Stories from 8 October 2007
DRC: Kinshasa Plane Crash “Will Not Be the Last”
Dozens died last week when a plane crashed in Kimbanseke, a poor and densely populated neighborhood in Kinshasa. Du Cabiau à Kinshasa thinks the accident was all but inevitable.
India: Sexuality and Women
smallsquirrel on female sexuality in India after conversations with co-workers. An interesting discussion in the comments space on the perceptions of men.
Sri Lanka: Lanka and Ravana
While the controversy over Adam's Bridge continues, in Sri Lanka, the mythological character of Ravana is undergoing a process of Sinhalization. More at Transcurrents.
Bangladesh: Traditional Media and Blogs
The 3rd World View on the state of traditional media in Bangladesh, and the role of blogs.
Pakistan: Elections and Musharraf
Metroblogging Islamabad on the elections in Pakistan and Musharraf's win.
Pakistan: Ramzan Memories
All Things Pakistan walks down memory lane, and remembers Ramzan in Pakistan in the years gone by.
Jamaica: Images of Montego Bay market
Montego Bay Day by Day offers a glimpse at everyday life in Jamaica's second city, with photos from the Montego Bay market.
Trinidad and Tobago: Campaign-watching
It's election campaign time in Trinidad and Tobago. Guest-blogging at Izatrini, Manicou reports on the weekend's big political rallies.
Jamaica: Talking to Imani
Jamaican writer Geoffrey Philp interviews litblogger Imani.
Cuba: Che, forty years later
October 9 is the fortieth anniversary of Che Guevara's death. HCV Analysis posts a short biographical video on the Cuban hero.
Barbados: “Oedipal complainers”?
Barbados Free Press comments on an op-ed piece written by Barbados's commissioner for Pan-African affairs, who suggests that Barbadians are “Oedipal complainers”.
Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago: Naming places
Trinidadians seem comfortable naming places after living heroes, says Moving Back to Jamaica, but Jamaicans seem to prefer their heroes safely dead — why?
Myanmar: Treat Us Like The Rest
Anti-Sanctions blogger Freedom From Fear wants the world to treat Myanmar the same as rest of the non-democratic nations. “IF YOU BOYCOTT BURMA , YOU DO THE SAME FOR CHINA...
Myanmar: Video Clip Collection
Burma Underground has created an YouTube playlist for video files relating to the recent events in Myanmar.
Hong Kong: 10 Reasons Not To Vote
Fai Mao lists out 10 reasons why he decided neither to vote for Anson Chan nor Regina Ip in the Hong Kong Island Legislator seat competition.
China: From Mao To Buddha
During the cultural revolution, Dazhai (in Shanxi Province) was a model rural collective to show the superiority of socialist China. Recently a large Buddhist temple has been built in the...
China: Chinese Blogger Conference 2007
The Chinese Blogger Conference 2007 is opened for registration now. This year, it will take place in Beijing, Nov 3-4. There are already 163 people registered for the conference (zh).
China: Government Auditing Report
Ni-ming comments that the Audit Department is like Sisyphus in its auditing work as it doesn't have any significant impact on the government officials (zh). According to the report, 49...
China: Library
Ran Yun-fei from Tianya criticizes that the library management in China is designed for thought control (zh). Dissent voices have been censored away.
Korea: High School Student and Religious Freedom
A teenager’s struggle for religious freedom over three years achieved victory this month. He was a student at a Christian high school and had to attend chapel regularly. He requested...
Qatar: Sunbathing in Ramadan
Gypsy was shocked to find someone sunbathing in a bikini in the parking lot of a popular shopping centre in Doha. She writes that “laying out in your bikini in...
