Stories from 12 December 2008
India: Recession In Marriage Market
According to Über Desi the slowdown in the economy in many parts of the world is also affecting the marriages in India as demands for Non Resident Indian (NRI) grooms plunged.
Bangladesh: Alliance Of Convenience
An Ordinary Citizen comments on the regrouped political alliances in Bangladesh targeting the general election at the end of the month: “these are alliance of convenience to grab the power rather than alliance of ideologies.”
India: Betrayed By Own Democracy
“We feel betrayed by our own democracy,” comments an Indian Jew while sharing the pain of the loss of the Jewish community during the recent Mumbai terror attacks.
Hong Kong: Pride Parade 2008 – Celebrate Love
In this coming weekend (13 of December), a coalition of civic groups will organize a pride parade to celebrate diverse love expression. Although Hong Kong is a global city, to organize this parade is not easy at all, the government, public service sector and conservative Christians do not even try to hide their discrimination.
Southeast Asia: Citizen media events and Twitter
GV author Preetam lists the Twitter users in Southeast Asia who are reliable sources on citizen media events in the region.
Thailand: Flights cancelled because of ‘political conditions’
How did airline companies explain the cancelled flights in Thailand two weeks ago? Instead of citing weather conditions, they blamed “political conditions”. These words were stamped in the passengers’ tickets.
Senior citizens in Cambodia
Chanroeun uploads an article which tackles how Cambodians are treating their senior citizens
Cambodia: Banned photos
Cambodia's Department of Cinema prevented organizers of a cultural event to show pictures of people collecting countryside rats, pictures of opposition party leader Sam Rainsy and a slideshow of evicted people marching to Phnom Penh to appeal to the Prime Minister.
Laos: Boun That Luang festival
Nye Noona attended and was impressed by the Boun That Luang festival in Laos.
Modern Lao wedding
New Garden posts pictures and describes how a modern Laotian wedding is celebrated.
Australia: Too many international students?
Andrew Norton writes about the debate in Australia on whether foreign students are displacing Australians in universities.
China: The Top Ten Most Popular Search Terms of 2008
ESWN translated Hecaitou's blog post on “the top ten most popular seach terms of 2008“.
Serbia: Facebook Group of Serbian Nationalists
"Knife, Wire, Srebrenica!" (Nož, Žica, Srebrenica!) is one of the favorite slogans of Serbian nationalists. A while ago, there appeared a Facebook group with the same name and 1,045 members - as well as a counter-group, whose 10,584 members are appealing to Facebook administrators to close the NOŽ ŽICA SREBRENICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! group because it "glorifies the acts of genocide that took place in Srebrenica, where 8,000 men and boys were murdered." Sinisa Boljanovic translates a Serbian blogger's response to it.
