Global Voices Online

An interesting panel discussion on the delicious variety of ‘Food Writing' took place at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival in Mumbai, India. Read this and much more in The Kala Ghoda Gazette, the official blog of the festival.

Patrix at Desipundit introduces to us Sagarika Ghose, the Indian Twitter Comedian.

Indrajit Samarajiva met a Sri Lankan in Bangalore, who happens to be a Tamil diaspora, and writes about him.

Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Dr Shashi Tharoor is to have a meeting with the Twitter community of Oman on February 5.

Madhu Baganiar, who belongs to the indigenous Oraon (Kurukh) community comments on the demise of Bo language with the death of Boa senior, the lone survivor of the Bo tribe: “tribal language(s) could be preserved and (could) prosper through known script only, as the pace of alienation of tribal language is more rapid than the preservation and creating literature and infrastructure.”

Anirvan Chatterjee, an Indian American, shares his experiences during his visit to Bangladesh and comments on its relationship with India: “Indians don't know what kind of soft power they have–if only they were to stop focusing on governments and think about people-to-people relationships.”

Priyanka Borpujari informs that 5th Pillar, an NGO based in Washington DC and with offices in India in Chennai and Delhi, “has developed zero currency notes that one could print and give to government officers, each time they ask for a bribe.” Fumiko Nagano at World Bank Blog has details.

Anurag Kumar at Recalcitrance novel posts pictures and reports of the first meet up of Twitter users in Lucknow.

Nilanjana at Akhond of Swat attended the Jaipur Literature Festival and wrote a series of articles on the festival.