Stories from 23 November 2006
India: Photographing Allahabad
the shad king finds himself in Allahabad and shoots some dazzling photographs of the city. A glimpse of the pace, the traffic, the river and the people. “It was definitely an experience.. living in a “modern” city like Pune really blinds you from what the reality is for cities in...
India: Karva Chauth, women and their husbands
The Mad Momma reflects on the ritual of Karva Chauth – a fast kept by married women to pray for their husbands to live long. “Does your husband not love you then? Doesn't he want to fast and pray to God to give you a long life?”
Martinique: A Coming Out Story, Part 4
Le Blog de [Moi] posts the fourth and final installment of her personal coming out story. She tells of loosing her first same-sex love and being declared dead by her mother on the day of her coming out to her (Fr): “As if I were dead. Dead. In her eyes,...
Arabisc: Plagiarism, Arrests, Bans and Democracy!
The Arabs are as usual busy this week debating anything and everything, from plagiarism to the arrest of bloggers, and from banning public meetings to embarrising George Bush Senior at a conference held in the UAE. Ahmed from Egypt had always wanted to become a journalist. But because not all...
Kenya: dealing with China is risky
Kumekucha asks, “Does Kenya know what she is doing dealing with China?”
Bush and Indonesia Islam
If you watched CNN or BBC before and during Bush's visit to Indonesia, you would see a sea of protersters in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta with slogan of anti-Bush and to some extent, anti-American foreign policy. But with most female protesters were wearing Islamic clothes i.e. jilbab (Indonesian term for Islamic...
Caribbean: Local Telecom Digicel to be Traded on the NY Stock Exchange?
InternetRapide.com writes (Fr): “According to last weekend's edition of Irish newspaper Sunday Times, Denis O'Brien, owner of Caribbean mobile telephone operator Digicel, allegedly consulted investment banks JP Morgan and Citibank on the trading on the New York Stock Exchange of his company. The introduction on the New York Stock Exchange,...
Latin American Election Blogging
November is quite the electoral month in what has already been a year of elections throughout the Western Hemisphere. The month has already seen the return of Sanidinista leader, Daniel Ortega to Nicaragua's presidency. The United States – condemned by many for its influence in Nicaragua's elections – shifted to...
Tahiti: Artisanal Fair
Fenua Blog posts pictures of an annual crafts fair taking place in Tahiti and writes (Fr): “The Artisanal Fair opened its doors in Paofai. As it does every year, it regroups all the artisans from the 5 archipelagos. You can find almost all of the crafts of French Polynesia.”
Egypt: Cairo's women speak out against violence
In the run-up to the annual global campaign for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, Egypt's First Lady, Suzanne Mubarak, addressing a meeting of the Arab Women's Organisation, issued a heartfelt plea: What shall we do to face challenges of discrimination, extremism and religious fanaticism? It's a vexing question...
China and Africa: African, our brothers
Little bridge has a translation of a blogpost “African, our brothers”, written by a Chinese diaspora Zhai Hua, on his encounter with Africans.
China and U.S: homeland insecurity
One Man Bandwidth blogs about the difficulties in visa application for going to study in U.S from China: We are sending China huge amounts of cash, keeping them out of our country and then demonizing them for the deficit.
China: dog eats dog tourism
Joel Martinsen in DANWEI blogs about the notorious tourism industry featured in a magazine, Oriental Outlook: the conclusion the articles seem to make is that change in the industry really depends on the tourists themselves…
China: modern peasants
Lyn Jeffery in virtual China introduces two peasant websites in China. Both sites are rather visible on net.
Hong Kong: unity via gambling rather than democracy
Simon world blogs about how the pro-Beijingers voted down against universal sufferage for 2012. However, the liberal sector managed a unity for a casino project in Lantau.
Japan: miserable youth
JP in Japundit quotes from a report which reveals Japanese youth are the most miserable in the world.
Malaysia: Timid Response to Australian Insult
Blueheeler is disappointed by the timid response by Malaysian ministers timid response to an Australian journalist's critical article on Malaysia. The blogger misses the days when Mahathir was the prime minister and the world was treated to frequent bouts of verbal fights between him and former Australian prime minister Paul...
Singapore: Official Cupid Disbanded
Coffee and Cigarettes welcomes the demise of a government sponsored match making agency and questions some of the other “top-down” initiatives in Singapore.
Malaysia: US Supreme Court Ruling
Jeff Ooi blogs about the latest California Supreme Court ruling that says websites that publish inflammatory information written by other parties cannot be sued for libel. The blogger says two Malaysian newspaper editors would have been wiser men if the ruling has come some time earlier. The editors has tried...
Tonga: Blame Game in Tonga
Travel Writer David Stanley at Southpacific.org blog does not agree with Tonga Tourist Association's general secretary who blamed the recent troubles in Tonga on pro-democracy movement.
