Stories about South Asia from March, 2010
India: Mutation Of News And Entertainment
Harini Calamur at A Point of View informs that a private news channel in India is resorting to a reality show to conduct a nationwide hunt for an anchor for their news program.
Nepal: Twitter And Facebook Reactions On Girija Prasad Koirala's Death
Dinesh Wagle at United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal compiles Twitter and Facebook reactions on the death of former Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr. Girija Prasad Koirala.
Pakistan: Intervention Of The Judiciary
Faisal Naqvi Monsoon Frog writes about the economics of judicial interventionism in Pakistan.
Bangladesh: ‘CrossFire’ Photo Exhibition Barred By Police
Shamim Ashraf at Straight From Bangladesh reports that a photo exhibition on the extra judicial killing of the police force and the elite force RAB was shut down by the police.
Nepal: Death of a polarizing ‘statesman’
Former Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala passed away on Saturday March 21st, after prolonged illness. The legacy of this often controversial and polarizing figure is being discussed by Nepali bloggers.
Pakistan: Child Abuse On The Rise
The term ‘child abuse’ covers a wide array of very diverse kinds of crimes subjected towards the minors. Bloggers discuss the disturbing rise in child abuse cases in Pakistan.
Jamaica, U.S.A.: On Extradition
Blogging about Jamaica's refusal to extradite Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke to the US, Active Voice says that “there's no level playing field”, while My View of JamDown from UpSo adds: “The fact is that Jamaica is neither America's weed nor cocaine dealer!”
India: Foreign Education Bill
Ashish at Desicritics discusses the merits and demerits of the recently passed Foreign Education Bill in India.
Bangladesh: Government Websites Hacked
Ahamed Bauani informs that twenty district websites of Bangladesh out of sixty four were hacked recently. The blogger suggests that the Bangladesh Government should take the incident seriously and install proper security measures.
India: Live Tweeting From Wedding Ceremony
Soumyadip at Cutting The Chai got married last month in Delhi and was live tweeting from his wedding ceremony.
Bangladesh: Mobile Based Donations
Shehzaad Shams at Bangladesh Corporate Blog suggests with examples that mobile phone based programs for collecting donation can work for Bangladeshi NGOs.
Maldives: Extremist Blogger
Yaamyn talks about an extremist blogger who has issued death threats to a number of people including another blogger and the first lady of the Maldives.
Sri Lanka: Fonseka And UNP
Indrajit Samarajiva at Indi.ca reacts to the recent news that the Sri Lankan opposition alliance is abandoning their candidate Mr. Sarath Fonseka, because he is in jail now.
Bangladesh: Extra-judicial Killing
Jerome at Bangladesh, Canada And Beyond writes about the extrajudicial killings which are a blot on Bangladesh.
Global: Furs And Fashion
Last month the fashion world went literally “wild” during the unveiling of fall collections. They had models strutting the catwalk in so much fur, it was scary enough to make animal rights activists and environmentalists jump out of their skins.
Bangladesh: The China Card
J Rahman at Mukti shares his cautious optimism about Bangladesh Prime Minister's ongoing China trip.
India: Masters, Not Representatives
Amit Verma at India Uncut comments on the news that garlands of thousand-rupee notes were presented to a political leader in India: “this kind of behaviour demonstrates, yet again, how our politicians believe that they are our rulers, and not our servants.”
Bangladesh: Climate Change
Anirvan Chatterjee at Year Of No Flying lists six things you need to know about Bangladesh regarding climate change.
Sri Lanka: Theaters In Colombo
Indi.ca writes about the adult film theaters in Colombo and how women are portrayed in the film posters.
Pakistan: Terror And The Blame Game
Kalsoom at CHUP! – Changing Up Pakistan criticizes the blame game of Pakistan's leaders and comments: “the stream of bombings and the subsequent deaths of innocent civilians will continue to undermine Pakistan’s tactical successes against the Taliban.”
India: Mumbai Traffic
Entrepreneur and blogger Rajesh Jain comments on the traffic in Mumbai: “from my own experience, average traffic speed has probably halved in the past decade.”
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