Global Southasia
Global Southasia, beena sarwar, Regina JohnsonGlobal Southasia (formerly Sapan News) covers and connects Southasia, the Indian Ocean and diaspora. We provide syndicated features and explainers beyond the headlines with voices from the community and on the ground.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Daily |
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| Issues | 170 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 4 days ago |
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Purge or politics? How India’s voter roll revisions threaten democratic rights
Voters in Assam lining up at the polls. Screenshots from NDTV.
By Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty / Global Southasia
New Delhi: As I write this report, there is agitation around India as millions of Indians have found their names removed from...
When music dissolves borders: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan opens world tour in Boston
The maestro in action: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Boston concert. Photo by Beena Sarwar
By Sachin Gupta/ Global Southasia
Bright faces, phones lifted toward the stage with cameras already open, voices humming familiar melodies, and an unmistak...
The sagas of some travelling sarees
Author Rumana Husain and her traveling sarees (L-R): At home in the white Santhal saree; Kasavu saree from Kerala; under a banyan tree in the Sambalpuri Ikat with a Kesariya border and pallu. Photos via Rumana Husain.
By Rumana Husain / Gl...
Who defines where home is? Confronting Southasia's Partition trauma
Screen shot of actor Diljit Dosanjh who portrays Nirvair Singh in the film Main Vaapas Aaunga, standing between two countries. Screenshot via film.
By Shoaib Ahmed Sayam / Global Southasia
This past June, an elderly man was found stranded...
Dialogue creates bridges, suppression builds walls
Regional leaders at the concluding session of the 18th SAARC Summit, Kathmandu, Nepal, 22 November 2014. Photo: WikiMedia Commons.
Dear Readers,
Across Southasia, we are seeing how meaningful change begins with choosing dialogue over divi...
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At Global Southasia we cover and connect Southasia, the Indian Ocean and diaspora, go beyond the headlines, produce nonpartisan backgrounders and explainers with context and nuance, creating spaces for empathy and compassion.
Journalist, editor, filmmaker, teacher, artist. Co-founder SouthasiaPeace Action Network, Founder Editor Sapan News; Focus: democracy, humanrights, peace, media, gender #Nieman #Poynter #MTC
Writer, book lover, gripped by wanderlust, street smart New Yorker with southern sensibilities! Coordinating Editor at Sapan News Network.
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