India
I quit Facebook - even Bill Gates did
More than 250 million people have registered themselves on Facebook. This spectacular number will soon be surpassed; the social network is growing at a rate of 5 million users a week. Nonetheless, the giant is not unstoppable. Its critics are also multiplying, and some are choosing to log off the network for the final time
india, communication , blogs, network, facebook, erasmus, united states
Notes: mid-twenties crisis of a journalist going round the world
The day that I turned 25, I decided to just leave everything - work, my family, the flat I rented with some friends. I bought a round the world ticket and embarked on a year-long journey. Summary of a blog recognised by as 'the best non-English language blog' at the 'Lonely Planet travel bloggers’ awards
india, japan, thailand, travel writing, travel, blogs, south africa
India, the world’s largest democracy? Voted!
By direct suffrage, India has just elected its representatives at the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament. 714 millions of voters went to the polls between 16 April and 16 May to designate 543 deputies. The new government is announced on 2 June. Latest world news
india, expatriates, euweek, parliamentary, elections, manmohan singh, world affairs
British MEP amongst others escapes Mumbai attacks
Jaume Duch, European parliament spokesman, says MEPs were surprised by the 26 November attacks in Bombay, but were ‘physically well’ and waiting in the French embassy to come home
Doha, Qatar: the north-south solidarity harvest in India
From 29 November to 2 December, UN member states discuss development aid in these times of financial crisis. There is also a crisis in international solidarity: in India, a quarter of a million live in poverty
Meru - new Second Life
The alternative to Second Life has Europe in its sights, according to Vladlen Koltun, a 27 year old professor from Stanford
india, second life, university, gmail, internet, youth, post-soviet states
Sandra Camps: Barcelona's journalist as Africa's social worker
Her reports on dwarfism and the mass tide of immigrants to the Canaries are gracing German screens - the Catalan journalist gives a voice to those without
india, racism, germany, brunch, nigeria, berlin, discrimination
David Calleo: 'free trade is the last great religion of the West'
On the eve of the global Davos Economic Forum, North American intellectual David Calleo describes his vision of the role Europe plays in globalisation
india, italy, asia, liberalisation, nationalism, international trade, europe
India: child brides to child mothers
In its sixtieth anniversary year, UNICEF reports on the children of the dalit and adivasi, the most outcast amongst the pariahs of India
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