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“The American partition”: Watching a familiar horror movie unfold
The Statue of Liberty, a gift from France in 1865. Assembled in New York harbor and officially dedicated to the U.S. in October 1886. Photo via Canva.
Commentary
By Ali Azad / Sapan News
The Partition of British India in 1947, which crea...
Sapan News Roundup: Reimagining solidarity across Southasia
Image: Canva
Drawing inspiration from the 1950s Democratic Students Federation, a progressive generation is reclaiming cross-border solidarity. Artists like Ghost Peppers and the Silver Songbirds of Bengaluru amplify dialogue through music...
If music be the food of peace…
“Collaborations like these don’t make grand claims about peace, they quietly build it. When you sing together, you listen differently, you notice each other, you care.”
Group photo of Silver Songbirds of Bengaluru with the Sri Lankan chori...
Reclaiming the forest: The fearless women of Bom
Women of Bom. Pictures were taken in Bom village, Sonebhadra/Robertsgunj, Uttar Pradesh, India. Photo by Amit Sengupta
By Amit Sengupta/ Sapan News
She was young, dark, wearing a cotton sari. Phooleshwari lazily walked with me uphill in t...
Asha Bhosle: A shared cultural heartbeat
Singer Asha Bhosle in one of her many performances. Screenshot: NDTV news report.
By Madiha Arsalan Haneef / Sapan News
The passing of Asha Bhosle at age 92 across the border in India feels like the silencing of a shared cultural heartbea...
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At Sapan News we cover and connect Southasia, the Indian Ocean and diaspora, go beyond the headlines, producie nonpartisan backgrounders and explainers with context and nuance, creating spaces for empathy and compassion.
Pragyan Srivastava is an Indian journalist and former Fulbright-Nehru Master’s scholar at Rutgers University. She is currently working as an associate editor at Sapan News Network.
Writer, book lover, gripped by wanderlust, street smart New Yorker with southern sensibilities! Coordinating Editor at Sapan News Network.
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