Global Voices Online

Alfredo Sanchez (ES) and Eduardo Arcos (ES) both post about the free showing of a Brazilian documentary about bloggers and another about cinema clubs this Saturday in Mexico City. More information about both documentaries can be found at Cine Club Bravo, the group hosting the event.

Fluctuating power supplies in Dhaka says Rezwan -”A severe power crisis has hit the Dhaka town. Each day, especially at night electric supply goes off for many hours. The power goes off not at a stretch, but in approximately one hour intervals and rotating in areas.”

Recursive Hypocrisy on Indian nuclear power, articles in WSJ and American interests - “What a shift in tone from those days, when an Indian diplomat's opinion piece in an American Newspaper meant a lecture in morality and an embarrassment to anyone from anywhere to the east of the Caspian sea.”

Sujatha on the war against illiteracy, and perspectives from one corner of the huge task ahead.

Blank Noise Project calls for a blog-a-thon to build testimonials and opinions on the issue of street harassment of women in India.

Santiago, an Argentinean living in Brooklyn, New York offers his surefire test of whether or not you are from Buenos Aires.

For all you fans of floating canines and euro-techno, this is one post that can't be missed. The Chilean music blog, Super 45 - Blog System says that various French artists are headed towards Chile including Manu Chao and Pascal Arbez (better known as Vitalic). Included is a video of Vitalic's single, “Poney Part I” - one of the most bizarre and thoroughly awesome experiments in dog cinematography I've ever seen.

Hanouz, an Iran based journalist & blogger, talks about cutting thousands trees (Persian) in Levizan forest in neighbourhood of Tehran. According to the blogger, Tehran's municipality is cutting these trees to construct a highway. It is considered disastrous for Tehran and its air pollution.

IndCoup discusses tattoo culture in Indonesia. He explains: “The revival owed much to the popularity in Indonesia during the mid 1990s of US rock bands the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Guns and Roses, both of which flaunted the sexual appeal of tattoos.”