Global Voices Online

Lanka Rising writes on the politics behind the recent assassination of Major General Janaka Perera in Sri Lanka.

Pro Pakistan opines: “NATO and Americans have always objected on Pakistan for negotiating with the Talibans but the irony of the matter is that today they are themselves calling for negotiations with the Talibans including Mullah Omer.”

ABC -Voices Sans Borders critiques the Nepali government's measures like resisting Miss Nepal Pageant competition and clamping down on sex and liquor in night bars as populist.

Nagalim.co.uk, a community site for the Naga indigenous people, has news and backgrounds on the recent violence in Assam, India which led to the death of 47 persons and eviction of many people.

Back to Bangladesh reports that the Custom House Automation Project of Chittagong port, the largest port in Bangladesh was successfully completed with local skills (no foreign consultants or companies were involved).

Bridge to Bhutan quotes Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigmi Y. Thinley, who reminded the world of a wake up call while speaking at the United Nations General Assembly recently: “Economic well being is not human well being,” and “the main cause of the financial crisis nations faced today was the result of ‘living beyond our means‘.”

Hasnain's Life reports that the Talibans had imposed an economic blockade on Shias in Parachinar, a town of Upper Kurram Agency in Pakistan which led to a humanitarian crisis.

Dhaka Dweller comments on the various festivities celebrated in Bangladesh: “In this secular country, where Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Buddhists and ethnic minorities live side by side, where both religious and cultural events are celebrated with great fanfare, and where Western culture has slowly permeated Eastern traditions, life is a nonstop celebration of festivals.”

Words from the Solitude discusses what effect the recent pullout of the TATA Nano project from Singur will have on the West Bengal region in India.