Global Voices Online

Lekhni at The Imagined Universe remembers 25 years of Bhopal gas tragedy in India and discusses what lesson it teaches us.

Bangladesh Open Source Intelligence Monitors blog analyzes the story behind the arrest of the chairman of an Indian separatist movement - United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) from Bangladesh territory.

Indian blogger Gaurav Mishra lists three reasons why storytelling is the key to social media marketing success.

“India needs to be made free of corruption before it can become developed. But the entire existing Indian governance ecosystem will prevent this from happening,” opines Rajesh Jain at Emergic.

To mark the anniversary of Mumbai terror attacks, Yasser Latif Hamdani at Pak Tea House writes a letter to the Indians: “let this day signify an awakening on both sides that (says) enough with this ‘geo-strategic thinking' of one-upping each other.”

Dipen Bhattacharya at Mukto Mona criticizes the rituals of sacrifices - be it during Kali Puja for Hindus or Eid-ul-Adha sacrifices for Muslims. “Man might need to eat meat, but mass murder of helpless animals using brutal methods cannot be considered self-sacrifice,” he opines.

Supriyo Chaudhuri at Sunday Posts discusses why India must wake up on climate change issues.

“For me the strongest drag force working against my desire to return home is my experience of life as a woman in India,” confesses Heartcrossings while discussing about the lack of freedom, independence and safety of Indian women.

Conversations with Dina criticizes the sensationalism of Indian media in the coverage of the anniversary of the Mumbai attacks: “Just because you have so much footage during the terror attacks, does it mean it is revamped and repackaged into more and more noise (don’t forget the background dhadam dhadam music!)?”