Stories about South Asia from September, 2007
Bangladesh: Accessing Google
E-Bangladesh on whether Bangladesh's government is blocking access to Google.
India: On “Movements”
Siddhartha Shome on new social movements that “claim to represent the “people” – the downtrodden Indian masses, without, however, subjecting this claim to the test of democratic elections”
Bangladesh: Yet another Muhammed cartoon controversy
Alpin is one satirical cartoon supplement of the Daily Prothom Alo, which claims to be the most popular Bangla Newspaper in Bangladesh. In the 6th page of its 431th issue a cartoon titled ‘name’ was published (on Monday, September 17, 2007) which created much controversy in Bangladesh. So what was...
India: Amritsar Diary
Reshma Anand reflects on the various facets of Amritsar.
India: Silk Road
Tabula Rasa travels along the Silk Road and blogs it. Day 9 and 10 here.
India: Tamil television and politics
Culture and Politics of Tamil Cinema on the many intersection between television channels and politics in Tamil Nadu.
Sri Lanka: Monks and Politics
Transcurrents on the intrusion of Buddhist monks in politics in Sri Lanka.
Pakistan: The Military and Business
Mash on the plundering of Pakistan by the military and the ties with commerce in the country.
India: First Day of Ramadan
Private Opinion blogs the first day of Ramadan.
India: The Rama in Ramayana
varnam comments on the specific issue of how “real” Rama of Ramayana was according to historical evidence, in the context of the Sethusamudram controversy.
Cricket: Bangladesh's Twenty20 win against West Indies
Those who condescendingly refer to the Bangladesh Cricket team as ‘minnows’ may already be eating their hats. As Bangladesh storms into the second round of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup tournament with an impressive six-wicket win against the West Indies, the Bangla blogosphere is exhilarated and furiously blogging their jubilation....
Pakistan: Dr Awab Alvi
The Pakistani Spectator has an interview with Dr Awab Alvi, an active Pakistani blogger also involved in the information campaign surrounding the block on accessing Blogspot blogs in Pakistan.
Pakistan: Trams in Karachi
All Things Pakistan remembers the days when Karachi had trams.
Bangladesh: Technology and Harassment
Unheard Voices on the need for stricter laws to deal with technology abuse and the invasion of privacy.
Mumbai police to monitor cyber-cafes
In its war against terrorism, Mumbai’s police is planning to install keystroke loggers in Mumbai’s cyber cafes. This new monitoring software, CARMS (Cyber Access Remote Monitoring System), that Mumbai’s police are requiring the city’s 500 Internet cafes to install, “will capture every keystroke by users and turn that information over...
India: Homosexuality and Crime
To Each Its Own on homosexuality in India, its legal perception and the issue of criminality.
Sri Lanka: Service and Excellence
Cerno on the excellent service in Sri Lanka in the unexpected and “unglamorous” places.
Pakistan: National Art Gallery
Metroblogging Islamabad on a visit to the National Art Gallery, and the surprises within, including portrayal of homosexuality and nudity.
Nepal: Internal goodwill
Nepal Monitor on how internal goodwill is needed in the country and how it could be generated.
Nepal: A letter
Blogdai is out with the LETTER. “For those of you who are new to the game, blogdai and 3400 of my closest friends and Nepal watchers are fed up with Maoists, Congress, Parliament and most officials named Koirala. To express this, we've constructed a letter to be sent to any...
US: Remembering 9/11
Blogpourri remembers 9/11, six years after, and on how the cities and our ways of looking at the world have changed irreversibly.
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