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RT @rdavidar: Save India's oldest Islamic Period Palace from demolition change.org/en-IN/petition… via @change
Save India's oldest Islamic Period Palace from demolition
change.org — Excellency, We the undersigned write to you to save the Lal Mahal in Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti of Delhi from demolition and take urgent measures to...
RT @rukmini_shrini: No better illustration of the everyday-ness of horribleness in India than last two paras of @JeelaniReports's piece htt…
Twilight of India's Telegram Operators
india.blogs.nytimes.com — Sanjeev Gupta/European Pressphoto Agency On Saturday afternoon, Vikrant Deshpande, a 32-year-old Indian Air Force pilot, drove with his wife to the Central Telegram Office in New Delhi. The newly married couple gazed at a sign in the Telegram Office lobby that read, "Standard Phrases for Greeting Telegrams." The Deshpandes scribbled messages and proceeded to send each other souvenir telegrams before the 163-year-old service is shut down in July.
@rukmini_shrini @JeelaniReports True. That sinking feeling when you know that message is going nowhere...whether sent by telegram or email.
RT @geoffrey_cain: North Koreans in northern Thailand asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/201…
North Koreans in northern Thailand
asiapacific.anu.edu.au — A big focus for New Mandala over the years has been mainland Southeast Asia's frontier regions. Many commentators on this site become attracted to these areas through adventure. 'Adventure', though, may not be the word a North Korean would first use to describe their perilous journey to reach freedom through these frontiers we otherwise take delight in exploring.
RT @svaradarajan: Building blocks of servitude, superb piece by Prof Vakulabharanam on labour and the real estate boom: http://t.co/sLvIUU0…
Building blocks of servitude
thehindu.com — Urban growth has been central to the remarkable growth rates that we have achieved over the last three decades. Especially since the 1990s, when structural adjustment policies were introduced, markets and private capitalist ventures have significantly driven our urban growth process.
RT @JRush_Asia: Power struggle in #Philippines. Energy conservation efforts can make a big difference. reut.rs/11Yx64S
Power crisis fears unnerve industry in booming Philippines
in.mobile.reuters.com — Power crisis fears unnerve industry in booming Philippines By Erik dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) - An electricity outage that blacked out large swathes of the Philippines' main island of Luzon for up to eight hours last month has highlighted worries about a potential power crisis that could undermine Asia's fastest-growing economy.
RT @AFP: Snowden case gives Hong Kong chance to showcase its democratic pedigree, Chinese state media says bit.ly/12avfWy
HK can showcase freedom over Snowden, China media says
google.com — HK can showcase freedom over Snowden, China media says BEIJING - Hong Kong can showcase its democratic pedigree by its handling of the Edward Snowden case, Chinese state media said on Wednesday, in comments appearing to distance Beijing from any decision on his possible extradition.
RT @DavidInglesTV: BREAKING: U.S. House votes to ban #abortions after 20 weeks (5 months) of pregnancy @BloombergNews @BloombergTVWrld
RT @MoussRana: @afp story about dreams on hold for #Syria refugee students in #Lebanon globalpost.com/dispatch/news/…
Dreams on hold for Syria refugee students in Lebanon
globalpost.com — Forced by Syria's war to sit her secondary school diploma exam in northern Lebanon, Riham Othman, 19, bursts into tears, fearing the Lebanese authorities will never recognise the test results.Have a Story?
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