Neha Viswanathan · August, 2007

Latest posts by Neha Viswanathan from August, 2007

Nepal: Madhesi Women

Kathmandu Speaks on the changing roles of Madhesi women. “Participants of the historic convention, the first of its kind for the Madhesi women, expressed their longing for peace and freedom...

22 August 2007

India: Photographs from a temple

Photographs from a temple at Prabhu n Ferrari. “Tiruvalam is around 25 kms from Vellore. There is a very famous Sivan temple there called as ‘Vilvanatheeswarar Devasthanam’. “

22 August 2007

Bhutan: A brand called Democracy

For A Democracy takes a closer look at the brand of “democracy” where powerful families appear to hold on to their power, and comments on what democracy in Bhutan might...

21 August 2007

Bangladesh: Dhaka University

Rezwan points to blog reactions on the trouble in Dhaka University, sparked by “comments passed by an armed forces personnel during a soccer match on the university gymnasium ground where...

21 August 2007

India: Wedding Rituals

Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa has a wonderfully flippant and thought provoking post – on challenging rituals and traditions that go into a wedding.

21 August 2007

Bangladesh: Floating Classrooms

Voice of South on children learning on boats. “From a single boat in 2002, that provided very basic education to girls who had never been to school before, the project...

20 August 2007

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