Stories about South Asia from August, 2007
Pakistan: Arms Race
The Pakistani Spectator on the Arms Race, and what Saudi Arabia's strategy should be.
Bangladesh: Dhaka University
Rezwan points to blog reactions on the trouble in Dhaka University, sparked by “comments passed by an armed forces personnel during a soccer match on the university gymnasium ground where an army camp is situated.”.
India: Wedding Rituals
Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa has a wonderfully flippant and thought provoking post – on challenging rituals and traditions that go into a wedding.
The Global Voices Show #5
[display_podcast] Finally, episode 5 of the Global Voices Show! In this edition we feature excerpts from the following podcasts: Gastronautics – Maldives PodMasti – India J.U.M.P. Radio – Kenya Mideast Youth – Saudi Arabia Budacast – Hungary Africa Files: The Pulse – Zimbabwe The Kimchi Girls – Korea Also featured...
Bangladesh: Floating Classrooms
Voice of South on children learning on boats. “From a single boat in 2002, that provided very basic education to girls who had never been to school before, the project now has about 35 boats where both boys and girls can study up to the third grade.”
Sri Lanka: Cops and Privacy
Indi.ca on cops visiting at early morning hours and privacy.
Pakistan: Lal Masjid and after
Metroblogging Islamabad on the impact of the Lal Masjid fiasco on the younger generation.
Nepal: Building a House
Wagle Street Journal on building houses in Kathmandu, and on observing “unskilled” labour.
Bangladesh: On Inflation
Unheard Voices on rising prices and an explanatory note on food inflation.
Sri Lanka: Watching the world go by
London, Lanka and Drums on life in Sri Lanka – watching the world go by. “It's a reflection of the many ways in which Sri Lankans take a laid back and calm approach to life, a comparison with the way that there can be wonderful tolerance and acceptance of some...
Pakistan: 60 years of film
Metroblogging Lahore on the sixty years of Pakistan's film industry, based in Lahore.
Bangladesh: Stories of Corruption
Bangladesh Corruption Stories attempts to encourage readers to mail in their experiences with corruption in the country anonymously.
India: In Ladakh
Feringhee: The India Diaries finds herself in Leh, Ladakh, and writes a post full of random observations.
South Asia: Slaving in the Middle East
South Asian migrant workers (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal) have a notable contribution in the developments of Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf region. But the abuse and exploitation of these workers is shocking and serious issue. Migrant workers fuel the engine of the economy but they are exploited,...
Bangla blogs: It's all about Taslima
On August 9th, the firebrand Bangladeshi author-in-exile Taslima Nasrin was attacked by a group of MIM (Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen) activists during a function held at the Press Club in Hyderabad, India. The MIM claimed that the author had made offensive statements against Islam during the book release function, thus inciting the...
Pakistan: Talibanization
KO presents a timeline of Talibanization of Pakistan. “It didn't just creep up and hit an entire country on the head yesterday, it was a long time cooking.”
India, Pakistan: Macaulay, Education and Colonialism
varnam is doing a fascinating series on Thomas Macaulay and his policies on education in colonial India.
India, Pakistan: 1947, Independence and Partition
Ruined by Reading reviews Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire, a book by Alex Von Tunzelmann.
India: An old town and development
My Himachal on a 400 year old town – Nahan, and the government's lack of focus on development.
Nepal: Press Freedom
UWB! has updates on Press Freedom in Nepal, with the Maoists backing off.
Bangladesh: Military and Government
E-Bangladesh on murder and consequence in Bangladesh – taking a closer look at the role of military in governance.
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