This blog features latest articles of interest to desis (slang for South Asian Americans - Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, etc.).
See the latest articles at facebook.com/TribeDesi
OK, without offending anyone, this is national news, from MSNBC to Jon Stewart "covering" it.
But here's the "rub", according to the psychology professor quoted in the article: "Most women are not turned on by video or digital glimpses of your junk, Meana said".
A very interesting article, in which Malcolm Gladwell asks the question about the contribution of social networking to social change - and tries to compare the Twitter revolutions in Moldovia and Iran to the genesis of the civil rights movement in Greensboro, NC in 1960.
An example - does having 1,000 "friends" on facebook mean that these 1,000 would help you drive social change? Gladwell states that The Save Darfur Coalition has 1.2 million members on facebook, but the average donation only comes out to 9 cents per person...
There have been quite a few responses to Gladwell's article - for example, "If the Internet didn’t exist, Barack Obama would not be president of the United States,” says Ben Rattray, the founder of Change.org. “The fact that the most powerful person in the world wouldn’t be in that position without the Internet and organizing online says something.”
The power of the Internet in Obama’s case, Rattray says, was its unique ability to organize thousands of passionate people to work together for change. While 100,000 people ranting on Twitter might not be worth anything, organizing those 100,000 people in a simultaneous action can have a significant impact.
Although e-petitions, Change.org’s most common advocacy tool, might top the list of low-commitment activism in some minds, Rattray says that the organization wins a campaign — changes an unjust law, policy, or practice — at least once a week. But he also admits this is probably not the most dramatic method of activism out there..."
All in all, a great question, and very thought provoking...
OK so what is the desi connection here? Obviously the name gives it away...according to another article, "It’s unclear where Naylor and Singh know each other. ActorGregg Bello, pictured here with Singh, says he hasn’t seen Singh in about a year and that she’s not an actress. Singh’s Twitter account is shut down, although she’s following a bunch of celebrities and Hollywood types includingJennifer Meyer Maguire,jewelry designer wife of Toby Maguire..."
