Communities

Chowk is a platform to publish, discuss and debate writings on a variety of issues that are important to the people of India, Pakistan, and other South Asian countries. It is a place to:

  express and exchange ideas
  discover eclectic thoughts
  get useful information
  meet new people
  engage in social change
  enjoy and educate yourself

Chowk is committed to promote the right to express. It nurtures ideas and voices that are original, investigative, and independent of doctrine and dogma. Chowk does not propose, favor or defend any ideology. Readers and writers arrive at their views through debate in an open and free environment.

Chowk does not claim to solve the political or social problems of Pakistan and/or India. Rather, it provides a platform for dialogue, introspection, and familiarity amongst the people to break taboos and facilitate a climate for lasting peace and understanding.

Chowk is a not-for-profit publication, managed by a self-directed staff of editors, associates, and correspondents. All of Chowk content is contributed by its members. In essence Chowk is an ecosystem of hyper-writing, an emergent form of journalism. At Chowk, writers and readers interact to give birth to new ideas, sometimes diminishing and other times enhancing the original message.

Bytes for All is one of the oldest and most respected platform on ICT for development issues and critically examines the issues whether ICT can be any effective tool to fight against poverty, illiteracy and social injustice that loom the countries in South Asia. Its an online voluntary initiative. This site is the redeveloped version of the old site and is made to be community driven. Please register yourself and contribute your news, articles, events updates etc. Let your voice be heard in this research platform. Contribution methodologies are explained in another news item below.