I'm several days late getting to this one, but better late than never: Violet Blue tells BoingBoing,

The Blank Noise Project is a blog-a-thon that Indian women did on March 7 to raise awareness about "eve teasing." This extreme form  of public sexual harassment happens to women in India all the time -- from horrifically early ages, onward. Women and young girls are threatened for wearing jeans and t-shirts, their tits are grabbed and pinched by any man who wants to, and more. The list of female Indian bloggers is really amazing to look at and their blogs are fascinating, from their excellence in English to the frightening stories of harassment they tell, and the other details of their lives, like trying to decide daily fact from fiction with bird flu hysteria.

Reader comment: Adrienne Young says,

English is the official academic and political language in India; India has enough English speakers to put it in the top four English-speaking countries. So it's not surprising that those who have blogs also have "excellent" in English. Just sayin'.

Regarding the whole "excellence in English" thing: My pal Sundeep tells me, "There are only two countries in the world where they speak English properly... And the U.S. isn't one of them." Ha!

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