Stories about South Asia from July, 2005
India: Marraige Requires Parental Consent?
India Uncut is flabbergasted that the state of Gujarat requires parental consent in writing for marriages to become official.
Nepal: Samaya Weekly Covers UWB
United We Blog! is delighted to discover that they're being covered in the local Nepali press.
India: Sussing out an honest bureaucrat
The overseas South Asian blog Sepia Munity points to an interview of a returning Indian and the hurdles he had to clear in creating his own business.
Pakistan: That Terror Thing IV
Chapati Mystery, a group blog written by overseas Pakistanis, tries to unravel the jihadist agenda.
Nepal: People’s sovereignty and Empowerment
United We Blog! posts an article about the historic development of the rights of the people in Nepal.
India: July Blogger Meets
The dates, times, and locations of the upcoming Bombay bloggers meet of July 2005 and the Chennai bloggers meet have been announced and posted. Via Desipundit.
India: Blogging backbiting
Dina Mehta on hostility in the Indian blogosphere.
India: Fair = Lovely
The Indian blog Vislumbres looks at the country's obession with light skin color.
India: Bridges
Indian blogger Dina Mehta points us to a website called Bridges, an attempt to use photography and storytelling to build cultural bridges among children.
India: Blogger Meetup
Kiruba Shankar announces that there'll be a Chennai Blogger meetup this weekend.
Pssst…wanna buy a Harry Potter? – Sepia Mutiny
The group blog Sepia Munity notes that it only took 48 hours for pirated copies of the latest Harry Potter epic to appear on the streets of Mumbai.
Bangladesh: Blogs in the newspaper again
The 3rd World View points out an article about blogging in a Bangladeshi newspaper that features his site.
India: Tag Cloud on DesiPundit
DesiPundit has added a tag cloud reflecting recent topics of discussion; apparently they've been talking a lot about Harry Potter…
Bangladesh: Tagging Islam
The Bangladeshi blog The 3rd World View asks why Flickr images of the 7/7 bombings are being tagged “Muslim”.
Voices from the Wiki
Part of the human and technical magic that allows Global Voices to function is a lively wiki, where users around the world are able to tell us about blogs and websites we should be paying attention to, and where we're able to jointly edit documents like the Guide to Anonymous...
My son the fanatic
Group blog Sepia Munity points out that all the suspects in the London bombings were second-generation: they were born and raised in the country they attacked. In addition Rezwan of 3rd World View has a lengthy post pondering the motiviations of the bombers.
Flickr Pick from India
“Making Things Shipshape” by Eileen Delhi
300-plus dead. But not as important as London blasts?
Chien(ne)s Sans Frontières points to a horrific train accident in Pakistan that killed 300 people and wonders why it doesn't get the same press coverage as the London bombings.
Death Ends Fun: Tiny slice
Dilip D'Souza on the similarities between American and Indian newspapers and what it means to be informed.
Dina
Indian blogger Dina Mehta will be on a panel about globalization, blogging, and women at the Blogher conference at the end of the month.
Relativity
Reacting to the London bombings, Pakistani blogger Zuffar makes the often-overlooked (or perhaps often-ignored?) point that “a tolerant, moderate Muslim feels as threatened by these as any one not Muslim – or indeed anyone under attack.”
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