Blog Action Day 2010

Tweet Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world's bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day. The aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion around an important issue that impacts us all. This year's theme is 'water'. Please register your blog here and participate on October 15th, the blog action day. Petitions by Change.org|Start a Petition...

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The Islamic Community Center In Ground Zero - An Inside Story on CBS

Tweet See and hear for yourself the truth behind all the fuss and propagan...

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An example of citizen media

Tweet In Bangladesh citizen media is yet to flourish. Now in the age of audio and video technology in our hand (cellphone, digital camera etc) we should be seeing more instances like this video depicting the anomalies in our societies and systems: [In this video: a student is being tortured by a teacher of Notre Dame College in a very uncivilized way.) And the job of citizen journalists are not to create sensations or make judgment on any piece of evidence. It is the job of the media and the society to take the issues forward and resolve the...

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Mixed Grill and Es Teller

@ D'nanta Bistro, Jalan Panglima Polin, Jakarta - an exclusive Indonesian restaura...

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Why we need online RSS reader clients

Tweet Ever since I started to use rss readers it changed my life. Earlier I used to read newspapers regularly by actually going to the sites. But instead I subscribe to certain newspapers and certain keywords in Google search and I can follow news or opinions targeted to a specific region or community at ease. However, it seems rss could not appeal to many people who want more dynamic and updated information. Twitter, Facebook etc. provided them...

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The Eid Exodus

Tweet In comparison: The city crowds going back to their home towns and villages during Eid Holidays - In Bangladesh Courtesy Facebook user Baakbakum In Indonesia: Image courtesy Megatriks99 In Indonesia this tradition of going home during the Eid holidays is called Mudik. Tomorrow is Eid-ul-Fitri in Indonesia and the exodus has started a couple of days ago. 2.2 million out of a population of 9.6 million are expected to leave Jakarta this...

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Our flight back home

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Uluwatu at the time of sunset

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The stunning Tanha Lot in Bali

Sadly its raini...

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Rice Terrace at Tegalalang, Bali

Its drizzling a bit so could not take a better view of the Rice Terrace at Tegalalang, BA...

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Tampaksiring Temple in Bali

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Mountain and Lake Batur, Bali Island

Clouds are spoiling the view but its lovely anyw...

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Wonderful view

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Ganesha in celuk, Bali

Yes. We are in Bali now. We could not book a preferred destination (Manila) during the upcoming Eid holidays as almost every affordable flight was sold out. So we looked and found that Bali was booked during Eid holidays too but is available this long weekend. So we went for it. Today is a bit overcast but looking forward to a rainless day as we head towards Kintamani hill area. We arrived yesterday via Air Batavia, Indonesian domestic airlines....

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How To Protect Bangladeshis From Cyberstalking

Tweet Time and again we have heard stories about how women and kids and even men are being stalked online in Bangladesh. As internet is new to the Bangladeshi societies and most of the users are young and in their teens they do not take any precaution in their engagement. Just today I was reading an article about how e-stalking is thriving in Bangladesh. Examples include: Faking a Facebook account and posting obscene pictures Threats on Cell phones Cyber...

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Guest Post: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in South Asian Education

Tweet This is a guest post by Alexis Bonari. The World Bank’s infoDev program has conducted a 2010 Survey of ICT for Education in India and South Asia, exploring the ways in which technology is used in both formal and informal education. Based on survey results, infoDev has isolated several themes of ICT for Education (ICT4E) that will continue to play a strong role in the development of ICT4E programs in South Asia. While educational programs...

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