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· October, 2011

Stories about India from October, 2011

South Asia: Reactions on the New Beginning of Libya

After the death of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, people from all over the world are expressing their views on his reign, the way he died and the new beginning it promises to Libya. South Asian bloggers also were quick to express their opinions.

Written by Jehan Naseem
21 October 2011

India: Women Bloggers Meet In Mumbai

Ugich Konitari attended the Dove-Indiblogger Women Bloggers Meet held in mid-town Mumbai on the 16th of October 2011 and wrote about it. More than 90 women from various parts of...

Written by Rezwan
17 October 2011

India: A Tribute To Jagjit Singh

Parvinder Singh pays a tribute to the Indian Ghazal music legend Jagjit Singh and shares how his music crossed borders and faiths.

Written by Rezwan
16 October 2011

World Food Day: Living with Hunger Pangs

According to the World Bank, nearly 1 billion people go to bed hungry around the world, and the rising food prices will make that number grow. Today, for the World Food Day, we put faces on those hungry families and hear their stories.

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra
16 October 2011

India: The Hidden Corruption

Dheera Sujan points out that grass-root struggles like Chhattisgarh's Soni Sori do not attract proper attention in India and their voices are being silenced in a hidden corruption.

Written by Rezwan
14 October 2011

India: Torture By Teachers

Kenney Jacob posts a first hand report from a student of an engineering college in central Kerala which tells about torture by teachers in that institution leading to a female...

Written by Rezwan
11 October 2011

India: Nine Days, Nine Goddesses

Anu at A Wondering Mind post pictures of goddesses at the Chedda Nagar Murugan Temple decorated differently in each of the nine days of the Navaratri Festival.

Written by Rezwan
9 October 2011

India: Malpractices In Coaching Centers

Vijay Menon writes about some coaching centers which engage in malpractices to get substandard students enrolled in the much craved Indian Institute for Technologies, a group of autonomous engineering and...

Written by Rezwan
9 October 2011

India: The Advent Of $45 Tablet PCs

Aakash, the world's cheapest Tablet PC ($45), has been launched in India, reports Anupam Saxena. The government plans to distribute 10 million tablet PCs to post-secondary students in India.

Written by Rezwan
5 October 2011

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