Stories about India from December, 2010
India: Open Access Indian Law Database
Yale Law Library blog informs that The Legal Information Institute of India (LII of India), a non-profit access to 50 databases of Indian law, is now open for public access.
Bangladesh: The Trigger Happy Indian BSF Exposed
Jyoti at Unheard Voice highlights the recently published report of Human Rights Watch chronicling the situation on the India Bangladesh border. The report documents indiscriminate killing and torture by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) against both Bangladeshi and Indian nationals in the border area.
India: Sari Is Not A Terrorist Outfit
The Indian ambassador to the United States Meera Shankar was pulled from a security line at the Jackson-Evers International Airport in Mississippi, USA, and was subsequently forced to undergo a pat-down body search on grounds that she was wearing a sari. The incident sparked strong protests from India and the blogosphere reacts.
India: Ban Diesel Vehicles In And Around The Himalayan Region
Raja Basu at Potpourri suggests that the Indian government should ban diesel vehicles in and around the Himalayan Region so that the Himalayan glaciers can be saved.
India: Gifting Cars At Weddings
Neha Viswanathan at Within / Without discusses about a slogan of a car advertisement in India promoting gifting of cars at weddings, which can be interpreted as promoting dowry.
India: One Day Women Can Play and Dance
India Unheard shows us two different festivities in different areas of the country where married women from tribal communities can, for one day only, play and dance in public without risking censure.
India: Exploitation Of Contract Laborers
Rashmi Singh at Kafila highlights the plights of the contract laborers who are constructing a new hostel building for Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India.
COP 16: Young Bloggers Track Negotiations
Adopt a Negotiator, part of the TckTckTck campaign focusing on climate change, is an initiative where several young people from different parts of the world become “trackers.” Their role is to be interpreters and communicators of what their national delegations say and do at the UNFCCC conferences on Climate Change.
India, Pakistan: The Cyber War Continues
“On Friday, the Pakistan Cyber Army hacked the Indian CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) website” and the Pakistani “OGRA (Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority) website was hacked yesterday by the Indian cyber army, reports Chowrangi.
India: Umbrella And Mobile Phone Etiquette
Sindhu Subramaniam thinks that some citizens of the Indian mega city Mumbai need umbrella and mobile phone etiquette.
India: No Regulation In Cyber Journalism
Jayanta Deka discusses about the need for a regulation for cyber journalism in India as online news sites more than often resort to sensitized headlines for more web hits.
India: What Is An MP?
Ugich Konitari explains what are the perceptions of Indian citizens about an MP (Member of parliament).
