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HipHopistan — Chicago, April 17-18
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HipHopistan, the "Land of Hip Hop", features performances, discussions and workshops with artists Abstract/Vision, MC Kabir, Chee Malabar, Yogi B & Natchatra and DJ Rekha over three days (April 17-19, 2008) in Chicago, Illinois. This event hopes to explore the linguistic and pan-ethnic expressions of various South Asian and South Asian-American Hip Hop artists.
More info: http://hiphopistan.uchicago.edu/
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Forum: Elections—Winds of Change or Hot Air?
Organizing for Obama
A South Asians for Obama organizer explores what an Obama presidency would look like, explains what's in it for progressives, and asks what is the future role of this country.
by Zachariah Mampilly
From Issue 28
February 25th, 2008
Forum: Elections—Winds of Change or Hot Air?
Skinny Candidates With Funny Names
The recent election of Bobby Jindal to governor of Louisiana and Barack Obama's presidential candidacy explores the relevance of race, ethnicity, and South Asian-American issues in the American Race/Ethnicity nexus.
by Amardeep Singh
From Issue 28
February 25th, 2008
Forum: Elections—Winds of Change or Hot Air?
The Time is Right for the Desi Vote
The South Asian community of New York City provides a compelling case for what a widespread and organized effort to register and mobilize voters could look like.
by Ali Najmi
From Issue 28
February 25th, 2008
Forum: Elections—Winds of Change or Hot Air?
"From a Musharraf policy to a Pakistan policy"
As Americans vote for a new presidential candidate, there is hope that Biden's proposal may have some impact in influencing a new foreign policy pact and partnership with Pakistan.
by Muntasir Sattar
From Issue 28
February 25th, 2008
Forum: Elections—Winds of Change or Hot Air?
Letter to a Progressive Hindu
The re-election of Narendra Modi five years after the Gujarat pogrom signals that it is time for a progressive Hindu movement to reclaim the religion as one that is progressive, tolerant and secular humanistic.
by Balmurli Natrajan
From Issue 28
February 25th, 2008
Forum: Elections—Winds of Change or Hot Air?
Historic First Step on a Long Road Ahead in Nepal
A Nepali human rights advocate realistically examines the potential and limitations of the upcoming election in bringing about sustainable peace, stability, and social justice to Nepal.
by Luna Ranjit
From Issue 28
February 25th, 2008
Editorial
Martial Law Ma-sha-allah
The current events in Pakistan are nothing more than a replay of an old story. We have a threat to the United States (communism now replaced with 'Islamofascism'), the ensuing billions of dollars in aid to fend off the threat, a suspended judiciary, and of course le generale du jour.
by Daanish Alevi
From Issue 27
November 12th, 2007
Editorial
Call to Pakistan
A daughter calls her mother in Lahore; the phone rings and rings. She, along with seventy other peace activist from the best-known human rights organizations, have been arrested. But the troubling times are giving birth to a new resistance.
by Maryam Arif
From Issue 27
November 12th, 2007
Features
The World Bank on Trial
The People's Tribunal is a shrewd political strategy, but most
profoundly it is a direct assault on the World Bank's monopoly on
knowledge.
by Neil Tangri
From Issue 27
November 12th, 2007
Forum: Movements in Migration
Power of Love and Money
Sending a remittance is an individual act of love from the sender to the receiver. Collectively, it can be transformed into economic power.
by Francis Calpotura
From Issue 27
November 12th, 2007
Forum: Movements in Migration
Diversity and Struggle in the Arabian Gulf
A history of South Asian migration to the Arabian Gulf, from the imperial days when it was linked to the British Raj to the post oil-boom frenzy of today. By carefully exploring the extended histories of South Asian migrants to the Gulf, Kanna debunks the idea of South Asians as "alien" and looks at the impact of oil in changing perceptions of South Asian migration to the region.
by Ahmed Kanna
From Issue 27
November 12th, 2007
Forum: Movements in Migration
Story of a Nepali in Exile
An interview with Mahabir Chaudhari, a Nepali human rights defender now living in exile in New York. He explores the complexities and challenges faced by many migrants who have sought political asylum to escape Nepal's over a decade-long civil war.
by Rob Verger
From Issue 27
November 12th, 2007
Forum: Movements in Migration
The Making / Migrant Song / Sound the Alarm
In the following excerpt from Migritude, a one-woman spoken-word theater piece, Shailja Patel brings us the story of South Asian migration to East Africa.
by Shailja Patel
From Issue 27
November 12th, 2007
Editorial
A T-shirt, a Muslim and a Handful of Eleven-year-olds
An intense anti-Arab media campaign against the Khalil Gibran International Academy ends with a high-tech lynching.
by Bushra Rehman
From Issue 27
November 12th, 2007
Editorial
SAMAR Celebrates Fifteen Years
From Issue 26
July 30th, 2007
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