The latest buzz from different South Asian blogs:
Bangladesh:
After a visit to an old age home in Kolkata Sadiq M. Alam of Inspirations and Creative Thoughts thinks [1] just as children, old people are the most beautiful people on planet earth.
Adhunika Blog is vocal against [2] the marriage of convenience, which is common in settled marriages.
Rehan of BangladeshWeb Blogs depicts [3] how Bangladesh is surviving against all odds with its 140 million people and still sustaining a GDP growth over 6 percent.
Bhutan:
JazzyYaris of Kuzu-Bhutan Weblog asks [4] why Bhutan's civil institutions are so poor.
India:
Kafila Blog describes [5] the explosion of Hindi blogs and the impact they are having in Indian blogosphere.
Sudhansu in Desicritics critically analyzes [6] the E-commerce and Payment Gateways in India and comments it should come of age.
Blowing in the Wind says [7]chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal has blood on his hand as police fired on villagers in Nandigram, more than 100 km from Calcutta to diffuse a protest by the villagers to stop their eviction. The government is trying to clear a huge area to build a special economic zone.
Pakistan:
The Glasshouse analyses [8] why the Chief Justice of Pakistan was removed by the president.
Kashif Aziz of Chowrangi wonders [9] whether it is time for a regime change in Pakistan.
Sri Lanka:
Groundviews, a Sri Lankan citizen journalism initiative reports [10] the maltreatment of journalists by security forces in Jaffna.
Niro of a week in Sri Lanka sheds a light [11] into the state [12] of the Sri Lankan women in the Middle East.