· May, 2008

Stories about South Asia from May, 2008

Pakistan: Quitting the Cabinet

  12 May 2008

The political situation in Pakistan takes a turn for the unpredictable. CHUP! on a member party of the coalition government quitting the cabinet.

Sri Lanka: Government Wins Eastern Polls

  12 May 2008

The much hyped Eastern Provincial council elections were held last Saturday ( 10, May ) with the government winning 20 of the of the allocated 37 seats.United National Party won 15 seats and JVP and TDNA won 1 seat each.While the government hailed this as a major victory in the...

PangeaDay: an event lived worldwide

  12 May 2008

Pangea Day took place Saturday, and people from different parts of the world got together to watch movies and be a part of the worldwide event where movies, speakers and music showed us a bit of life on the other side of the globe, uniting people from all walks of life to believe that we aren't as different as we would believe. It also included a mobile video contest, with an international lineup of winners.

PangeaDay: Impressions from Brazil

Pangea day took place this Saturday, May 10 2008, and the world watched together a selection of films broadcast via the internet and TV simultaneously to every corner of the planet and with live broadcast in Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro. See here a comprehensive wrap up: PangeaDay as seen by a Brazilian blogger.

Sri Lanka: Creating wealth

  9 May 2008

Deane's Dimension takes a look at the issue of poverty, and writes that the question is not how poverty can be reduced, but how wealth can be created.

India: Pangea Day

  9 May 2008

Almost as good as Chocolate writes about the upcoming Pangea Day – a day devoted to films in different locations of the world.

Maldives: Policing the country

  8 May 2008

Power to the People states that there are around 4000 officers to police a population of 300,000 people, and asks questions about policing in Maldives.

India: The middle class

  8 May 2008

Conversation Hub on a walk through the Dharavi slum in Mumbai and reflects on space, money and the emerging middle class.

India: On teaching

  8 May 2008

Learning by Living shares her experiences of teaching a class of 20-somethings in India.

India: What women wear

  7 May 2008

Maami's Weblog comments on the sudden spurt of Indian female actors being criticized for what they wear in Chennai.

Nepal: Maoists and Governance

  7 May 2008

blogdai on the Maoists and the government in Nepal. “Maoists can’t govern. They don’t have a plan for governing. They only have an ideolgy—and a failed one at that.”

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