Stories about South Asia from March, 2011
Nepal: Why There Is No International Men's Day?
Have you wondered why there is no such day called International men's day? Nepali blogger Bhumika Ghimire explains why.
Sri Lanka: Desecration Of Tamil Graves In Jaffna
Groundviews publishes the English translation of a report which claims that all the graves in the LTTE Koppai cemetery in Jaffna were destroyed to erect an army Head Quarter.
Nepal: The Leadership Qualities Of Nepali Politicians
Blogger Nepali gives 10 reasons showing the shortcomings of Nepali politicians which prevent them from being a great leader.
Hollaback! Mobile Technology Against Street Harassment
Based on the premise that "the explosion of mobile technology has given us an unprecedented opportunity to end street harassment," Hollaback! is encouraging women around the world to use the tools available to them to share their stories and geo-locate incidents and reports.
Pakistan: Grief And Loss And The Stripping Of a Nation’s Soul
“Pakistan’s vicious fundamentalists are stripping their nation’s soul, bit by bloody bit. God help them,” comments Dheera Shujan at South Asia Wired.
Nepal: Legalizing Prostitution
Nepali Blog is advocating for legalizing prostitution in Nepal.
Maldives: Media Misleading People
Hassan Ziyau is furious that the Maldives media have twisted and sensationalized news reports of a child being decapitated during birth at IGM hospital, the largest hospital in the Maldives.
Sri Lanka: Why No Tamil Revolution?
Indi.ca explains why there are no Tamil uprisings in Sri Lanka visible like the recent ones in Middle East and Northern Africa.
Bangladesh: Netizens Protest Removal of Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus From Bank
The central bank of Bangladesh ordered the removal of Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the pioneer of Microcredit and the head of Grameen Bank, on the grounds that he had overstayed in his position violating the law. Dr. Yunus is challenging this in court and thousands of supporters are protesting across the country against his removal. Netizens also react.
South Asia: Comparing Indian States with India's Neighbors
“India clearly has a coherent identity as the world’s largest democracy, but aggregating economic and social data on the national level, and using it to compare India to its neighbors, is possibly very misleading,” comments Razib Khan at Sepia Mutiny.
India: All Hail The Delhi Metro
Jai Arjun Singh, a regular commuter, praises the Delhi Metro. Read his post at Jabbarwock to learn why.
India: The Paypal Debate
Jaya comments on the recent spat between the Indian central bank – RBI and Paypal, which is failing to work properly in India due to regulations.
Bhutan: Monk Becomes The First Victim Of The Tobacco Act
Depending on which way you look at it, the first violator or victim of Bhutan's anti-tobacco act that came to effect in January 2011, was a Buddhist monk who was arrested end of January while trying to enter the country with 72 packets of chewing tobacco from India.
Pakistan: Minority Affairs Minister Assassinated
Habib Sulemani at the Terrorland comments on the assassination of Pakistan's Federal Minister for Minority Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti in Islamabad: “Besides other segments of the society, human rights groups are mysterious silent on the recent engineered wave of extremism, which has hit hard those people known as liberals.”
Nepal: Female Infanticide On The Rise
Bhumika Ghimire reports that there is an increased trend of killing or abondoning girl childs in Nepal.
Pakistan: Visiting Bangladesh And The Sense Of Loss
Pakistani blogger Huma Imtiaz visits Bangladesh and shares her emotions: “we lost a beautiful city, and a wonderful nation with such rich culture and diversity, and we’ve left millions of people with a deep-rooted hatred for what happened to them at the hands of those wearing Pakistan Army uniforms –...
Equal Representation And Nepali Beauty Pageants
Blogger Nepali comments on the mushrooming culture of caste and ethnicity based beauty pageants in Nepal and what this trend means for equal rights and representation.
Sri Lanka: Two Fighter Planes Have Crashed
Two Kfir fighter jets of Sri Lankan Airforce have crashed. Indi.ca comments: “Wikipedia says that the SLAF had 12 Kfirs as of 2009, meaning that we just lost a significant percentage of our fleet.”