- Countries:
- Kazakhstan
- Topics:
- Development, Humor
This post is also available in:
| বাংলা: | কাজাখস্তান: আক-ওরদা মানে কি?... |
Arseny posts a funny story that vividly indicates how many people living in Astana’s Old Town - a Soviet provincial cityscape - sometimes do not have any idea of what is happening on the Left Bank, where the Shining New Capital of Kazakhstan is rapidly growing.
Start the Conversation
Recent Articles also in Central Asia & Caucasus
- › Does Global Financial Crisis Affect Kyrgyzstan?
- › Kazakhstan: State-ordered blogging
- › Kazakhstan: The decay of culture and media
- › Grimaces of education in Kazakhstan
- › Armenia: Opposition detainees released
Recent Links also in Central Asia & Caucasus
Teenage bloggers from #Armenia and #Azerbaijan have met in the U.S as part of the DOTCOM project. Follow their adventures and activities at DOTCOM: PH International or on Twitter at #DOTCOM
In Mutatione Fortitudo laments the state of the Azerbaijani alphabet and the various changes it has seen since the 1920s.
Global Voices Online's Caucasus Editor pays a visit to Armenia's second largest city of Gyumri where he interviews a member of the country's most well-known rock band. The post also includes an alternative video recipe for a little known local dish.
Funding drive
Global Voices Email Updates
Get summaries of new stories from Global Voices in your inbox daily, weekly, or just sign up for important announcements.
Our Other Sites
Special Projects
This site is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License
Please read our attribution policy.
Simon Maghakyan23 posts 
Kamla Bhatt59 posts 
Amer Al-Hilal6 posts 
Mathy Kandasamy15 posts 
Juliana Rincón Parra176 posts 
Portnoy53 posts 
Jenny Cascante4 posts 
Ismail Dhorat5 posts 
Judith Townend1 posts 
Elia Varela Serra257 posts 
Leonidas Mejia6 posts 
Asteris Masouras2 posts
Bangladesh, India: No To Tipaimukh Dam
- One should understand that this dam is not multipurpose dam but an hydroelectricity producing d...
more »