South Asia

Along India’s remote northern border, a writer finds that country borders — and even nationality — make little difference to people day by day. Yet the India-Pakistan partition is still very much a powerful memory.

Google India made an ad to show how the search engine could help people reconnect with old friends. Now the campaign has touched an emotional chord across Pakistan and India, by reawakening memories of the painful partition of India in 1947.

In a society where women are covered, even small, private acts that express femininity, like girls dancing fully-clothed in the rain, can be seen as sexual. Cell or home videos are being exploited on YouTube as “porn.”

Sunday’s shooting in Oak Creek, Wis., is not the first act of violence perpetrated against Sikh Americans in recent years. In the wake of Sept. 11, Sikh communities have suffered an increased number of violent acts and countless incidents of general discrimination.