Stories from 4 August 2006
Nepal: weather
Most people think that Nepal is very cold. British expatriate Claire of Claire's Nepal refutes the presumption and discusses Nepal's weather from her own experience.
Sri Lanka: the minorities
Voice of reason is critic of the current politics of violence in Sri Lanka which is pushing the minorities (Muslims, Tamils etc.) to extremist political groups.
Bangladesh: heritage
Ihtisham Kabir writes in Back to Bangladesh about the dilapidated states of two of the Dhaka's oldest buildings. 'Bara Katra' and 'Chhoto Katra' are the monuments of the seventeenth century Mughal period.
Middle-East War and Indonesian Blogger Divided Responses
Echoing the international media headlines on current conflicts in the Middle East between Israel-Lebanon and Israel-Palestine, Indonesian bloggers post similar topics with various comments and responses; pros and cons, supports and condemnation to either sides. Among Indonesian Muslims bloggers, condemnation towards Israeli atrocities against civilians people in Lebanon almost pouring...
South Asia: Rikshaaa! a film on three wheels
Gaurav Mishra reviews in Desicritics a musical documentary on rickshaws and posts some insightful background on the Rickshaws. An auto rickshaw (aliases: auto/rickshaw/tempo/tuk-tuk) is a three-wheeler vehicle for hire and is part of the unique ID of South Asia. It is one of the chief modes of transport in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
India: Blogcamp 2006
Sumankumar's Yak Pad announces that Blogcamp 2006, India's biggest and most comprehensive blog event is going to be held in 9th and 10th September 2006 in the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai.
Pakistan: ‘vulgar’ dances banned
Raza in Metroblogging Lahore reports that the Panjub district government has banned popular stage actress Nargis for performing 'vulgar dances' and bawdy dialogues. She faces imprisonment or fine or both under provisions of the century old Dramatic Performance Act 1876 if she ignores the ban.
China: difficult to understand china?
Hu Yong, an experienced Mainland Chinese journalist, comments on his blog on an earlier blog post in Bingfeng teahouse: What prevent guys like Nicholas Kristof from understanding China correctly? He puts forward three principles (zh): “If you want to research China outside China, your research starting point must begin from...
Hong Kong: Typhoon
Typhoon Prapiroon has just left Hong Kong. Weatherblogger analyzes the figures and criticises the Hong Kong Obersevatory's signal 3 warning. The Typhoon was much stronger, however, “the Obersevatory had quoted the figure from the Kai-tak, where the wind speed was lower than other parts of Hong Kong (zh).“ Another blogger,...
Taiwan: reporter is dog?
An experienced woman reporter writes in China time about her memory of a sexual harassment by the former President's security guard when she was reporting. She became the focus of the media after a few days and found herself being humilitated. “Every reporter wants to become a watchdog.” However, in...
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Media at the Crossroads
ESWN puts together Rebecca Mackinnon's recent move to Hong Kong and the selling of Hong Kong Economic Journal to Richard Li for an indepth discussion on Hong Kong media conditions. Then he continues to answer the question: “why blog?” - “I am here to create and learn and re-create …Join...
