Meanwhile, in Bangladesh, the military backed interim government isn’t exactly fond of judicial processes or the free press. Bangladeshi journalist and blogger Tasneem Khalil was arrested yesterday. Since the state of emergency curtails rights of the citizens, it doesn’t look like the government needed a reason. Rezwan has an excellent roundup of bloggers’ reactions from [...]
Posted on May 11th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Global Voices, Governance, Media, Rights, South Asia | 2 Comments »
While doing the daily roundups for Global Voices today, I chanced upon this lovely post at the The Lolly DJ on a grandfather who landed in Sri Lanka 65 years ago. The piece is so well-written and goes well with the wonderfully lyrical title – “Inheriting Colombo.”
To understand his stories, you have to understand the [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Blogs, Global Voices, History and Monuments, Random Links, South Asia | 1 Comment »
Have an opinion on Corporate Social Responsibility? Necessary or not? Viable, irrelevant or pointless?
From Global Voices
On Thursday November 9th, at 6:30pm EST (23:30 GMT / 05:00am Friday in India), Reuters will be hosting a live conversation about corporate social responsibility at its New York headquarters. …
According to the special web page built for the [...]
Posted on November 8th, 2006 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Global Voices, India, Marketplace and All Things Current, Online Projects, South Asia | 1 Comment »
According to the Reporters sans frontières – Annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index – 2006, India is at 105 out of 168 countries listed.
Yemen (149th) slipped four places, mainly because of the arrest of several journalists and closure of newspapers that reprinted the cartoons. Journalists were harassed for the same reason in Algeria (126th), Jordan [...]
Posted on October 25th, 2006 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: India, Marketplace and All Things Current, Media, Politics, Rights, South Asia | 5 Comments »
I lived for ten years in RK Puram in South Delhi. A Sikh family lived in the house upstairs. When I occasionally went to their house, I was fascinated by the row of turbans in various colours. He was rather particular to match his turban with his clothes. And thus it was, that in a [...]
Posted on October 20th, 2006 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Culture, India, South Asia | 3 Comments »
Meanwhile Tesco, that giant that wants to stomp all over the world apparently is caught in a child labour issue.
The allegations are potentially embarrassing for Tesco, which has prided itself on its strict policy on ethical trading. The supermarket giant is one of the founding members of Ethical Trading Initiative, an organisation that promotes [...]
Posted on October 9th, 2006 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Marketplace and All Things Current, Random Links, South Asia, UK | 6 Comments »
Washington Post has an article on Indians in the US and the notion of “more than one home”. I suppose I agree with certain parts, but a large part of me is rather convinced that it has little to do with being outside the country, as it has to do with the fact that we [...]
Posted on October 9th, 2006 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Culture, India, South Asia, UK | Comments Off
