Stories about India from May, 2008
India: Jaipur blasts, Terrorism and the Government
On 13th May, serial blasts rocked Jaipur. Reports suggest that more than sixty people were killed, and another 150 were injured. MyZone writes about Jaipur, which as a city has been relatively peaceful, and the sheer panic the blasts created. Disbelief turned into shock as over the fifteen minutes the...
India: Twitter updates on Jaipur
DJ Fadereu updates the situation from Jaipur, which was hit by serial blasts yesterday on twitter.
India: Bomb blasts in Jaipur
SAJA Forum links to news about the bomb blasts in Jaipur, India.
India: In conversation with Pico Iyer
Kamla Bhatt podcasts an interview with the author, Pico Iyer.
Pakistan, India: Voices of the oppressed
Jahane Rumi from Pakistan on the literature of the oppressed in India.
India: Where there's no water
Memoirs of a Foreigner on visiting a slum in Delhi with no water.
PangeaDay: an event lived worldwide
Pangea Day took place Saturday, and people from different parts of the world got together to watch movies and be a part of the worldwide event where movies, speakers and music showed us a bit of life on the other side of the globe, uniting people from all walks of life to believe that we aren't as different as we would believe. It also included a mobile video contest, with an international lineup of winners.
South Asia: Burma, the junta and a crisis
In a post titled “Hell in the time of Junta”, Sepia Mutiny writes about the humanitarian crisis in Burma.
India: Pangea Day
Almost as good as Chocolate writes about the upcoming Pangea Day – a day devoted to films in different locations of the world.
India: The middle class
Conversation Hub on a walk through the Dharavi slum in Mumbai and reflects on space, money and the emerging middle class.
India: On teaching
Learning by Living shares her experiences of teaching a class of 20-somethings in India.
India: Can't swim in the river
Despite all the lip service, the river Ganga remains dirty. More at India Travel Blog.
India: What women wear
Maami's Weblog comments on the sudden spurt of Indian female actors being criticized for what they wear in Chennai.
South Asia: Soaring food prices
2.6 billion links to a report by the Asian Development Bank on the soaring food prices the world over.
India: cause of global food crisis
Aparna Ray replies to US President Geoge Bush's remark that the growing prosperity of India's large middle class is contributing to rising food prices around the world, with an apt limerick: “It seems we have hurled, The rest of the world, Into crisis by not chewing grass!“
India: Recipes from Bengal
Indian Food Blog Bong Mom's CookBook introduces its readers to the world of Bengali cuisine in a two part series. Part I displays recipes in the following categories – Rice, Veggie Side Dish, Dal, Complete Meal, Seafood, Meat and Eggs. Part II has recipes of Chutney, Dessert, Snacks and Drink.
India, USA: Is there really a food crisis?
In a podcast interview Kamla Bhatt talks with Lal David Rai, a second generation farmer of Mexican-Punjabi-Indian origin on the perceived shortage of rice in the USA and the global food shortage.
India: Pedestrian rights in Mumbai
The City Fix publishes a two part interview (Part 1, Part 2) with Mr. Krishnaraj Rao, who is leading a grassroots campaign on behalf of pedestrian rights in Mumbai. Pedestrians often have the lowest priority on the roads in this mega city.
