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On November 23, 2008 more than 100 Pakistani bloggers gathered in Lahore in a meetup, the first of its kind in the city. The event was organized by LUMS IEEE Students Chapter (in collaboration with CIO Pakistan and Google Pakistan). The idea was to get the bloggers together to discuss about the blogging scene in Pakistan and promote this medium. The bloggers exchanged their views and shared success stories.

Initially this was planned to be an informal meeting for the twenty odd Lahore based bloggers. The only source of information on this meet up was an event posted at Facebook by Badar Khushnood (Country Consultant, Google). Quite unexpectedly more people showed interest and the number of probable attendees kept on increasing. The event organizers could succeed in collaborating with CIO Pakistan and RedBull, and the event turned into a mega bloggers meet where bloggers from across the country could participate.

Here's what Rabia Garib (editor CIO Pakistan) wrote about this phenomenon:

What started off as a really small 20 person event at LUMS has grown into something more than 100 attendees overnight… literally!

I also attended there as a blogger and am happy to cover this event for Global Voices. In my opinion the event was more like a seminar to encourage the beginners. Badar Khushnood explained the importance of blogging in today's world.

The key points discussed in the Meetup were:

• Blogging can earn you a decent living
• How blogging enables freedom of speech and expression
• Passion is important
• Tools for professional blogging were also discussed.
• Some success stories were also featured.

You can find the details of the event here at my blog or at the official coverage page at CIO Pakistan website.

All photos by Farhan Janjua

作者:Farhan Janjua

更新日:2008年12月1日 19時51分

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African bloggers are highlighting water related issues, from the politics in South Africa that led to suspension of a water quality expert, new devices for collecting and cleaning water, to the 'scramble for fish' the East African lake region.

CC licenced photo by Julien Harneis on flickr.

We start with South Africa where the blog Urbansprout highlights the suspension Dr. Anthony Turton . Dr Turton is a researcher who was set to deliver a presentation at the conference “Science Real and Relevant” in Pretoria. He was barred from delivering the presentation, and later suspended by The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
The blogger includes the presumed reason for his suspension as communicated by the CSIR, but also looks at the content of Dr. Turton's paper[pdf on environment.co.za], noting…

Taking a brief look at Dr Turton's paper, he argues that a lack of investment in science, engineering and technology (SET) since the early 1990's, the termination of important research projects and the shift to a contract driven income model has had a “catastrophic effect” on our national scientific capacity to deal with the technical challenges our water quality is facing.

There is also the question of academic freedom of scientists to present their findings. Urbansprout quotes a science journalist reacting to news of Dr. Turton's suspension.

Science journalist and former Journalism head of department of the University of Stellenbosch, Dr George Claassen asserted that the withdrawal of the presentation by the CSIR was an “absolute disgrace”. “This is a very serious encroachment on academic freedom and the right of scientists to announce their results, no matter how bad those results are for our view of things,” he commented. Claassen noted that academic and research freedom was protected under Section 16 of the constitution, which states that everyone has the right to freedom of expression, including academic freedom and freedom of scientific research.

Urbansprout provides the link for an online petition in support of Dr. Turton and concludes:

Turton's report highlighted that South Africa could be headed for a water supply and water quality crisis that could negatively impact on the economic growth and development of the country, as well as lead to social unrest. The findings conflicted starkly with recent government assurances that South Africa was not facing a water crisis similar to the one prevailing in the electricity-supply sector.

A previous post on Urbansprout gives more information about the water crisis in South Africa, which is characterized by sewage seeping from municipal treatment works to rivers. The water from the rivers feeds into the local tap water system.

A WaterMill is described on the BLDG blog as a device that “uses the electricity of about three light bulbs to condense moisture from the air and purify it into clean drinking water.” Rory of The Carbon Smart blog links to the BLDG post, and considers ‘micro devices' like the WaterMill, and whether this could be a source of clean drinking water for urban areas. He writes:

Discussion about the WaterMill — a small-scale dehumidifier that collects and cleans water from the air — leads to conjecture not only about how much of our drinking water could come from the air, but also about whether the urban microclimate could be significantly altered by installing thousands of these low-energy devices. Could we do away with a significant number of energy-sapping air conditioners by making our environment more comfortable through a combination of better building design, appropriate clothing, vegetating the landscape and reducing the ambient humidity with thousands of WaterMills?

In East Africa, the Kenyan blog Kenvironews highlights a piece by Namhla Matshanda of the African Security Analysis Programme. The piece looks at the conflict over Migingo island in Lake Victoria, which is claimed by both Uganda and Kenya. The piece warns:

The so-called ‘scramble for fish’ in Lake Victoria is turning out to be a source of conflict between nations bordering the lake and could potentially threaten regional stability. In the past month alone there have been several incidents around the lake that have heightened tensions between Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. It is now apparent that the main source of these incidents is the lack of a clearly delimited and demarcated border between the three countries sharing Lake Victoria.

Since 2003, a number of Kenyan fishermen have been arrested and their boats and equipment confiscated by either Tanzanian or Ugandan authorities for “illegally crossing the common borders.” The latest incident happened when about 400 Kenyan fishermen were kicked out of Migingo island by Ugandan authorities. Migingo is claimed by both Uganda and Kenya. This incident has exacerbated the already strained relations between the two countries. The Kenyan fishermen have appealed to their political leaders to intervene, some even threatening violence.

作者:Juliana Rotich

更新日:2008年12月1日 19時26分

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Today is World Aids Day, and as a region with a relatively high number of people living with HIV/AIDS, you would think that bloggers Caribbean-wide would be very outspoken about the issue - but Jamaica is the only regional territory whose blogosphere - as a unit - seems to be adding its voice to the global discussion.

Stunner recognizes the occasion as “a day when the world pays even more attention to the ruthless killer. A killer disease that knows no bounds and respects no life, man, woman, father, mother, child, it kills indiscriminately”:

HIV/AIDS has made such an impact on our world's societies, since it first manifested itself and it still continues to claim many lives despite the desperate attempts of our leading researchers.

But even worse is that there are a lot of persons living with this infection and don't even know. This is also so true of our tiny island Jamaica and many of our neighboring Caribbean islands. Despite the many AIDS campaign and effort to curb the rate of infection, this malady continues to grow like an unstoppable monster.

On learning that “AIDS is the second leading cause of death for youths between the ages of 15 and 24″ in Jamaica, Iriegal's main concern is the young people. In another post, she writes:

I feel that more education needs to be given to the school children at an early age. Not talking about sex is not going to have it go away.

At the same time, she feels torn over her country's newly adopted National AIDS/HIV Workplace Policy:

The policy it seems will enable countries to screen employees for the virus as a means of preventing the spread of the disease. There is also support for many who have already contracted the disease.

I don't know how I feel about this. Is it and invasion of privacy? Aids still has so many bad stigmas to it. I can imagine and employer who finds out his employee has AIDS or HIV POSITIVE might use this as a means to have them fired or (with the current homophobic atmosphere on the island) place them in danger.

What happens when the investigations turn to the schools? I fear for the young children who already have the virus. Being ostracized is the least of their concerns.

Jamaica Salt is a tad more optimistic and believes that Jamaican celebrities have a key part to play in education and HIV/AIDS awareness:

It is being reported how there has been a thirty per cent decrease in the number of new AIDS cases being reported which is certainly good news and reflects the huge work that has gone into raising awareness.

I think that in particular the drive to include dancehall artists and promoters for music events in bringing home this message is a good idea. I went to a concert which which was giving away free condoms and had an information stall and there were artists there too talking on this issue. It is with getting these high profile and influential guys and girls to do something useful with their fame.

Meanwhile, Life, Unscripted, on the Rock has a few ideas about “what can you and I do to fight the far greater epidemic of fear, ignorance, and prejudice against HIV/AIDS, and persons living with the disease”, while Stunner reiterates the steps everyone can take to help protect themselves “from ever contracting the disease”, adding:

We are all affected by this disease in some way or the other as it is a worldwide disease and not limited to any nationality or ethnic group. So let us always protect ourselves from this killer disease. Also HIV/AIDS does not discriminate, so neither should we, and as such we should treat people living with this disease as a fellow human beings.

“World Aids Day, December 1″ - Thumbnail photo by by Sully Pixel, used under a Creative Commons license. Visit Sully's flickr photostream.

作者:Janine Mendes-Franco

更新日:2008年12月1日 17時19分

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Diligence informs readers of a new airline that connects Australia and East Timor.

作者:Preetam Rai

更新日:2008年12月1日 17時15分

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On world AIDS day, Malagasy bloggers reminded their readers that despite the progress made in the field of AIDS therapy and HIV prevention, one cannot afford to be complacent about preventing the disease. During his weekly address to the nation, the president of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana reminded his fellow citizens that there is no development without health care and encouraged nonprofit organizations and faith-based associations to unite in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Sipagasy reminds us that requesting one's partner to use protection during sexual activity is an act of love (mg):

Mahagaga tokoa mantsy fa araka ny hita @izy ireny dia misy ny mieritreritra fa dia hoe mahamenatra hono ny manontany ‘fimailo’ @ ilay olona miaraka aminy!! amiko anisan’ny porofom-pitiavana izany, satria miaro azy sy miaro ny tenanao ianao

Ikala asks her readers whether they are absolutely positive about their HIV status. She invites her readers to get tested and quotes a telling statistic (fr):

Selon les derniers chiffres rendus publics par l’InVS, 6 500 personnes ont découvert leur séropositivité en 2007. Presque une personne sur trois vivant avec le VIH ignore encore sa séropositivité. Le sida existe toujours, malgré les progrès récents qui permettent de mieux soigner cette maladie et d’améliorer la qualité de vie des séropositifs

Pati assesses how much progress were actually made . She acknowledges a widespread awareness of HIV but wonders whether we are keeping our promises(fr):

Pendant que d’autres refusent de se faire dépistés et de connaître leur situation par rapport au VIH/SIDA, des ateliers ne s’arrêtent d’être organisés […] Même jusqu’aux zones les plus enclavées de l’île, on en parle,on fait des sensibilisations sur mais la même question se pose, où en sommes nous?! […] je ne vais pas faire de sensibilisation car je crois que ce n’est plus la peine de répéter tout le temps ce que tout le monde connaît par cœur […] Mais je pense que ce qui reste à faire c’est de rappeler à tout le monde que par rapport à ce qu’ils savent, ils ont leur devoirs.

Tomavana wants everyone to remember that discrimination against HIV + people is still strong:

don’t pick the wrong fight: exclude AIDS, not HIV-positive people. 

With respect to fighting for the right of HIV-positive people, the FIMIZORE association for the protection of the rights of sex workers and homosexuals in Madagascar created a new blog to document their actions.

For more information, please visit Global Voices' special coverage page for World AIDS Day 2008.

作者:Lova Rakotomalala

更新日:2008年12月1日 17時7分

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A few days ago, Théophile Kouamouo [Fr], a blogger based in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire), started a meme asking bloggers to reflect on why blog about Africa:

Bloguons nous pour la diaspora et le vaste monde, coupé de nos contemporains sur le continent ? Blogue-t-on sur l'Afrique comme on blogue sur l'Europe ou l'Asie ? La blogosphère afro-orientée a-t-elle quelque chose de spécifique à offrir au concert de l'universel version 2.0 ?

After tagging a few fellow African bloggers, Téophile offered his own answer to the question:

Je blogue sur l'Afrique avec joie parce que je crois que c'est de nos voix individuelles et mêlées que naîtra la renaissance africaine qui arrivera aussi sûrement que le rêve de Martin Luther King est devenu réalité quarante années plus tard. Je lis les blogs afro-orientés avec bonheur parce qu'ils me donnent une image moins monolithique et moins catastrophiste du continent et de ses habitants.

Amongst the many Francophone bloggers that participated in the meme and gave some thinking to Téophile's question, here is a selection of their answers.

Hilaire Kouakou [Fr], also from Côte d'Ivoire:

… parce que l'Afrique ne peut se soustraire du monde. Ensuite bloguer sur l'Afrique, est la preuve que ce continent a une vie, existe, a des voies.

Claudus [Fr]:

Je voudrais pour nos petites sœurs, nos petits frères et nos enfants une Afrique respectée dans le monde car devenue digne et sure d’elle.

Ramata Sore from Burkina Faso, commenting on l'Atelier des Médias [Fr] of Radio France Internationale:

Parce que l'Afrique, fait partie du monde,
Parce que ce chaleureux Continent fait toujours l'actualite
c'est le Continent aussi dechire par le cri de ses Enfants

[…]
Parce que c'est un Continent qui existe tout simple
Et parceque c'est Nous l'Afrique.

Africa 2.0 [Fr]:

* Essayer de gommer la mauvaise image qui colle à ce continent à mon niveau
* Rencontrer d’autres personnes ayant le même idéal
* Informer les autres peuples sur les réalités africaines
* Faire bouger les choses
* Participer au débat planétaire
* Faire entendre la voix de l’Afrique
* Discuter de nos problèmes et essayer d’y apporter des solutions

Maintikely [Fr] from Madagascar collects a list of common stereotypes about Africa before describing how different she can be from them:

…l'Afrique n'est pas seulement la couleur noire, elle n'est pas seulement synonyme de SIDA, ni de guerre civile à tout bout de champ. Elle n'est ni la malnutrition, ni la pauvreté ni la misère, ni la mortalité infantile. Elle n'est pas la corruption, les pirates, le braconnage, la lutte pour le pouvoir, les dettes, les safaris, les pyramides, ni les paysages exotiques, ni le Sahara, ni Mugabe et compagnie, ni les lions et les éléphants etc…

L'Afrique c'est aussi le berceau de l'humanité, le berceau de toute civilisation, le sourire de sa population, son sens de l'accueil et de l'hospitalité, l'amitié, sa population, son diaspora, l'espoir d'un jour meilleur, le soukouss, la diversité de ses habitants, la diversité du paysage, l'esprit de famille et les valeurs familiales, le maghreb, l'accent qui caractérise tant un africain mais qui vous rend nostalgique loin de votre pays, kouakou, les couleurs vives , sa culture diversifiée etc…

And finally she answers the question of why she blogs about Africa:

[…] parce que je suis africaine, et fière de l'être. Une africaine qui connaît mal l'Afrique mais qui l'aime et qui souhaite qu'on jette un regard nouveau sur ce continent, un regard qui transcende les clichés qui lui sont associés, un regard au delà de l'opinion touristique, et des maux de l'Afrique pour voir aussi l'autre côté de la médaille.

(Map of Africa tagged by participants of Barcamp Africa last September, photo by Elia Varela Serra)

作者:Elia Varela Serra

更新日:2008年12月1日 17時2分

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“Heartiest congratulations to national security minister Martin Joseph on achieving this historic milestone: 500 murders in Trinidad and Tobago this year, as of yesterday”: Nicholas Laughlin thinks that Minister Joseph should be rewarded in a special way for his efforts.

作者:Janine Mendes-Franco

更新日:2008年12月1日 15時33分

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Generation Y is thrilled about her win in the Best of Blogs contest, but says: “We still lack that which is the most coveted prize: the right to dialogue, dissent and to dye ourselves in the political colors of our choosing within our Island.”

作者:Janine Mendes-Franco

更新日:2008年12月1日 15時9分

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For most of the bloggers in Taiwan and around the globe, Dec 1st is World AIDS Day, but for HIV+ bloggers everywhere, everyday is AIDS day.

Two days ago I yelled on my personal twitter: “Does anyone know any HIV Positive bloggers?” Soon I received lanhenry88's reply. Following the links he gave me I found a whole lot of bloggers who blog about their life with HIV. Initially, I was really shocked to know there are so many blogs kept by HIV-positive bloggers in Taiwan,  but later, after I read them blog by blog, post by post, I was deeply moved by the way they blog and live. Below are only a few of them I would like to introduce.

Name: 傑(Jay)
Blog: 傑的祕密花園(Jay's secret garden)(zh)
Location: Taiwan
Description: Discovered he was infected by HIV on Jan. 10, 2008. Jay wrote his first blog post  “Twilight 2008″ 3 months later. In another post “Fearless”, he described his experience when diagnosed as HIV-positive in the hospital. He told his mother that he was gay and infected, he felt deeply sorry to her and to his family, but she warmly accepted it. He said: “Thinking of my mother's love, I become fearless to face death, because I have had everything.”

Name: 原之人生 (Yuan's life)
Blog:原之人生HIV+ (zh)
Location:Taipei, Taiwan
Description:Discovered infection by HIV on Feb. 16, 2007. He encourages people like him in a post by saying: “Lift up your head, don't let the tears drop.”

Name:Eddy
Blog: 這是給感染hiv,還不須服藥者的新聞台 (This is a blog for people who are HIV-positive, but haven't got the need of taking medicines)(zh)
Location: Taiwan
Description:Discovered he has HIV in Apr, 2006. Eddy is energetic and vigorous. He started his blog to help people fight against the virus. He publishes news, methods, and personal experiences to encourage other HIV-positive persons. According to his blog, his heath siruation is getting even better than before. He suggests people (who are infected or not) keep a regular life and try “Qigong.” One more thing: He says that thanks to Taiwan's heath care, it is almost free to get medicine against HIV.

Name: Wilson
Blog: HIV你好（Hello, HIV）(zh)
Location: Taiwan
Description: Wilson learned that he was infected on July,10, 2007, and started this blog 2 months later. He is somehow more afraid and according to his blog, he sometimes told lies to protect himself and pretend everything is fine, even to his friends who are also infected. However, he has changed his mindset and no longer hates the man who infected him. He says: “If this (HIV) had not happened to me, I would never be able to know so many volunteers, friends, leaders, who are cute, kindhearted, and willing to explore the true meaning of life enthusiastically.”

Name: 冠德 (Guan De)
Blog: 有了愛滋~還能擁有愛嗎? (Can I still have love even when I have AIDS?) (zh)
Location: Taichung, Taiwan
Description: For 3 years, Guan De has posted and shared his HIV-positive life with love stories on his blog. He is very brave and optimistic toward his situation. He still desires to love and to be loved.

Name: 崇慕思 (Chung Mu Si)
Blog: 等待HIV的奇蹟 (Waiting for the miracle of HIV) (zh)
Location: Taiwan
Description: Even though he started this blog to record his life with HIV for more than 2 years, Chung keeps his blog funny, informative and welcoming. His blog contains various topics, from love, politics, to gay news critics and hospital experiences.

Name: 祈寬 (Qi Kuan)
Blog: ♥我與HIV生活的日子♥ (Everyday living with HIV) (zh)
Location: Taiwan
Description: On his blog he says: “I knew HIV, and started to date with “him” back in 2002. HIV is my boyfriend and lives in my blood, though I don't want him be my boyfriend, he still loves me relentlessly and all I can do is keep dating with him with my strongest determination.”

Name: 小底底 (Little Kid)
Blog: 底底18歲的生日禮物 H I V (My 18th birthday gift: HIV) (zh)
Location: Taiwan
Description: A young victim of HIV, his heath situation is not good, but he gets a lot of encouragement via other more experienced HIV-positive bloggers.

For more information, please visit Global Voices' special coverage page for World AIDS Day 2008.

Photo above of Tapei 101 tower in Taiwan was taken by Flickr user Music Changes Everything in 2007.

作者:Portnoy

更新日:2008年12月1日 15時7分

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Barbadian bloggers (Cheese-on-bread!, Barbados Photo Blog and The Bajan Reporter) give shout-outs to the land of their birth on the occasion of the island's 42nd anniversary of Independence.

作者:Janine Mendes-Franco

更新日:2008年12月1日 15時0分

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“There is a lot to be said about the shocking series of events in Mumbai that finally–too late–drew to a bloody and violent close”: Jamaican blogger Annie Paul may eventually get around to articulating her own feelings about the attacks, but for now, she posts “a collage of quotes from a range of sources, all from the blogosphere…”; A Bermudian's View also weighs in.

作者:Janine Mendes-Franco

更新日:2008年12月1日 14時26分

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Living Guyana blogs about the latest developments in the “Fineman Gang” crime story, here and here.

作者:Janine Mendes-Franco

更新日:2008年12月1日 14時18分

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Amila Bosnae writes about Refugees United, an international NGO which, she hopes, will help her and other refugees from all over the world get back in touch with lost family and friends.

作者:Veronica Khokhlova

更新日:2008年12月1日 13時47分

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On Bosnia and Herzegovina's Republic Day, Nov. 25, Amila Bosnae hosted a discussion on ethnicity and statehood.

作者:Veronica Khokhlova

更新日:2008年12月1日 13時36分

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This post is part of the Global Voices special coverage on the terror attacks in Mumbai, India on November 26, 2008.

Nothing articulates your heart like a poem. Sometimes the complex composition of a poem simplifies complex issues of life, sometimes it helps you come in terms with your surroundings. Poets from India are saddened by the recent terror attacks in Mumbai. You will find them asking questions in their poetry and sometime they are even answering them for us. Here are a few snippets of their expressions.

Glory: Image by Flickr user 50mm, used under a Creative Commons License

A 12-year-old girl from Bangalore sets her thoughts on fire. Soon after the tragic news of the hostages at Nariman House being killed was aired, Lavanya shut herself in her room for about 15 minutes and later handed her dad Anand Krishna with a poem titled ‘The city that never slept, slept’.

[…]More lives are lost,
More battles fought.
The war was raging on,
The guns just fire everywhere,
Victory goes to no one.

The terrorists may be killed,
But the void of the lost loved one is never filled.
The roads are empty, there is no sound.
Mumbai, the city that never slept,
Slept long, deep and sound.[.]

Vivek Sharma at Desicritics used metaphors from epic Indian Tales to describe the Mumbai terror in his poem, “Mumbai burns”:

[.]Did you see the sobbing reporter describe how the Taj of Mumbai burns?
How many will Asuras (devils) cause to die before O Vishnu as avataar returns?

The fanatic bullet hunts gazelles everywhere that nostalgia mourns.
Where is the machine crafted that chokes our unfinished yearns? […]

Teal titles her poem ‘Battle without a cause’ at ~ Spero ergo sum ~. She ultimately longs for peace. But her never ending questions are opaque:

[…]Has the power at center gone completely callous

focused on nothing, but creating chaos, raucous?

How many more to die, how many more to lose

Until they get the backbone to act, and set loose

The act of retribution, against these evil minions

Who, despite education and well bringing, act heinous

How dare you take away something that god has given?

How can you walk on, like nothing ever happened?[…]

Sandhya Ramachandran cannot smile in peace anymore. She finds no place to go and hide from terror in her poem, “Why can’t I smile in peace?”

[…]I seem to have no streets
to run and play and fall!
There is no place to cycle
no place to hide and crawl

I am a little kid of seven
with her book and toys and doll
Why can't I smile in peace
It is my world too, after all![.]

Ashq, a 28 year old engineer from Rajasthan wants to know when all this will end.  He titles his Hindi poem, “Aakhir kab tak?” (Untill when?).

-ये सपने नहीं जानते ,
किसी हिन्दू को न मुस्लमान को ,
न ये जानतें है हिंदुस्तान को , न पाकिस्तान को ,
फिर क्यों उन्हें ही चुकाना पड़ता है हर बार इस क़र्ज़ को ,
क्यों भूल जाते है वो ‘कायर’ मानवता के अपने फ़र्ज़ को ,
क्यों आतंक को हमेशा जेहाद कहा जाता है ,
क्यों धरम को इस तरह नंगा नचाया जाता है I

Shreya Tiwari from Mumbai is calling every Indian to come together and join hands against terror in his Untitled Hindi poem.

- आगे आओ मिलकर हाथ मिलायेंगे ,
भारत को फिर से आजाद कराएँगे ।
समझो बस इस धरती को अपनी माता ,
समझो सबको अपना ही भाई - भ्राता ।
नही ज़रूरत मुझको तख्तो ताजों की ,
नही ज़रूरत स्वागत की और बाजों की ।
मुझे ज़रूरत सबकी देश सुरक्षा में ,
मै मांगू बलिदान देश की रक्षा में ।
बोलो क्या मै ऐसे ही चिल्लाऊंगा ,
दो ज़बाब क्या ऐसे ही मै गाऊंगा ।
इंतज़ार है मुझको देश के पुत्तर का ,
इंतज़ार है मुझको सबके उत्तर का ।

If you would like to share a poem, please add it in the comment section.

作者:Javits Rajendran

更新日:2008年12月1日 12時7分

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Hey A-Jay, if I would be you, I would choose something more balanced than The Guardian to quote from. What did you expect them to say? That the Muslims are those to be blamed? Come in, this means you don’t really know what The Guardian is about - it is one of the most biased newspapers in the UK, singled out time and again for it’s continous distortion of reality. It works like this: they have a very strong opinion just like yourself (i.e. everybody else is guilty, except for the Musilms), and following that opinion they write their articles, they quote people, etc. Please look for something more profound to quote from - The Guardian does not account. Also, regarding this specific quote, there are real cases of injustice every where, most of them committed by Muslims and people who support them like Chavez and others. Still, I do not see anyone except Muslims going out with rifles, granades, explosives and kill by the hundreds, although they meant thousands. Don’t you see there is something that has gone terribly wrong with the Muslims? Don’t you understand that the fact that Muslims are sure that taking the life of innocent people who have nothing to do with anything, just because they observe a different culture and/or religion than Islam, is just the worst form of racism? This is something you should condemn instead of condomning it all the time and looking for poor excuses like the ones that The Guardian is providing you. But we all know that looking for excuses style “the raped women is the one to be blamed” is widespread and accepted in the Muslim traditional culture.

作者:Dario

更新日:2008年12月1日 18時33分

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[...] See original here: Global Voices Online » Albania: Health Care and Bribery [...]

作者:Global Voices Online » Albania: Health Care and Bribery

更新日:2008年12月1日 16時47分

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Thanks! I am the one who really learn a lot more than I could have imagined.

@Solana
Yes, I did found one HIV+ mother blogger who blogs about her health and her son, but I am sure there are more female HIV+ bloggers in Taiwan. Since you might already find that all the blogs I quote above are from one single BSP(PCHome), I believe there are other groups of HIV+ bloggers in different BSPs.

作者:Portnoy

更新日:2008年12月1日 15時46分

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I loved reading this post. Out of curiosity, were any of the HIV+ bloggers you found women?

作者:Solana Larsen

更新日:2008年12月1日 15時17分

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Wonderful post, Portnoy, and what an excellent way to commemorate World Aids Day. I wish I understood Chinese and were able to read these blogs.

作者:Georgia Popplewell

更新日:2008年12月1日 15時13分

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It is also necessary to take stock of how the British and US media covered the Mumbai tragedy.

London’s Evening Standard on 28 November, besides The Daily Mirror and The Telegraph on the 29th November were all keen to claim a scoop for reporting an alleged (but unsubstantiated) link between the culprits in Mumbai with Britain’s Muslim communities.

One is surprised how armchair commentators are being accorded spotlight for idle second guessing and lazy finger pointing. Among hasty commentators, Douglas Murray wrote a comment piece in the Daily Express dated on the 29th November, while Ed Hussain volunteered his two cent’s worth on Channel Four News on the 29th November.

Sections of the US electronic media too appeared desperate to offer anything that could attract viewers to their channels. On Friday 28 November,CNN’s Sitauaion Room was still running several hours old footage as live, ‘breaking news.’ Perhaps the ethical need to clearly identify items recorded earlier was set aside in the rush for ratings. Credibility did not appear as a high priority during those hours for many eager to jump the guessing game bandwagon.

Think tanks and the media, which advance “form over substance, celebrity over ideas” plague the public discourse, warn Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke adding: At times of crisis, the nuanced and expert advice of — “career professionals, scholars, analysts and others working in government and at universities and think tanks — is sidelined or ignored, while emotional sloganeering is amplified by 24/7 cable news and Internet chatter that prize raucous confrontations between fervent avatars of the right and the left. Reasoned analysis is shoved to the sidelines, and critics of the party or faction in power are often accused of being unpatriotic or disloyal.”

Can one expect that views of genuine experts will be solicited by the media to offer cautious, well-informed and learned opinion about something they have evidence for?

作者:Jeffrey Lockman

更新日:2008年12月1日 14時37分

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“I am confused …”

And thus I say, I will give you some discount on what you have said after this. But I feel like highlighting a few things, which I believe you wrote, since you did not spend reading through the rests of the posts, or caring about the sentiments of the other people, from both India and Pakistan, who have expressed them here.

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“Why dont you ask media that how did they get this complete story all of a sudden,…”

No one reported anything suddenly, it took everyone to arrive at any sort of conclusion after 3 days, and I can say its still an ongoing investigation. The Indian PM never mentioned Pakistan, but his words were twisted enough to evoke anti-Pakistan sentiments. I feel sad enough for the people who understand much more than what has been said, and at the same time help others in doing so.

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“in operations like these where security forces are supposed to save the hostages, it is a global norm that the officials (of government) try to negotiate…”

What global norm are you talking about? Maybe you have seen enough hollywood movies to see some black suit person trying to negotiate? Where does it say, Its a global norm to take hostages or for that matter have terrorist attacks. But answer me my friend, you goto buy apples from the shop, and the shopkeeper tries to sell you wheat? What will you do? There was no asking for negotiation here, no demands made. Compare this to an earlier situation when teh Air India flight was taken hostage, and release of some terrorists was demanded. I wonder you would want to give benefits to these terrorists, who we now know, were ordered to kill till they die, making no differentiation between men, women, children, old or young. So what to you want to offer these people, more time in wasteful dialog so that they can consolidate their position and now make choices of picking who to kill.

I dont think my post makes much sense in response to those i have replied to in the quotes, but it was good to see a different form of opinion on this post.

作者:Saurav Raaj

更新日:2008年12月1日 14時18分

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‘Democracy’ has been put to shame in Nigeria. Allah, God or whatever you choose to call him is crying because of the mercilessness of the citizens of this country called Nigeria to each other. Why do Nigerians enjoy making life difficult for one another? Once again, we have witnessed the failure of this present political dispension to live up to the challenge of a democratic culture. It is difficult to comprehend how PDP could win all the seats in the local government elections. The PDP has the ruling party in Nigeria has a responsibility to be sensitive and responsible in the pursuit of their party goals. It is unfortunate that in all considerations, the interest of the party and her members have been placed above the interest of the Nigerian nation. What has happened in Plateau State is a challenge to the leadership of PDP to re-evaluate what their party unbridled interest in itself is doing to the Nigerian people they have been called to serve in “justice and unity”. This has shown that ethics and justice have no place in Nigerian politics. What do you expect when the president himself cannot in conscience say that he won the election that brought him into office. What is human dignity for the leaders and the people of Nigerian? The hallmark of today’s democracy is the respect for the principle of human dignity. No reason can ever justify these barbaric actions leading to massive loss of lives and properties, rendering thousands of people homeless. It is an illusion to think of any change in the Nigerian political culture until the fundamental principle of living together in community, respect for human dignity finds a place in the political traditions of Nigeria. We are all losers in perpetuating this culture of corruption and death. We have all become painfully unwilling participants in this dilemma of the Nigerian life by lacking as a people the moral and political will to stop the trend. We and our leaders have become deeply ambivalent about the situation of repeated attack on life and properties. Please leave Allah or God out of this, what we are witnessing is the work of women and men who are misguided in their quest for wealth, power and influence. Until Nigerians learn to hold their political leaders accountable and responsible, nothing could put to a stop this thirst to waste life and rake havoc on innocent citizens.

作者:Chikezie

更新日:2008年12月1日 14時14分

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lolz @ the comments above

I swear i dont wana laugh but i feel zakir and sonya both study in 2nd standard.
Sorry no offense<<<<<<<

Guys first of all problems are not only with Pakistan or India, so stop the blame-game. Plzzz
Problem is global, its everywhere. the facts and figures sonya mentioned or zakir mentioned both might me correct or incorrect on their levels. But history has proved that public is never aware of what is actually going on. Its been the honest but bitter truth of both sides of governments. And the same things is being repated in this episode of terrorist attacks.

You guys have been the best to defend your countries here, but fighting or blaming is not the only way to show your love for your country. Messes are available on both sides of the border, India and Pakistan both. So no use to blame on another.

I just wana say guyz these matters wont get solved by whatever we suggesst, propose, notice, observe, or share on these blogs. Our governments will do what they got to do. No matter if public wants to enter war or not.

I just wana say, first of all stop attacking eachother guyz, it wont solve or help the issue, instead we are making the world laugh on our thinking. Please understand, the western world thinks India and Pakistan cant solve a single issue without entering WAR, what image are we giving to the world?

Mistakes have been made by politicians, and media too, but public must not support them or cover up for them. We are mature citizens of free nations, and its our responsibility to think beyond the presented facts and figures.

I believe many of my Indian neighbours will agree to this that we need to make our politicians stop fooling us. People in Pakistan and India have suffered a lot, its not only India or Only Pakistan i am talking about, its the two of them alreafy suffering alot, from tensions present on both sides. Putting all the blame on once, wont help the situation by any means.

Please unite guyz, if pakistani government has offered full support with investagtion, Indian Government must not step back. This issue will not be solved until both unite against the actual culprit.

And in my personal point of view, (its completely my personal thinking) its a third party, thats benefitting due to tensions between India and Pakistan.

Thats all i had to say guyz.

作者:Adeel Hashmi

更新日:2008年12月1日 14時8分

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India should semd out a very strong message to the world that it has zero tolerance for terrorism. This message may be in the form of military, economic, political and diplomatic means. Whatever its form, it has to be resounding and extremely emphatic.

作者:pmukherjee

更新日:2008年12月1日 13時42分

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作者:enchente santa cartarina | Deus salve a rainha

更新日:2008年12月1日 13時42分

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作者:World Aids Day in multimedia form | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog

更新日:2008年12月1日 13時36分

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作者:SOS Santa Catarina, hora de agir — A Revista Papo de Homem - Lifestyle Magazine

更新日:2008年12月1日 13時33分

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Even among the loud guns to seem to have entered in with a fearless heart
Even in the chaos of the grenades to walked in with no anxiety on your mind
With a brave heart to entered in the mansion forgetting of your own tomorrow
To protect a million lives dwelling in heart of the city scared behind closed doors
Promising them a future and knowing for them there is no looking back
To ensure me a sound sleep on my pillow as the break of dawn arrives
Sacrifing their own share of living for me and you to see the sun rising again
Marching in with pride against enemies, with the nation’s responsibility on their shoulder
Knowing with a cruel thought back of their mind, ‘That this is a point of no return’
Carrying the nails of the own coffin in their own hands just for the love of mother Dodging every hit fired, against the fierce arms of these masked cannibals
Walking ahead in their own suicide, but death in the hands of others
Living with the fact that, life just depends on finger on the trigger and the bullet
Destined to kiss their body, and put them down in the pool of their own blood
With words of prayer, these warriors incur into enemy lines, with just one common thought
A tribute to you the unsung the true sons and daughters of the mother land
Your brave souls surely have made a place in our hearts and heavens above
For every drop of your blood shed, we surely have a tear in our eyes
We hope to have you as our sons and daughters bask in your glory
A salute in your honour is still cannot be compared to your sacrifice
With your own blood you have engraved your names in the heart of the flag
Your efforts cannot be compared to any heroic of times in our history
Our proud mother embraces every effort of ours, kissing your brow
In our wombs may be you be born everyday, true patriots of mankind
A tribute to you the unsung the true sons and daughters of the mother land
Your brave souls surely have made a place in our hearts and heavens above

作者:Savio Rathod

更新日:2008年12月1日 13時26分

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Even my father, an illiterate Chinese peasant, told me that the biggest problem in China is that there is no democracy.

作者:chang

更新日:2008年12月1日 13時25分

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