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South Asia Wired Blog is put to bed A predictable victory The loss of two powerful voices The jealousy of a non sporty Indian Burma needs more than an icon He may just be the key to a new thinking on teaching Sinterklaas is here The Burma Watchers: a club soon extinct? Forced to refuse a well deserved prize for a technicality Music is a joy, not a religious crime Soni Sori - the misery continues The hidden corruption in India’s troubled heart Soul Searching at Radio Netherlands. Why don’t South Asians talk to each other? The Lord of Literature turns to tweeting The Truth Will Set You Free Tired of fear An open letter about beauty and ugliness Gandhian fast as emotional blackmail The Murdoch circus; That’s Entertainment. Music as the final goodbye The conflicts we need to know about You’ve got to love Holland Let’s hope for the rise of the South Asian tigress Shopping ourselves into extinction? Are the Dutch too boring for sex scandals? Or just too sensible? The positive energy of Bangladesh Another voice for freedom, lost Musings from a Dhaka hospital bed The head is off, but is the body dead? Tiptoeing through the tulips on world malaria day Dr Binayak Sen is free again Gunman shoots strangers, then himself Child mothers exist here too Grace under pressure Marching to say enough is enough Arms yes, bread no Grief and loss and the stripping of a nation’s soul Evil triumphs again in Pakistan Fire and fired on. Indian naval gazing All men are equal, but some are more equal than others? Egyptians - “carpe diem” Cutting his baby in half A fuse has been lit…how far does it go? A Republic day away from home Is Tunisia a signpost for Pakistan? Christina’s death makes me even more afraid What are blogs for? Or what the blog for? Two good men punished for refusing to hate A life sentence that brings shame to the “greatest democracy on earth.” The trials of an Indian mother when it snows The young will inherit the earth Should we peek into our kids’ innermost thoughts? 5 Simple ways to be happier Burma, chid sports stars, and rickshawdrivers seen through the IDFA window Id’s fun at IDFA The Lady is free and the people of Burma is waiting for her to guide their destiny Those sharing messages on the Net occasionally turn up gold To Give or Not to Give The Fine Print of Love, Sex and All that Jazz We’ve got the Dot Org at last Kids - loveable or not, you have to keep loving them An award that’s more a slap than a compliment 69 days and a lifetime to remember them A View From Inside the Curfew. Truth is stranger than fiction: or the strange case of Aafia Siddiqui The US has a difficult choice about its loyalties to Pakistan’s military The global notice board South Asia’s double curse Open your schools, or lose your future The Common ‘wealth’ Games ridiculed Girls still prized more than boys It’s less controversial to burn people than burn the Koran The Little Guys Win for once. An insider’s take on the mystery of Kashmir’s conflict. Organic veggies an indicator of change? Pakistani children on the motorway Too Poor For Windows Shooting the messenger Is Pakistan’s tragedy less worthy than that of other countries? South Asia Beat looks at crossover genre Food Security in India Canada’s Tamil refugees: war victims or war criminals? Celebrating the Independence Day abroad South Asia Beat celebrates Indo-Pak Independence The deserted Shalimar Gardens Srinagar’s hospitals are busy these days From a denied to a respected life Delhiites’ cynicism over the “Con-wealth Games” It’s time for some Desi rock Kashmiris in despair Kabul rocks to a trio’s dream Pakistani plane crashes with 152 on board A new generation of struggle via Facebook in Kashmir Mumbai the next Shanghai? South Asian Girl Power rocks! Digital whitening sparks controversy Presenting: South Asia Beat Delhi walls come alive with art Why I want to wear the burqa Only Europe has abandoned its search for the sacred Dutch tourists take ‘guides’ to court Remembering the Emergency Managing to live in a hearing world On Rushdie, freedom, virgins and sex. India needs more Teeth like these Going home The membrane between adoption and trafficking is money. Indian parents want DNA test in Dutch adoption row Happy thoughts are just not enough Kasab’s death penalty: a done deal? The poor can grieve for their children just as well as the rich Blind justice being served cold - 25 years after the crime Micro money brings peace and hope in Sri Lanka An Outspoken Woman Newly Dutch and confused. Coming up soon: South Asia Beat Networking sites: Now made in Pakistan Black Friday for India and Pakistan Jesus: dead or alive? Why is India still hungry? Mangalore crash- A tragedy that could have been averted Showing the world through music to my kids An outsider inside Afghanistan who “gets it” Hurling insults at each other on Facebook is not a debate Music takes them places No booze till you turn 25? The story of the forgotten people: The Bhutanese Lhotshampas Delhi eyes on Dutch landscape Guest Blogger Vinita Deshmukh on Kasab’s Verdict Forgotten forever? Being disabled in India is a double handicap Quake shattered her life, she stitched it back Trial of 26/11 gunman hits a raw nerve with Mumbaikars A little community spirit gives so much pleasure Muzzling the media in Sri Lanka and Pakistan Soldiers of faith terrified of little girls Banking on Bank Mitras South Asia Wired broadcasts too you know One laptop per child Another hero bites the dust In Iceland, life goes on but Europe shuts down Its people live but its language dies Against the tide Teaching without toilets Maoist violence is not the disease - its a symptom ‘We want to go to school, but can’t afford it’ The story behind the news from Chattisgarh Drought and debt drives more farmers to suicide All men are equal, but some are more equal than others Guest Blogger Asif Akhtar on “cricket diplomacy” Art in the line of fire Rice husk lights up Bihar villages Women just meat in men’s wars Little steps on the long road to real change Women fighting back - always a good news story Keep warm this fall and help destroy a species. Imelda still showing that she’s good for a laugh…or a cry Disallusioned, disenchanted and disgusted Sahil’s found. But will the questions ever be answered? The Bravest Woman in Afghanistan Reserving seats for women isn’t the same as equal rights The People Nobody Wants Would you rather hold on to that Landcruiser, or a living planet? One child stolen breaks so many different forms of trust Biggest millstone around Church’s neck is itself One woman stands tall Eating for peace is my kind of initiative. oops here we go again Laughing at the Taliban is ok with me Dynastic politics doesn’t compute in democracies Another language bites the dust. Suicide assistant: a new calling? Stone Pelters for hire On line India and Pakistan have very different personalities Adoption gets another blow, this time from Nepal Banning the Burqa is a bad move. Microcredit is a curse for Bidi The world’s attention is beginning to wander A personal horror story: Families die in Haiti hours after adoption What this blog will be about
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