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Sri Lanka

Interviews
Breaking Through Unnatural Borders
Theatre spoken word artist, YaliniDream, explores truth, spirituality, activism, gender, sexuality, love and Sri Lanka. Her stage presence is at once a resounding cry for action and a soulful prayer for all things lost. Rarely without politicized intentions, her work, nevertheless finds room for reverie. She sat with art critic Natasha Bissonauth to discuss her views on inter-disciplinary art and collaboration as they relate to her political dreams for a different Sri Lanka.
by Natasha P. Bissonauth
From Issue 35 March 1st, 2010

Features
Political Conflict in Relief
Before this year's refugee camps, there were those from last year, and the year before. A legacy of civil strife complicates any tsunami relief efforts in Sri Lanka.
by Nimmi Gowrinathan
From Issue 19

Features
The Tsunami of Aid
A recent World Bank report on the tsunami gives us reason to be vigilant to the forces of corporate globalization using aid as a pretext to advance their agenda.
by Sriram Ananthanarayanan and Shalini Nataraj
From Issue 19

Forum: Dogmas of War
A Voice from the East
by Anonymous
From Issue 15

Features
Diaspora Flow
Sri Lankan American Arts in Minnesota and Beyond
by Pradeepa Jeevamanoharan and Chamindika Wanduragala
From Issue 14

Books
Junglee Girl, Funny Boy
Novels by Ginu Kamani and Shyam Selvadurai
by June Unjoo Yang
From Issue 7

Features
Sun-Surf-Sex Tourism
by Shireen Samarasuriya
From Issue 7

Ghadar is a forum for Left debate and dialogue through reports on political activism on the ground in South Asia and the diaspora.

lines is an online magazine that engages with the political spaces of Sri Lanka.

Youth Solidarity Summer (YSS), Organizing Youth (OY!), and RadDesi Summer are volunteer collectives of artists, activists, educators and students providing radical political education for South Asian youth in New York, California and Texas, respectively.

Asia Pacific Forum (APF) is the progressive pan-Asian radio show broadcast every Tuesday night from WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City and live on the web .

Apex Express is an Asian Pacific Islander community radio show on KPFA 94.1 FM in the Bay Area.

The Chicago-based South Asian Progressive Action Collective (SAPAC) takes up progressive issues pertinent to South Asia and the Diaspora through direct action, creative expression, and discussion.

DisappearedInAmerica.org is a multimedia art project created by the VISIBLE Collective to address the post-9/11 disappearances of Muslims in the US. See also Shobak.org: Outsider Muslims.

The South Asian Forum, a website of resources and storytelling, includes a directory of South Asian organizations, history of organizing, census information and an extensive bibliography.

MKSS is an organization pioneering the Indian RTI (Right to Information) movement.

Pass the Roti is a group blog covering issues pertaining largely to South Asia and the South Asian diaspora.

Out Against Abuse strives to create a forum for South Asians to discuss and learn about key policies and issues regarding domestic violence in our community.

Action for a Progressive Pakistan is an organization of diverse individuals, who advocate for a stable, democratic Pakistan without army rule or US intervention and with equal rights for all.

Radiostan is a Chicago-based monthly radio program that brings you the pulse of desi culture, featuring interviews, performances and discussions with the people who influence the South Asian American community.