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India Deciding the Future of the Indian BlackBerry Messenger Service

India is now considering banning the BlackBerry instant messenger, or accepting Research In Motion Ltd.’s (RIM) limited monitoring of the service.

30Aug2010 | Liliana Dumitru-Steffens | 0 comments | Continued

Train Crash in West Bengal Kills 60, Shakes India

A train crash at high speed killed 60 and injured 90 in West Bengal. This is the second railway accident occurring in India in the past two months, bringing the death toll to over two hundred. The cause has not yet been established, sabotage or driving error being two of the possibilities.

19Jul2010 | Alina Popescu | Comments Off | Continued

India Celebrates Doctors Day Amid Protests

It is Doctors Day in India, but not everything is clinically correct there as friction mounts over a new bill. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) wants more representation on a newly established National Council.

1Jul2010 | Phil Butler | Comments Off | Continued

China’s Government Is Too Big For Its Britches

Is it time for tough talk on China? You better believe it is. China’s recent demands and threats call for actions which should have been instituted long ago. The communist regime of China cares not for human rights or soft soaping, tough measures are all they will understand.

3Feb2010 | Sheepy | 5 comments | Continued

Revealing the Dussehra Thanksgiving Festival

The Dussehra festival for the Hindu people is about the triumph of good over evil, the harvest of what has been sewn, and a colorful celebration of the human spirit. The American equivalent of Thanksgiving perhaps, Dussehra is one of India’s most beloved traditions,

28Sep2009 | Phil Butler | Comments Off | Continued

Bollywood Actress Suchitra Innocent, But Is The Industry?

News from India reveals a dark underside to that thriving and progressive nation. The entertainment world, and other industry there is being stained by reports of child labor and inhumane treatment to the unprotected of India, its children. Whether by reason of families selling them, or industry’s dark designs on cheap labor sources, no nation of the 21st Century can tolerate its youth being subjugate so.

3Sep2009 | Phil Butler | Comments Off | Continued

What Is A Just Sentence for Anand Jon Alexander?

Anand Jon Alexander sentenced to life for multiple rapes and sexual assaults. Is life in prison enough for predators who have no compulsion about harming women? Though the case has some interesting twists, for most people this guy looks guilty as sin, and not because he is from India either.

1Sep2009 | Phil Butler | 8 comments | Continued

Teacher’s Day In India Is Not A Token Holiday

September 5th is Teacher’s Day in India. We should all study the regard and respect Indian students have for their teachers, and how this special day there is no just a token passing of gifts. India is well know for how the people there regard the import of education, and nothing could be more appropriate than respecting the people who dish it out.

1Sep2009 | Phil Butler | Comments Off | Continued

Melting Glaciers of the Himalayas Threaten All of Us, But Asia First

South Asian nations are scheduled to meet in a preliminary to the Copenhagen Conference to be held this December on global climactic issues. The Copenhagen meetings, where some nearly 200 nations will rework the Kyoto Protocol, suggests global warming may be a closer more acute threat than previously projected. For the people in South Asia, melting glaciers in Nepal may cause more far reaching problems than can even be projected at all.

31Aug2009 | Phil Butler | 3 comments | Continued

Raksha Bandhan Goes Digital, The World Needs A Rakhi

Raksha Bandhan this year is spreading the love a lot faster than ever before. This ages old tradition is now expressed with everything from SMS messages to virtual greeting cards. The tieing of the rakhi is now being carried out on the Web as much as it is in person. This writer is wondering why more people do not adopt such a refined way of saying; “I am there for your always.”

5Aug2009 | Phil Butler | 3 comments | Continued