shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 01 2007 | south asia, world, news
Monks in Burma have been refusing alms (mostly food) from military rulers and their families. This is a powerful form of protest because a.) there are as many monks as soldiers (but the monks have the moral authority), and b.) everyone depends on giving alms to monks as a their means of finding spiritual affirmation.
Quoted: Myanmar has as many clerics as soldiers. If they march, it matters.
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 21 2008 | south asia, world, news
This is such a fascinating story and it just shows how industriousness could be nurtured into entrepreneurship if given the chance. I wonder, though, if Mumbai does redevelop this slum, whether they'll build a recycling center to fill the void...
Quoted: Thousands of small-scale recycling factories in Asia's largest slum face an uncertain future amid plans to redevelop the area.
ShareViewed: 6 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 07 2008 | world, news, south asia
Apparently he was somewhere around 91 years old...
Quoted: The Indian guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, credited with introducing the Beatles to ancient Hindu meditation, dies.
ShareViewed: 3 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 27 2007 | world, south asia, news
I sort of think this writer is overstating the effect Bhutto's assassiation is going to have on Musharraf's standing (although it can't help...)
Quoted: Bhutto's assassination has diminished the Pakistani president's already low public standing. Could her death lead to his political demise?
ShareViewed: 2 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 16 2007 | news, world, weather, south asia
So sad - Bangladesh has really been getting the brunt of the harsher storms and climate condidtions over the last couple years...
Quoted: A cyclone that hit Bangladesh with winds up to 155 mph has killed at least 1,100 people with hundreds more unaccounted for, reports said Friday.
ShareViewed: 1 Time - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 16 2007 | south asia, seattle events, world
I REALLY wish I was still in school right now so I could see Muhammad Yunus speak today. I'd be curious to hear his take on this year's Nobel Peace Prize. If any of you are attending, get there early! It's not a huge room so I'm sure it'll fill up quickly.
Quoted: Please join us for a lecture followed by a Q&A with the “Banker to the Poor” and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Muhammad Yunus (130 Kane Hall, University of Washington, October 16 at 11:30 am)
ShareViewed: 1 Time - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 30 2007 | world, news, south asia
I'm not sure how the Tamil Tigers managed to assemble an air force. This whole thing is very scary...
Quoted: Tamil Tiger rebels stage an air raid on Sri Lanka's capital as large crowds gathered for cricket's World Cup final.
- buggia - Oct 01 2007
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