14 Guardian Articles of the Week

[mcgillianaire]

WORLD:
1. Foul play: how al-Jazeera's live World Cup football coverage got in a jam [29 Sep]
2. How evil is Facebook? | Film Preview of The Social Network [29 Sep]
3. It's right to boycott the Commonwealth Games [28 Sep]
4. Indian papers pioneer talking adverts [28 Sep]
5. TripAdvisor could face legal action over reviews [24 Sep]
6. Compared to a lootfest like London or Beijing, Delhi is just an also-ran [23 Sep]
7. Let's put a stop to this cliche – "right now" | Mind Your Language column [22 Sep]

UK:
1. Thieves on the line: copper raids on railways hit record levels [28 Sep]
2. Barclays launches prisoner bank accounts scheme [28 Sep]
3. UK transport mapped: Every bus stop, train station, ferry port & taxi rank in Britain. The ultimate transport data. [27 Sep]
4. Human rights lawyers condemn English tests for spouses coming to UK [27 Sep]
5. Legal aid: Who qualifies and how much help can you get? [25 Sep]
6. Reviewed – the CycleStreets navigation iPhone app [24 Sep]
7. 1.5% of Britons say they are gay or bisexual, ONS survey finds [23 Sep]

Comments

[elodie21.livejournal.com]

The article on CWG boycott, notice how Indian readers feel its ok to boycott but the Caucasian readers make valid points that it shouldn't be boycotted? I think we are at a stage where we love to diss India.

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

I did notice that and found it somewhat surprising because usually it's us (with my Indian hat on) defending Mother India till the cows come home. I don't think we're at a stage where we can diss India, especially in an international forum. That said, and my Western readers may find this difficult to believe, amongst ourselves we are the most unpatriotic people ever. It's only when we're set against a common "enemy", ie the West do we stand up for the Motherland. Otherwise we almost take pride in splitting into our various splinter groups (Hindu v Muslim/Christian, Marathi v Bihari, Tamil v The Rest, upper castes v lower castes etc). We don't really believe in a united India unless it suits us. It reeks of hypocrisy. Ugh, sorry for the rant. Must be the caffeine!

[elodie21.livejournal.com]

I completely agree. We accommodate unity as and when it suits us.

[elodie21.livejournal.com]

And oh the diss thing, meant it sarcastically, as in a lot of Indians enjoy doing that.

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Ah, gotcha! :)