Stories about India from October, 2008
India: Layoffs rattle aviation industry
One of the stars of Indian private aviation industry Jet Airways decided to lay-off 1900 employees (including ground and cabin crew) to survive the rising fuel prices and the economic...
India: And the Bookers prize goes to..
Über Desi reports that the Chennai born Arvind Adiga has won the 2008 Man Booker prize for his debut novel ‘The White Tiger’, which the Guardian describes as “a bracingly...
India: Social entrepreneur helping the poor
In a Blog Action Day post Lalit Patnaik at Inside Out highlights one social entrepreneur who is promoting sustainable technologies such as solar electrification to families below poverty line in...
India-USA Relationship Enters A New Era
Earlier this month the US government lifted its 30 year moratorium on nuclear trade with India. US President Bush signed a bill that allows US assistance to India's civilian nuclear...
India: Hindu is not a God
Pastor Arnold Conrad termed “Hindu” as a God at a rally for John McCain in Davenport, USA. Varnam reacts: “Our God, Hindu, is not interested in a sophomoric ‘mine is...
India: Mizo Noodles
Pour Me Another Tequila shows us how to prepare noodles the Mizo way.
India: Community Journalism with Video Volunteers
Video Volunteers is an organization of media producers from the villages and slums in India, creating content that is relevant to themselves and screening it inside the communities, reaching thousands of people a month with news and events that affect them and call them into action. Channel 19 is the online video channel where this media, created by and for the communities is showcased for the rest of the population.
Bahrain: The pleasures and perils of studying abroad
Although Bahrain has a number of universities, both government and private, many Bahrainis have the opportunity to go abroad to pursue undergraduate and postgraduate studies, often by means of scholarships. One of the first problems they face is that few people know where Bahrain is. In this post we hear about the experiences of three bloggers who have just gone abroad for higher studies, to Japan, Britain and the United States, and a fourth blogger who has been studying in India for some time.
XDR-TB: Photographer Brings Emerging Disease Into Focus
In 2007 renowned war photographer and photojournalist James Nachtwey received a TED Prize, granting him $100,000 and one wish to change the world. Nachtwey's wish was to share a vital...
India, Pakistan: Death by religion
Diganta Sarkar at The New Horizon comments: “the religion first eats non-religious, then the other religions, then starts eating the self. Pakistan has already arrived at the last stage. India...
India: Terrorism religious?
Balachandran at An Unknown Indian is furious over the Hindu nationalists attacks on the Christians in Orissa, India: “I wish to question those ignorant fools as to where the hell...
India: Attacks against churches
While condemning the recent violence against the Christians Vivek Bharat at Desicritics provides some background of the conflict that led to the attacks on churches in Karnataka: “A pamphlet titled...
India: Attacks on Christians a challenge to the secular state
In the last two months, radical Hindu nationalist mobs have rioted and attacked Christians in a number of Indian states, claiming that lower-caste Hindus and tribal peoples are being forcibly...
India: Violence in Assam
Nagalim.co.uk, a community site for the Naga indigenous people, has news and backgrounds on the recent violence in Assam, India which led to the death of 47 persons and eviction...
India: Consequences for West Bengal
Words from the Solitude discusses what effect the recent pullout of the TATA Nano project from Singur will have on the West Bengal region in India.
India: Finding the root of terror
Thoughts of an Indian Citizen comments on the cause of recent terror attacks in India: “the root cause of this terrorism is dirty politics being played in respective countries for...
India: Nuclear deal with USA
Santosh at Über Desi discusses the significance of the India-US nuclear deal.
India: Air-traffic congestions in Mumbai
Rajesh Jain at Emergic complains about air traffic in Mumbai, India: “Circling (of a flight) over Mumbai for 30-60 minutes has become commonplace thanks to the air traffic congestion.”
India: Terrorism and the Muslim population
M. J. Akbar ponders whether the renewed rise of despair amongst the Muslim population, due to some negligence and discrimination by the government, has a link to the recent terrorist...
India: Ready for software as a service?
Shyam of Venture Woods asks whether India is ready for software as a service.
India: History blogging carnival
Varnam posts the ‘Ninth Indian History Carnival’ which contains links to seven great blog posts on Indian history.