Stories about South Asia from May, 2008
Pakistan: Quitting the Cabinet
The political situation in Pakistan takes a turn for the unpredictable. CHUP! on a member party of the coalition government quitting the cabinet.
India: Where there's no water
Memoirs of a Foreigner on visiting a slum in Delhi with no water.
Sri Lanka: Government Wins Eastern Polls
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
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
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.
Sri Lanka: Cyclone Nargis
LIRNEasia on a timeline of Cyclone Nargis and the lack of an effective early warning system.
Bangladesh: Politics and a Brown American
Mash writes on the race between Obama and Clinton, from the perspective of a Brown American.
South Asia: Burma, the junta and a crisis
In a post titled “Hell in the time of Junta”, Sepia Mutiny writes about the humanitarian crisis in Burma.
India: Pangea Day
Almost as good as Chocolate writes about the upcoming Pangea Day – a day devoted to films in different locations of the world.
Pakistan: Domestic violence
All Things Pakistan explores the issue of domestic violence in the country.
Pakistan: Domestic violence
All Things Pakistan explores the issue of domestic violence in the country.
Maldives: Policing the country
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.
Pakistan: The Mayor of Karachi
Five Rupees on meeting the Mayor of Karachi in the campus of University of Chicago.
India: The middle class
Conversation Hub on a walk through the Dharavi slum in Mumbai and reflects on space, money and the emerging middle class.
India: On teaching
Learning by Living shares her experiences of teaching a class of 20-somethings in India.
India: Can't swim in the river
Despite all the lip service, the river Ganga remains dirty. More at India Travel Blog.
India: What women wear
Maami's Weblog comments on the sudden spurt of Indian female actors being criticized for what they wear in Chennai.
Nepal: Maoists and Governance
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.”
South Asia: Soaring food prices
2.6 billion links to a report by the Asian Development Bank on the soaring food prices the world over.
Sri Lanka: Banning independent media?
Free Media Sri Lanka reports – “Defence Secretary calls journalists ‘traitors’ and calls for ban on independent media”.