Archive for
January 12th, 2006
Stories
South Asia: Blogosphere Buzz
India:
Eco Earth talks about the ecological wake-up call for India and China, both rapidly emerging economies of the world. And Om Malik talks about the freezing winter in New Delhi. This is the first time after 70 years that the city was hit by biting cold weather.
If is the football season in the USA, it is cricket fever in the Indian subcontinent. Sports fan around the world behave share lot of similarities, and the number one common factor is the passion for sports. Karthik talks about the upcoming cricket match between India and China and his dream team. And Chiray provides a schedule of the India-Pakistan cricket series.
Guru has a fascinating account of his trip from Hyderabad to Bombay in three parts, complete with pictures. And Freeshell has a post about what travelling in the local trains of Bombay means, and what you can expect to find.
Balaji talks of Pongal, the harvest festival that will be celebrated this weekend in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Nepal:
Parmendra Bhagat talks about the blame game in Nepal and the role of political parties and democracy in that country.
Pakistan
Cold weather is a topic of discussion in Karachi. And Sundries describes the unusually cold weather in Karachi. And on the marriage front, Hammad Din wonders if Pakistan's “aunty network” has subsided? Jawwad discusses Chinese goods flooding the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, and its impact on cosumers. Yasir Ali in his Pakistan Diaries shares his impressions and the difference in the lifestyle between the rich and the poor people.
Sri Lanka:
Lankalife has a post on post-Tsunami recovery, and how conflict in the region is making organisations hesitant to invest or work in the sectors that need focus.
Links for Thu, 2006-01
Mutant Frog Travelogue directs us to images of banknotes used during the World War II Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia.
On his blog Go Figure, a Filipino economist fails to spread the gospel of free trade to his barber.
Haro Singapore! investigates a local fad — feet detoxification — and finds reasons to doubt that an electrified foot bath can really pull out poisons from one's body.
DPRK Studies tries to answer the question: Is North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il crazy or not?
China Herald and danwei ridicule a press release that both received touting a new book about Chinese consumers. The release contained “12 Facts about the Confucian Consumer.” Writes Fons: “Confucius is a favorite way to hide ignorance at the China market and whenever the word is used (even when used at the Harvard Business Review), I doze off or (nowadays) answer my email.”
Guillermo Parra translates an Op-Ed piece by Oswaldo Barreto from Tuesday's Tal Cual while Miguel Octavio translates an Op-Ed by Teodoro Petkoff from yesterday's Tal Cual.
Hunnapuh recommends Tim's El Salvador Blog as a site of good commentary and excellent documentation. Tim, meanwhile, has three short notes about El Salvador today.
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