According to Boing Boing, India could maybe possibly kind-of but not really ban internet users access to YouTube because of the following video:
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Ghandi pole-dances his way to censorship in India?
Published by January 13th, 2007 in India. 0 CommentsThe worst air pollution in Asia: Top 5
Published by December 18th, 2006 in India and China. 2 CommentsA list of cities you probably won’t want to live in, via the Shanghaiist:
1. Beijing
2. Xi’an
3. Kathmandu
4. Dhaka
5. New Delhi
Beijing, followed closely by Xi’an, Kathmandu, Dhaka and New Delhi, have the dirtiest air of major Asian cities, according to […]
Economist: Japan: a democracy , South Korea: a “flawed democracy”, China: not so good, North Korea: the least democratic nation on earth
Published by November 21st, 2006 in India, China, Korea and Japan. 0 CommentsThe Chosun Ilbo has posted this article about a recent study democracy by the Economist:
The Economist weekly has ranked South Korea 31st and North Korea 167th or dead last in its global democracy index. In a special edition titled “The World In 2007”, the U.K. magazine looked at the state of democracy in countries around […]
Time Magazine’s 60 years of Asian Heroes
Published by November 8th, 2006 in Myanmar/Burma, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Taiwan, India, Korea, China, Indonesia, U.S. and Japan. 4 CommentsI was checking out the Digital Chosun Ilbo this morning and I found this article mentioning Time Asia’s selection of 3 Koreans in their 60 Years of Asian Heroes list. I was curious how other countries did, so I decided to count and make a list. Let’s see the make-up of the list […]
Interesting news about the roots of civilization from the BBC:
The remains of what has been described as a huge lost city may force historians and archaeologists to radically reconsider their view of ancient human history.
Marine scientists say archaeological remains discovered 36 metres (120 feet) underwater in the Gulf of Cambay off the western coast of […]
Days in a wannabe punk’s life has a very interesting post about witch hunting in India:
But the actual problem is far more deep seated than oh-look-‘witch’-lets-mutilate-her-and-kill-her-because-we-have-nothing-better-
to-do-and-we-are-ignorant-people. The basic modus operandi is this: most of the time if not all the time, the Ojha’s palms are greased for branding a woman a witch. The reasons could […]
Asia Blog Awards 2006/2007: Vote now!
Published by October 7th, 2006 in Myanmar/Burma, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, India, Korea, China, Indonesia and Japan. 2 CommentsVoting has begun for the best Japan Blog for Q1 2006/2007 over at the Asia Blog Awards. My other blog, Japan Probe, has been nominated, and I encourage everyone to go over and vote for your favorite blogs.
Voting for the best Korea blog and group blog are also underway, and I would […]
Obscure corners of Pune city.
