Latest posts by Neha Viswanathan from May, 2008
Pakistan: Vigilante justice
All Things Pakistan on the trend of vigilante justice in the country – with its horrible consequences.
Bangladesh: Child Labour
Unheard Voices on the increasing trend of child labour in Bangladesh.
India: Dr Binayak Sen and the Government
Break All Chains on the case of Dr Binayak Sen, who is a public health specialist and currently jailed in India on charges of being associated with the Naxalite movement.
India: Food Prices and Bush
Rethinking Developmental Economics on the food price crisis around the world, George Bush's remarks and the factors that are pushing the cost of food up.
Sri Lanka: Responsibility and Burma
ICT4Peace on the idea of international responsibility and citizen-centered disaster response in the context of the humanitarian crisis in Burma.
Sri Lanka: Cricket purists
The new Twenty-20 format of cricket has received a mixed reception. Emphemeral Ruminations writes an open letter to the cricket purists.
India: Eating more
George Bush recently indicated that food prices had gone up because China and India were consuming more food. Sepia Mutiny has more.
Pakistan: Gender segregation and health
Five Rupees on how unhealthy extreme gender-segregation can be.
Bangladesh: Child labour in Dhaka
Bangladesh From Our View on child labour in Dhaka.
India: Jaipur blasts, Terrorism and the Government
On 13th May, serial blasts rocked Jaipur. Reports suggest that more than sixty people were killed, and another 150 were injured. MyZone writes about Jaipur, which as a city has been relatively peaceful, and the sheer panic the blasts created. Disbelief turned into shock as over the fifteen minutes the...
India: Twitter updates on Jaipur
DJ Fadereu updates the situation from Jaipur, which was hit by serial blasts yesterday on twitter.
India: Bomb blasts in Jaipur
SAJA Forum links to news about the bomb blasts in Jaipur, India.
India: In conversation with Pico Iyer
Kamla Bhatt podcasts an interview with the author, Pico Iyer.
Sri Lanka: Piracy and Alternatives
Nazly's Blog emphasizes the alternatives to piracy, reflecting on the news of raids against ‘software pirates’.
Bangladesh: Democracy and Disasters
Unheard Voices on the idea of democracy in managing disasters.
Sri Lanka: Images from Burma
Restrictions on media in Burma have meant that the world has to rely on the Burmese government broadcaster for information and visuals, explains Moving Images, Moving People.
Pakistan, India: Voices of the oppressed
Jahane Rumi from Pakistan on the literature of the oppressed in India.
Pakistan: Quitting the Cabinet
The political situation in Pakistan takes a turn for the unpredictable. CHUP! on a member party of the coalition government quitting the cabinet.
India: Where there's no water
Memoirs of a Foreigner on visiting a slum in Delhi with no water.
Sri Lanka: Creating wealth
Deane's Dimension takes a look at the issue of poverty, and writes that the question is not how poverty can be reduced, but how wealth can be created.
Sri Lanka: Cyclone Nargis
LIRNEasia on a timeline of Cyclone Nargis and the lack of an effective early warning system.