Metroblogging Lahore captures the spirit of local elections in Lahore [1] in Pakistan, commenting on the almost-indifferent attitude of Lahoris. Continuing the theme of Lahore, pakistani perspective links to a book review on the red-light area in the city [2] called Heera Mandi. And then, there is this post about Europe's first Pakistani Film Fest [3] in the UK.
Sepia Mutiny posts on the killing of an innocent man in London [4] by the police. On Flotsam, KM continues the thought process and questions “Is this the Mistaken-Identity Killing Week?” [5].
Dilip D'Souza puts up a press release by some women's organisations [6] in Mumbai on his blog. The press release details the nature of debate in the Legislative House on the Dance Bar Bill. Zoo Station has a post discussing Amartya Sen's new book ‘The Argumentative Indian’ [7], and how it scores over previous attempts to explain the idea of India to a Western World. A post on The Acorn on the man who killed Daniel Pearl [8]the journalist.
From Imtiaz's weBlog, a text and photo post detailing a demolition drive in Dhaka [9], Bangladesh. A collation of three news stories [10]on Deshcalling on reaching out to young Muslims. Sadiq M. Alam links to the only site with scriptures from three religions [11]. Unheard Voices, outlines the controversy surrounding Sarmila Bose's research [12] on allegations on the Pakistani Army in 1971.
Blogging from Nepal, this posts puts forth the idea that the conflict in the country is fuelling the HIV situation [13]. Activists in Nepal are arrested for raising pro-democracy slogans [14] in Nepal.
Days Go By ponders on the fate of nightlife in Colombo in Sri Lanka [15], following the incidents in the city of late. LIRNEasia has an excellent post on community meeting in Polonaruwa [16] to discuss disaster response in the context of dam safety. CSR Asia links to a report that examines issues relating to violence against Children in South Asia [17].