http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/country/967/ en_GB_DOC South Asia http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/160211/1/ http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160197/1/ Helena Norberg Hodge first visited Ladakh in northern India in 1973 to study its culture and language. Fascinated by its gentle people and their earth-based way of life, she kept returning every year since then. In a freewheeling interview, she discusses how annihilation of the local culture can be stopped. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160196/1/ Centre for Science and Environment is organising a summer certificate course on the policies, politics and practices of environmental management starting from June 4, 2008 at New Delhi, India. The two-month course will help participants understand issues better that lie at the interface of environment and development policy. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160194/1/ Despite being one of the most environmentally vigilant nations, Bhutan faces threat of disastrous floods owing to glacial melting. The Himalayan kingdom, where sustainable development forms the core of public policy goals, is at the receiving end due to the damage caused by countries like China and India. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160190/1/ To bring children with special needs into the general education system, Delhi-based NGO Deepalaya with support from Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. has set up a computer training centre at one of its schools in the capital. The idea is to make these differently-abled children self-reliant.