City-hopping, trivia-gathering, identity-hunting. Obsessions include culture, social software, cities, literature, internet, music, history, marketplace and anything that doesn't twinkle.
I blog at Within / Without
and can be found at other CollaBlogs such as DesiPundit, Indicubed and The Sea-Eat Blog.
Latest posts by Neha Viswanathan from May, 2008
Bangladesh: Agriculture and Technology
End Poverty In South Asia asks if investments in agricultural technology by themselves be sufficient to ensure rural poverty reduction.
Nepal: Improving the economy
Nepal Monitor on the possible strategies to revive Nepal's economy.
Bangladesh: Coping with price rise
Unheard Voices has a series of posts on how communities in poverty-struck areas are coping with increasing prices and government apathy.
India: Information and Terrorism
A former head of India’s external intelligence agency on strengthening institutions fighting terrorism. More at Vikram Sood's Perspectives.
Pakistan: Nuclear tests
Lahore Nama on the 10th anniversary of Pakistan's nuclear tests.
Pakistan: A decade after
Islamabad Metblogs on a decade after Pakistan‘s nuclear tests.
Nepal: The monarchy's gone
The monarchy has been dismantled and Nepal has been declared a republic. More at Nepal Monitor.
Pakistan, India: Music in Kashmir
CHUP! on a Pakistani band, Junoon that recently performed in Kashmir in India.
India: Sanskrit and Hindutva
The politics of a classical language, education and secularism in India explored at varnam.
India, Pakistan: Music and Conflict
La Dolce Vita on a Pakistani band playing in Kashmir, India and how the whole show of peace and calm in the conflict-ridden region appears to be a farce.
Bangladesh: A cartoonist and the state
E-Bangladesh has an interview with Arif ,the condemned cartoonist who was charged by the state of profanity and sedition.
India: Mango festival
Photographs from a Mango Festival in India at the cooks cottage.
India: Homosexuality and the Law
Law and Other Things reflects on the litigation strategy in a case that could have an impact on the legal perspective of homosexuality in India.
Sri Lanka: Bomb for a Bomb
groundviews on the disturbing trend of attacks on civilians in Sri Lanka.
Nepal: Women in Politics
Anbika's DiGi Home on the increase in the number of women in politics in Nepal.
Pakistan: Food and the Government
Whisk on the disconnect in Pakistan between the looming food crisis and the actions of the government.
Pakistan: On Security
Changing Up Pakistan! interviews an expert from Rand Corporation to get some insight on the security situation.
India: On Mobocracy
Shashwati's Blog on mobocracy – where mobs hand out punishment in India.
Nepal: Chindia
The complications of being surrounded by India and China. More at Nepali Netbook.
Bangladesh: On Devolution
Mukti on the benefits of adopting devolution in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: A visit to Vietnam
An author from Unheard Voices visits Vietnam and is impressed with the progress made in the country, which has a lot in common with Bangladesh.
