Stories about Pakistan from October, 2005
South Asian blog roundup
Bangladesh: - Rifat of ‘Close your eyes and try to see’ discusses premarital sex in the context of Bangladesh. - Shappir of ‘Bring your own Shisha’ recollects the story of Joseph/Yusuf/Yosef, the prophet of three religions to uphold the virtue of forgiveness. - Razib of ‘Me, myself and Bangladesh’ links...
Pakistan: Earthquake Update
Pakistan: Earthquake Update
Pakistan: Consumerism and Ramadan
Pakistan: Consumerism and Ramadan
Pakistan: Donations
Pakistan: Donations
South Asian earthquake blogging highlights
As our South Asia editor Neha Viswanathan wrote yesterday, the Sea Eat bloggers who brought you up-to-date infromation about victims, relief efforts, and donation opportunities for the 2004 Tsunami are doing the same thing for the South Asian Earthquake with the South Asia Quake Help blog. They're doing a fabulous...
Pakistan: Leaving politics out of it
Pakistan: Leaving politics out of it
Pakistan: Marriage and Morals
Pakistan: Marriage and Morals
South Asia: Response of online communities to the Earthquake
South Asia: Response of online communities to the Earthquake
Pakistan: Blog Response
The initial news of this massive earth quake that hit the sub-continent took us all by surprise (understandably) but the resulting devastation and 18,000 + fatalities (so far) has shocked us even more. Obviously, many Pakistani bloggers responded to the news of this 7.6 EQ and I can’t list all...
South Asia: Initial reactions to the Earthquake
South Asia: Initial reactions to the Earthquake
South Asian blog roundup
Bangladesh: - Subhan shares some typical & unique Bangladeshi styles from personal observations in a post called “You know you are Bangladeshi when*@#!!” - Arafat of ‘Anthology’ analyses a news about “the first Muslim gay marriage in Pakistan” in the light of a previous discussion on the subject which reveals:...
India, Pakistan: Across the border
India, Pakistan: Across the border
Pakistan: VoIP blues
Pakistan: VoIP blues
Pakistan: Being neighbourly
Pakistan: Being neighbourly
Blog Buzz from South Asia
South Asian bloggers were busy this week writing on technology, fashion, economy and films. Given the rise in fuel prices, Metroblogging from Pakistan wonders when they will get rickshaws like this in their country. And Unheard Voices from Bangaldesh says that the country ranked 4th in democracy in a recent...
