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South Asia Thursday Blog Roundup

Posted 7 July 2005 23:33 GMT

Written byPaul Frankenstein

Countries	India, Nepal, Bangladesh
Topics	none

India

The Nepalese blog United We Blog! covers, with photographs, an anti-monarchy student protest in the city of New Baneshwor that was marked by violent confrontations with the police. The protest was in response to official celebrations marking the King's birthday.

Bangladeshi blogger Rezwan is delighted to find that his blog is featured in an article about Asian blogs and bloggers published in Asia! magazine, a new in-flight publication for airlines that service the region.

Dilip D'Souza continues his tour of tsunami-devastated south India.

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Pakistan

Imran Jattala exposes more hate campaign against minorities in the capital of Pakistan as an association of bigoted lawyers recently banned products made by a minority-owned business from courthouses.

• Rezwan

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Sri Lanka

Serendipity reports that there are insufficient toilets planned at the annual Deyata Kirula (National Development Exhibition).

• Rezwan

Pakistan

Sonya Rehman reports about the advent of Hosh Media, a new citizen journalism portal, which epitomizes the growing popularity of locally-based, online portals for citizen journalism in Pakistan.

• Rezwan

Bhutan

Tshering Tobgay writes about the Dx-pedition of a ham radio operator from England to Bhutan and the challenges and potentials of the amateur radio and its enthusiasts in his country.

• Rezwan

Pakistan

Teeth Maestro condemns the mob mentality of some of the people in Karachi on people doing petty crimes, which is actually a consequence of losing the trust on the state police.

• Rezwan