Stories about India from April, 2009
India: Indiblogger meet 2009
Delhiphoto posts some pictures of the participants of the NCR IndiBlogger meet 2009 whcih took place recently in Delhi, India. More than 60 bloggers attended the meeting.
Predictions and Polls for the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections in India
The month long general elections to the 15th Lok Sabha start from April 16, and there is wide speculation on which party, or coalition, will emerge the winner, when the results are announced on May 16th. Here is a quick roundup of the pre-election predictions and the discussion around them in the Indian blogosphere.
India: The Election Extravaganza
Snigdha Sen at Blogher terms the upcoming Indian election 2009 as the biggest, the fanciest and the craziest celebration of democracy in the world.
India: The 49 – 0 Vote
I Say What I Feel….. describes the unique feature of the provision of the 49-0 vote (no vote) according to the Indian constitution: “Suppose, highest number of votes for a candidate at a constituency are 100, and that constituency gets more than 100, 49 – 0, votes then, that constituency...
India Elections '09: Bloggers on the Varun Gandhi controversy
Election campaigning is in full swing in India and amidst all the frenzy, the Pilbhit constituency in Uttar Pradesh, has come under the scanner after one of its young BJP candidates, Varun Gandhi courted controversy over his allegedly communal and inflammatory campaign speeches during election rallies in his constituency on...
India: The Advent of Citizen-Driven Election Monitoring
A group of Indian bloggers and activists has recently launched Vote Report India, which is a collaborative citizen-powered election monitoring platform for the upcoming 2009 Indian parliamentary elections. This platform is based on the award winning crisis reporting platform Ushahidi ('witness' in Swahili) and will display reports of violation of election codes, violence and sabotage during elections. Many Indians will be able to send these information using SMS or web and those will be displayed in a geospatial archive of events for easy access of the masses.
India: BJP's IT Vision And Poverty
Atanu Dey takes a look at the $80 billion dollar IT vision plan of the Indian political party BJP and comments that: “there is not even the slightest indication of whether the massive spending will result in any benefits to the poor who need help.”
India: Whose Opinions In Opinion Polls?
Vinod Sharma at India Retold comments on the opinion polls aired in Indian TV channels: “these polls reflect not the opinion of the people who are going to vote but of ‘opinion makers’ who are using the platforms of these channels.”
India: Joining the ranks of shoe-throwing nations
First it was George Bush, then the Chinese Premier and now today it was the turn of the Indian Home Minister to be the target of a shoe-missile. Priya Ramani at livemint Blogs talks about the politics of shoe-throwing.
Elections in India and Women
World’s largest democracy, India, will hold general elections starting in a few weeks. Indian women, who have long been denied their rightful position at home, at work and at the helm of power also have a huge stake in upcoming elections. Although more and more women are becoming aware of their voting rights and participating at local level politics, a recent report suggests that this year less women are likely to be elected to the country’s parliament.
India: Comparison Of Manifestos
Indian Election 2009 blog compares some of the important aspects of the manifestos of the two major political parties – BJP and Congress.
India: Portraits of Bangalore
Meera Sinha at A Year In India highlights some characters that have influenced her stay in Bangalore India.
Global: Switching off the lights for a sustainable world
On Saturday March 29, many people around the world turned their lights off from 20:30 to 21:30 local time, in a symbolic act to show they care about the environment. See how Earth Hour was portrayed by those who observed it.
Global Job Losses and Returning Migrant Workers
This post focuses on the stories of the unemployed and migrant workers who are returning home to their countries. Job layoffs are perceived by most people as the primary and most recognizable indicator of the global economic recession. How has unemployment affected individuals around the world? In what ways the reverse migration of workers creating problems for developing nations?
Indian General Elections and Nepal
For centuries, India and Nepal have shared a very close relationship. Geographic proximity supplemented by cultural and religious similarity have helped the two neighbors remain friendly. Now winds of change have swept Kathmandu and New Delhi is not too thrilled about it. After the Maoists came to power, Indian press...
India: Every Day We Observe Earth Hour
View of My World comments on the observation of Earth Hour in India: “Bangalore, and large parts of India, have been observing earth hour / earth day / earth night for many many years now. Even this morning there was no power supply to my home between 9 AM –...
India: Supreme Court Rules against Beards in Schools
Vinod Joseph of Desicritics reports that the Madhya Pradesh High Court had ruled that the defendant student Salim has no right to wear a beard if forbidden by his school rules.
