Category: Buzzing Blogosphere

Thirteen Indian states are dealing with acute water scarcity, a phenomenon that has been manifesting itself every summer for the last few years. Several thousands of villages in the country have declared drought and many more are facing taxing circumstances where water is available only once every few weeks. While efforts – albeit delayed – are being taken to supply water to drought hit areas, we are far from fulfilling basic water needs of everybody, or from designing a long term solution. 

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International Mother Earth Day – Earth Day in short – is commemorated annually on April 22nd, the largest secular holiday in the world. On this day, people in over 192 countries come together for one cause – to appreciate this wonderful planet we live on, and to vow to do our part in saving the Earth. This year’s theme was #Trees4Earth, a campaign initiated by Earth Day Network to encourage the planting of 7.8 billion trees.

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When a massive fire erupted in the premises of the Putungal Devi temple in Kollam, killing in its wake at least 107 people and injuring many more, a wave of shock and disbelief swept over the nation. The incident which took place in the wee hours of Sunday, April 10, was a result of a stray firecracker lighting up a large stack of fireworks – reportedly 50 tonnes. The fire caused severe damage to surrounding properties as well, the impact of which can be best understood by the fact that the glass walls of a showroom situated two kilometers away were shattered. Understandably, the reactions from the Blogosphere about this incident were angry and frustrated, with a sliver of hope that such ‘incidents’ don’t take place in the future.

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The current situation for farmers in India is a heart wrenching story. The very people who feed the nation are faced with starvation, and even a killer shortage of water. The lack of solutions to the situation has forced them to give up on hope, possibility of recovery and finally, giving up on life. 40% of Indian families that depend on farming and 55% of Indian labourers in the agricultural sector deserve a better fate than what is being handed out to them. With the IPL continuing despite large scale protests against water wastage, we take a look at the perspective of some bloggers who evaluate the rising suicides by farmers in India and what do they have to say to our political leaders.

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Voting for assembly elections is on in the Indian states of Assam and West Bengal. The year 2016 witnesses its first set of elections in 4 states (Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala) and 1 Union Territory (Puducherry). As major political parties play their cards by taking up issues they think are important to the people in each of their respective states, bloggers put forth their views on the what they think will be the issues that will rock the elections, which party is in the lead and how the elections will shape the future of the respective states. Read this week’s Buzzing Blogosphere and do share your opinions with us in the comments section.

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Last week, we saw another city become a victim of terror. Brussels was rocked by multiple bomb blasts at the airport as well as Metro station killing close to 34 innocent people and injuring several more. As nations across the world make the best efforts to eradicate terrorism, this attack looks more like a target on European Union (it is headquartered in Brussels). The attack has surprised security agencies around the world. Apart from lives being lost, experts are saying that the repercussions of this attack will be felt in the future with terrorists getting access to nuclear material and weapons from Belgium where the Nuclear Research Centre is located. We bring some startling stories from bloggers around the world that will open your eyes to the insecure realities we all are a part of. 

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