· May, 2008

Stories about South Asia from May, 2008

India: Eating too much?

  19 May 2008

Condoleezza Rice's statements in the US about India and China's food consumption and its contribution to the price inflation doesn't find favour with Heartcrossings.

India: Going to the US

  16 May 2008

Heartcrossings on the huge range of opportunities available to the youth in India, and why going to the US is no longer a big dream.

India: Dr Binayak Sen and the Government

  16 May 2008

Break All Chains on the case of Dr Binayak Sen, who is a public health specialist and currently jailed in India on charges of being associated with the Naxalite movement.

India: Food Prices and Bush

  15 May 2008

Rethinking Developmental Economics on the food price crisis around the world, George Bush's remarks and the factors that are pushing the cost of food up.

Sri Lanka: Cricket purists

  15 May 2008

The new Twenty-20 format of cricket has received a mixed reception. Emphemeral Ruminations writes an open letter to the cricket purists.

India: Eating more

  14 May 2008

George Bush recently indicated that food prices had gone up because China and India were consuming more food. Sepia Mutiny has more.

India: Jaipur blasts, Terrorism and the Government

  14 May 2008

On 13th May, serial blasts rocked Jaipur. Reports suggest that more than sixty people were killed, and another 150 were injured. MyZone writes about Jaipur, which as a city has been relatively peaceful, and the sheer panic the blasts created. Disbelief turned into shock as over the fifteen minutes the...

Sri Lanka: Images from Burma

  12 May 2008

Restrictions on media in Burma have meant that the world has to rely on the Burmese government broadcaster for information and visuals, explains Moving Images, Moving People.

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