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Aparna Ray

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About Aparna Ray

36 posts · joined 2006-06-7

Passionate about travel, cultures, people, books and movies, I am a qualitative researcher and social media enthusiast based in Kolkata, India. Blogging since 2005, I love penning my daily English Newsmericks and also occasionally blog in Bangla/ Bengali (my mother tongue) at খোলা জানালা. At Global Voices, I help bring the ongoing conversations in the Bangla blogosphere to the global audience. I also carry back global conversations to the Bangla/ Bengali community by translating select posts from Global Voices into Bangla at Global Voices Bangla Lingua.

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May 16th, 2009

India Elections 09: India votes decisively, decides to strengthen the hand of stability

Election results are pouring in from all across the country and it is now clear that India has voted decisively for a stable government at the center, under the leadership of the Congress-led UPA. Dr. Manmohan Singh is going to be the Prime Minister for a second consecutive term. Even before all the results are in, just going by the trends, the BJP-led NDA alliance has publicly conceded defeat.

April 27th, 2009

Indian Elections ‘09: On the Black Money trail

Black money stashed away in overseas tax havens/secret Swiss bank accounts - is not a new topic in India. However, the very same topic is generating quite a bit of heat in the ongoing parliamentary Elections in India. The Indian blogosphere weighs on the issue.

April 24th, 2009

South Asia

Ruchi Gupta at Bourgeois Inspirations wonders, if, in the day and age of coalition politics it really matters which party one votes for. According to her: “Our political parties are differentiated by their marketing and vote-garnering strategies, and not their development policies.”

April 23rd, 2009

Indian Elections ‘09: Where The Shoe Pinches

When Muntadhar al-Zaidi hurled his shoes at the then US President George Bush, little did he know that his method of getting a point across would soon become viral across continents. In India too, the trend seems to have caught on. For indeed, the humble footwear has become the preferred weapon ...

April 16th, 2009

India Elections ‘09: Netizens react to Political Campaigns - II

In our first post of this series, we had brought to you glimpses of how netizens were reacting to the BJP's online campaign. In this post, we will explore reactions to the election campaign of the Indian National Congress (INC).

April 9th, 2009

India Elections ‘09: Bloggers on the Varun Gandhi controversy

Election campaigning is in full swing in India and amidst all the frenzy, the Pilbhit constituency in Uttar Pradesh, has come under the scanner after one of its young BJP candidates, Varun Gandhi courted controversy over his allegedly communal and inflammatory campaign speeches during election rallies in his constituency on ...