Stories from 4 October 2006
Russia: Two Film Reviews
The Accidental Russophile reviews Railway Station for Two, a 1982 Soviet movie. Russia Blog reviews a recent sequel to the Russian film Bumer.
Russia: Moscow Photos
English Russia writes about and posts pictures of the changes taking place in Moscow: the demolition of the Rossiya Hotel and a photo comparison of a certain Moscow area. Two-Zero's diary has pictures of Moscow's new and old subway trains, as well as a couple of pictures taken during a...
Russia: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Water, Nightlife
White Sun of the Desert writes about Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk water problems and about a limo tour of the city.
Russia, Georgia: Unfriendly Relationship
A Tbilisi, Georgia, spice seller: “I was taking some photos in the Tbilisi's market and this lady, instead trying to sell me something, she asked me a portrait.” – by tomaradze Georgia (population approx. 4.4 million) arrested four Russian soldiers last week, charging them with espionage. Russia (population approx. 142.4...
Iran:Taxi conversation in Tehran
View from Iran reports about an interesting conversation between one American,Iranian taxi driver and the other Iranian passengers. The blogger writes“ the driver asks they think we are terrorists, right?” “American passenger replied:They don’t know who you are”.“They don’t know the difference between Iran and Iraq. There are a lot...
Kurdistance
Welcome back to this week's edition of Kurdistance! Hiwa gives us a wonderful link to a amatur video about the Kurdish community in Leeds, UK that is featured on the BBC. Hiwa also reports on an incident that has made headlines in Turkey. At a recent NATO seminar, an American...
India: On Ramanujan
Kamla Bhatt has a podcast – on Mathematics and Ramanujan. “Professor Freeman Dyson talks about Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan, the famous Indian mathematician. Prof. Dyson studied under Prof. GH Hardy in Cambridge University, and worked on Ramanujan’s partition of numbers.”
Sri Lanka: Fudging the Talking
Sri Lanka's Daily Papers has a roundup of the newspapers covering the go-ahead on talks between the government and LTTE.
Sri Lanka: A few questions for Europe
Love in the Age of World Domination has a few questions for Europe. “Why is it that when I say I am from Switzerland, you stare at me and inevitably follow up with “but what is your ethnicity? Is it not possible that a brown person can be from a...
Bangladesh: Adulterated Muri or Puffed Rice
Muri or puffed rice is a staple in Bangladesh. Rehan on food adulteration. “I am surprised that not much has been done in educating the consumers so a market for adulterated Muri or in that regard any other adulterated food items don’t exist in the first place. As for me,...
Nepal: Peace In Limbo
The seven party alliance and the Maoists were to meet for their summit talks some time in September, but it did not happen. Prime Minister Girija Koirala asked for some extra time. Now the decisive talks are supposed to take place on October 8. Both sides have been posturing. The...
Cameroon: Government Clamps Down on Separatist Activities
On the anniversary of the reunification of Anglophone and Francophone Cameroon, Fojrega (Fr) remembers Daniel Fonkoua, a member of the SCNC (an anglophone separatist group), who disappeared last September after state security forces raided his house. This anniversary, anglophone separatists hoisted their flag in several villages in the English-speaking region...
Bahamas: The meaning of blackface
Bahamian Nicolette Bethel on the Kate-Moss-in-blackface issue: “…it is a symptom of the problem, and not the problem itself. Global racism is institutional, and it is far deeper and more immutable than the aesthetic choices made for a magazine cover suggest….“
Bolivia: A Day of International Solidarity
Guest-blogger Gretchen Gordon describes the roots and objectives of “A Day of International Solidarity with Bolivia” to be held on October 17. The day is organized and sponsored by the newly created Bolivia Solidarity Network [ES].
Venezuela: Photoblogging the Campaign Season
A war of political photoblogging has emerged in Venezuela's blogosphere. Alek Boyd photographs supporters of opposition candidate Manuel Rosales and asks, “Did these Venezuelans agree to subsidize London's transport system?” Katy from Caracas Chronicles continues her documentation of government-funded campaigning. Finally, pro-government blogger Dan Burnett says that the Rosales opposition...
Trinidad & Tobago: “Please stand. . . for something”
Click on the image to play video On the day of the reading of Trinidad and Tobago's 2007 budget — which, from the talk on the streets, could include all manner of life-changing proposals — I figured this conceptual video by Trinidadian multimedia artist Elspeth Duncan would be a timely...
Kenya: the power of a lone voice
Wangari was a lone voice in the wilderness but it saved Uhuru Park, via African Women's Blogs.
Myanmar: Historical Text from Myanmar
The blogger at Myat Thura links to sites that are hosting materials on Burmese history. One of the link points to a translation of a classic work on Burmese history called the Burmese Chronicle.
White face, painted black
What do you do when you don't want a real black woman on a magazine cover? Sokari has a suprise for you!
Zimbabwe: cultural innovation
Proud Dzambukira sees cultural innovation in the midst of political and economic turmoil in Zimbabwe: “Some might find it easy to condemn the recent move in Zimbabwe to pull “witch doctors” closer into the mainstream by allowing them to grant sick notes to ailing workers. The move follows legislation passed...
Zambia: the incumbent wins
A Village Idiot comments on the disputed Zambia's presidential election:”Sata’s insistence that he was robbed of the election seems more tied to his reliance on unreliable polling to gauge support for his campaign than any particular evidence of fraud.”
