Rezwan · July, 2009

Latest posts by Rezwan from July, 2009

India: The Chakmas Of Mizoram

Paritosh Chakma at Musings of a Chakma critically examines the position of the Chakmas in the Mizoram state of India – their social, economic conditions and political status and discusses...

24 July 2009

Pakistan: Guinness Record For Tree Planting

All Things Pakistan informs that Pakistan has been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as a team of 300 volunteers succeeded in planting 5,41,176 mangrove tree saplings in...

23 July 2009

India: Interview with Dina Mehta

Blogadda interviews Dina Mehta, one of the best-known bloggers and social media observers from India. She is also a friend and Advisor to Global Voices Online.

23 July 2009

India: Orissa Pride

Photoblog ::MyFiveFromAnyShoot:: captured the LGBT Pride moments at Bhubaneshwar, the capital of Orissa state in India and posted some of them. “It was a small but colorful and vocal group...

23 July 2009

Maldives: Law To Tackle Anti-Social Behavior

Abdullah Waheed reports that a legal bill has been introduced to the Majlis, Maldivian parliament for discussion and enactment to tackle the growing cases of gang violence and anti-social behavior...

22 July 2009

Pakistan: A Fatwa To Stop Electricity Theft

Kalsoom at CHUP! – Changing Up Pakistan informs that “the Karachi Electricity Supply Company (KESC) has reportedly obtained a fatwa [religious decree] from 12 senior Islamic scholars against the theft...

22 July 2009

India: FAQs about the Naz Foundation Case

In a three part series (Part 1 2, 3) Vikram Raghavan of Law and Other Things discusses the ins and outs of the famous Naz Foundation case that decriminalizes consensual...

22 July 2009

Nepal, India: Positive Energy To Beat Pessimism

kasthamandap of Thinking About Nepal visited the Indian capital recently and comments: “it just felt good to be in a place where positive energy seems to overwhelm the pessimism, especially...

21 July 2009

Pakistan: The Unheard Stories Of Pedophilia

Sana Saleem at Mystified Justice brings up the issue of the shocking presence of pedophilia in the conservative Pakistani society and talks about the affected children living the horrors of...

21 July 2009

India: Debate On BJP

Shveta Chhatra – Offstumped site for the New Big Tent republishes prominent Indian journalist, author, and politician Arun Shourie's detailed analysis of the political party BJP (Part 1, 2, 3,...

21 July 2009

Nepal: Cursed By A Widow

Nepal had 20 Prime Ministers and almost 1000 ministers in the past 20 years. “But why they failed and subsequently we failed? We can’t always blame our geographic features and...

20 July 2009

Sri Lanka: Deaths In IDP Camps

Indrajit Samarajiva at Indi.ca criticizes the mention of a large number of deaths in Sri Lankan IDP camps by some International media and comments: “making up very serious numbers doesn’t...

20 July 2009