Stories about South Asia from June, 2011
India: Thoughts On Slut Walk
‘The Slut Walk’ comes to Delhi, after Toronto and numerous other places and Chandni shares her thoughts why this protest is important for women in India, especially Delhi.
Bangladesh: Chamely House In Dhaka
Lonely Traveler highlights a relic of British architecture in Dhaka – the Chamely house.
Bangladesh: Visible Positive Energy
Dutch journalist and blogger Dheera Sujan recently visited Bangladesh and was surprised with the positive energy of the Bangladeshis. She comments: “I witnessed there was that hunger to improve, to learn, to better oneself that is simply not as palpable in this part of the world as it is in...
Nepal: Religious Intolerance?
Nepal Blogs refutes the negative news on religious freedom in Nepal and comments: “It is unfair, [..] to chastise an entire nation because of few intolerant idiots.”
Sri Lanka: Protests In Katunayake Free Trade Zone
Earlier this month clashes at the Katunayake Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in Sri Lanka between protesting workers and police claimed the life of an young worker and injured many workers and policemen. The following protests of citizens against the killing send a strong signal to the Sri Lankan government.
Bangladesh: Tributes To An Iranian Sports Person
Unheard Voice pays tribute to Iranian football legend and a symbol of resistance to the regime in Iran, Naser Hejazi, who contributed a lot to Bangladesh football back in the 1980s as a coach and a mentor.
Pakistan: Extra Judicial Killing By Pakistan Rangers
Teeth Maestro is frustrated to learn about a recent extra judicial killing incident in Pakistan, where members of Pakistan Rangers shot down and killed one young man after a heated exchange of words.
Pakistan: Sexual Abuse on Journalists
The Terrorland reports that a Pakistani intelligence agency has sexually abused several Pakistani journalists in situations of captivity or detention.
Sri Lanka: Blogging About Things That Matter
Lefroy thinks that Sri Lankan blogosphere is on the decline and the blogger wishes bloggers would write “about things that matter: things like politics and religion instead of their sad little lives, but always with great passion and conviction”.
Pakistan: The Population Bomb
Faris Islam at All Things Pakistan urges to engage in a national discussion on family planning to tackle the looming population crisis in Pakistan.
Sri Lanka: Impact Of The Silent Protest
Ahead of the Sri Lankan opposition party's mass silent protest against the present rule on Thursday, June 9th afternoon in front of the Maradana Railway station, Colombo, Serendipity weighs in the strengths and weaknesses of such protest.
Bhutan: An Ill-prepared Shangri-la
Bhutanese Blogger at Whatever Matters comments: “We are living in a self-constructed illusion of Shangri-la which is far removed from reality.”
India: In search Of An Ideal Anti-Corruption Crusader
In India, anti-corruption activism has gained momentum but mostly without direction. Amreekandesi wonders who can be an ideal Anti-Corruption crusader in India.
Sri Lanka: Moral Cleansing And The Government
Sri Lankan blogger Sayanthan asks whether moral cleansing should be any government's responsibility.
Featured Blogger: Sabrina Sultana – Blogging With Her Heart
Sabrina Sultana blogs from Bangladesh and she loves to write. She is one of the millions of bloggers in this world who express themselves using the Internet. But Sabrina is not like many others; she blogs despite suffering from muscular dystrophy.
Bangladesh: Derivation of the Name ‘Dhaka’
Ershad Ahmed tries to find the origin of the name “Dhaka”, the capital of Bangladesh.
India: Six More Official Languages For West Bengal
Raja Basu at Potpourri comments on the revolutionary decision of Mamata Banerjee-led TMC-Congress government of West Bengal to add six more official languages: “There are some loopholes in the government’s logic, which I cannot ignore.”
Bhutan: A Photo Story
Bridge To Bhutan posts a photo story introducing Bhutan to the world readers which has some breathtaking pictures from Bhutan.
Pakistan: The Baloch Noam Chomsky Silenced
Beena Sarwar at Journeys To Democracy reports that Dr. Saba Dashtiyari, a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Balochistan and an activist for freedom of expression, was assassinated in Quetta.
Sri Lanka: Presidential Intervention
Freedom Of Expression In Sri Lanka reports that “the head of the President’s media unit has pressurized all newspaper institutions to remove the head line they had in their news papers on the FTZ employee who died in a police shooting on a demonstration held at Katunayake.”
Bhutan: Do Not Ignore Facebook
Tshering Tobgay writes about the growing influence of social media in Bhutan and comments that the Bhutanese government should use Facebook, not ignore it.
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