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South Asia

Editorial
Soft Power of Community Mobilization
In the face of terror in South Asia, from Kashmir to Sri Lanka, counter-terrorism takes new and ever-changing shape. Nimmi Gowrinathan explores the possibilities of community mobilization to protect against the dehumanizing impacts of terror in rural South Asia.
by Nimmi Gowrinathan
From Issue 32 December 15th, 2008

Photoessay
There is no Kashmir, but Kashmir
There is nothing chaotic about a well-executed and long-standing military state, nor is their anything normal about men in uniforms with long archaic rifles at every street corner. Srinagar it is a city under occupation.
by Anjali Nath
From Issue 21 October 30th, 2005

Editorial
Becoming in Diaspora
Are we Rushdie’s "bastard children" of history, hybridity, and violence, from which transformation and tomorrows can generate? What kind of diaspora are we becoming?
by Angana Chatterji
From Issue 19

Features
Lessons on Island Living
Indigenous knowledge saves the native Andamanese from the tsunami, but can it save them from settlers and rapacious development?
by Madhusree Mukerjee
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

Books
The Trouble with Secularism
A Review of Amitava Kumar's Husband of a Fanatic
by Hirsh Sawhney
From Issue 18

Forum: South Asians and the Politics of Health
The Barriers We Create
Obstacles to Sexual and Reproductive Health in South Asian Communities
by Sapna Desai
From Issue 16

Features
Just Not Cricket
The World Cup, Race and Nationalism
by Raza Mir
From Issue 16

Editorial
Homeland Insecurity
by SAMAR Collective
From Issue 15

Editorial
Terrors Old and New
From Issue 14

Forum: Eat This!
Biopiracy: Let's BAG It!
A co-founder of the Basmati Action Group argues that the corporate rush to patent life is a new form of colonialism
by Nandita Sharma
From Issue 12

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.