Stories about South Asia from August, 2006
India: The Television's Off
The High Court's intervention has made Cable operators in Mumbai shut access to many channels. The issue? Indecent exposure on the Telly. India Uncut has more.
Nepal: Judging the Maoists
Freedom To Express wonders if different standards are used to judge the Government and the Maoists.
Nepal: The Military
Nepali Netbook on the enduring value of the Nepali military.
Pakistan: The Muslims in the UK
iFaqeer comments on Irshad Manji's op-ed in the NY Times which looks at Islam and the state in the UK.
India: Dargah in Mahim
A photo post on the dargah in Mahim, Mumbai. A few days back some people reported that the sea water had turned sweet in Mahim, resulting in a wave of...
Bangladesh Blog Buzz:
What the Bangladeshi blogs are saying:
India, Sri Lanka: Cricket and Violence
Cricket 24×7 on South Africa's pull out of the tournament in Sri Lanka following a bomb blast in Colombo.
Sri Lanka: Peace March
indi.ca attends a peace march and has quite an account. The comments on the post are quite a read.
Sri Lanka: Archaeology and Conflict
How does the conflict situation affect the preservation of archaeological heritage in Sri Lanka? Lanka Buzz on the political indifference to the situation.
Pakistan: About Karachi
Shirazi has a wonderful post about Karachi, the harbour city in Pakistan. “I have found Karachi is constantly reinventing itself. It is a land of superlatives: Pakistan's biggest and one...
Bangladesh: The colour of Muslim Skin
Rezwan comments on profiling that catches only the brown Muslims. “There are white Muslims, black Muslims, Asian Muslims, Arab Muslims, and Muslims of every color and ethnic background.”
Nepal: Internal democracy and Politics
United We Blog! on how internal democracy within the dominant political party is necessary and would reflect a wider commitment to demoratic process.
India: To buy a car
Rashmi Bansal explores the economic opportunity and possibility of increasing car sales in India for a particular brand.
Pakistan: Our English Language
All Things Pakistan links to an article that explores the way English language is used and has evolved in Pakistan.
Pakistan: Renting Blues
Ghalia laments how difficult it is to rent a house in Islamabad and comes up with some solutions.
India: What are they writing about?
What is India? How do you define it? Tigers, bollywood, masala chai, technology, food, old India and new India, English etc. etc.?
India: Clive Street and Collaboration
Confused of Calcutta talks of how financial journalism runs in the family, the decline of Clive Street as the centre for finance and on collaboration online.
India: The Turtle Girl
The Doodle Spot on a woman who spent much time working with turtles. “Viji (as Vijaya was called) was India’s first woman herpetologist when such a career was unknown in...
Sri Lanka: How do you say Mate?
London, Lanka and Drums muses about a particular Sri Lankan word that appears to not have an English equivalent. The closest one being “mate”.
Bangladesh: The Leaders and The Masses
How is it that politicians choose high handed ways to deal with people in their countries. Drishtipat recalls a memory from long ago about a leader who appears to be...
Sri Lanka: Bloggers for Peace
Deshapalana has a petition by the Bloggers for Peace which urges the various stakeholders to work on the peace process.
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