Stories about India from July, 2010
India: Opposing The Ban On The Veil
GreatBong at Random Thoughts Of A Demented Mind explains why he opposes the Burkah ban.
India: Multitasking And Lackluster Performance
Being Cynical at Desicritics question Indian's love of multitasking in every field and failure to achieve excellence in consequence.
India: Development With Sports
Think Change India highlights the Dream A Dream project in India which is using team sports like football to create a fun filled learning environment for children.
India: Delhi Wall Project
South Asia Wired highlights Delhi Wall Project, which is comprised of six enthusiastic youths. They have taken a vow to to “add color and life to the otherwise boring walls...
India: The White Privilege
Our Delhi Struggle, a blog of a New York couple living in India, discuss whether the couple have ever enjoyed “the white privilege” in India.
Global: Paul the German Octopus Calls Another Match
For the past few weeks, amidst global World Cup madness, a young German octopus named Paul has been accurately predicting the victors of each football match from inside his tank.
India: Selective About Denouncing Violence?
On 4th of July, 2010 a group of unidentified assailants attacked and hacked off the right hand of Mr. T. J. Joseph, a college lecturer from Kerala. He was earlier suspended after accusations by Muslim groups for making some derogatory references to the Prophet in a question paper set by him and had apologized publicly. Bloggers react.
India: Facebook And Delhi Traffic Police
Gaurav Mishra at Gauravonomics reacts on the use of Facebook by Delhi Police: “punishing traffic offenders based on Facebook photos uploaded by others reminds me a little of China’s human...
India: Tweets On Bharat Bandh
Offstumped rounds up a number of reactions in Tweeter on today's India wide Bandh (strike) by the opposition to protest inflation and price rise.
India: Tribals Tell Their Stories Via Podcasts
“Swara, an initiative of former journalist Shubranshu Choudhury, enables the tribals of Chhattisgarh to tell their version of stories, in their language and through a medium accessible to them…” informs...
India: Tackling The Maoist Threat
The relentless Maoist attacks have become India's biggest security threat as Maoist separatists have inflicted another deadly blow on Indian security forces. Netizens analyze the cause behind the Maoist onslaughts and discuss ways to tackle the threat.
India: Modern Hindi Poetry
Amardeep at Sepia Mutiny writes about the new Hindi poetry movement and posts translations of some poems.
India: Thoughts On Bengal Politics
Nirmalya Nag posts some thoughts on the Politics of West Bengal state of India (Part 1, Part 2).
