cameras
A not-for-profit organisation in India gets children to use digital cameras to empower them. More at Freedom of Expression.
India: Bullying bloggers, stealing content, and threats!
As bloggers, we're a vulnerable lot. Regardless of anonymity, pseudonyms and the like, threats can still make us review how important a blog is. The case of Inji Pennu and...
India: Child Sexual Abuse
Into Madness reads a book on child sexual abuse and writes on the sheer scale of abuse of children in India.
India: Walking around
India Travel Blog does a series of articles on walks in India.
BlogCamp Delhi – Enlightening and entertaining!
24th May 2008 was sort of a remarkable day in the blogging circle in New Delhi and National Capital Region as Indian Blog and New Media Society, in collaboration with...
India: Soon to come, elections
With the general elections scheduled soon in India, Songs of Sixpence on the prospects of the current coalition in power.
India: Bullying a Blogger!
A website – Kerals.com decides to bully and abuse a blogger, when she protests against unfair use of her content on their website. More at Ginger and Mango.
India: Ending slavery
The Weight of Silence from India on an online global competition to identify innovative approaches to exposing, confronting and ending modern-day slavery.
