VG: Artist Biography: Parameswaran, Uma on the other hand set out to celebrate indian art tradition and at the same time She has been able to write about south asian women in a range of http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/entries/parameswaran_uma.html
Extractions: This m.m. syndrome is frightening. Of course, one knows the basic symptoms of male menopause as well as one knows about hot flashes and mood swings in women, though television talk shows never parade men the way they do women. We secretaries know a lot about these things; not just about our own husbands and fathers and brothers and neighbours but the ten or fifteen men that each of us works with everyday, and some of the women faculty who could just as well be men. In our collective wisdom, we share our knowledge over lunch: it is a quite formidable database. Maru and the M.M. Syndrome Jump to: Biography and Criticism Selected Bibliography Non-English Materials Related Links Uma Parameswaranpoet, playwright, and short-story writerwas born in Madras and grew up in Jabalpur, India. Parameswaran read extensively drawing motivation from epic poetry and Greek theater through her schooling and during the India-China war of 1962. Receiving the Smith-Mundt Fulbright Scholarship, Parameswaran moved to the United States to study American Literature at Indiana University earning her MA in Creative Writing. She completed her Ph.D. in English at Michigan State University in 1972. Currently she is a professor of English at The University of Winnipeg. Since settling in Canada, Parameswaran has devoted much of her writing and efforts in the literary field to creating an identifiable South Asian Canadian diaspora.
International Games News September 2002 asian Games, Busan, south Korea, Sept. 28 Oct. 14 India lit a flame attheir national stadium and relayed by indian Olympians around Delhi. http://www.internationalgames.net/september2002.html
Extractions: International Games Archive. The best place in the world for news and information on all international multisport games! HOME INTERNATIONAL GAMES MONTHLY NEWS NEWS BY NATIONS ... BOOK REVIEWS On sabbatical. No updates until further notice. International Games News September 2002 Alphabetical List of Games Games in September Are all Paralympians Elite athletes? World Equestrian Games , Jerez, Spain Sept. 10-22 Ataturk Dam International Sports Festival, Turkey, Sept. 21-22 Gay Games or Gay Olympics? Asia Pacific Masters Games , Gold Coast, Australia, Sept. 21-29 Asian Games , Busan, South Korea, Sept. 28 - Oct. 14 Ron Clarke on Drugs? Games in October Nationalism or Factionalism? World Masters Games , Melbourne, Australia October 5-19 Huntsman World Senior Games , St. George, USA October 7-19 Is Yao Ming the next big thing? Alice Springs Masters Games , Alice Springs, Australia October 19-26 Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled , Busan, Korea October 26 - Nov. 1
Extractions: TAKE NOTE South Asia is a subregion of Asia, usually taken as comprising the modern countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The concept of "South Asia" is useful when referring to the countries of the region as a group. The descriptor can be useful when discussing issues that affect the common history, culture, etc. of the countries. The term diaspora is used (without capitalization) to refer to any people or ethnic population forced or induced to leave their traditional ethnic homelands, being dispersed throughout other parts of the world, and the ensuing developments in their dispersal and culture. Annotations are from the "Card Catalog Description" or "Synopsis" information supplied by publishers to various online booksellers, including, but not limited to, Amazon.com and it's international affiliates, BN.com and Powells.com. Welcome to an annotated bibliography of South Asia and the South Asian diaspora in children's literature.
Extractions: Several recent discussions in the world of academic blogs have highlighted the increasing gap between ordinary language and common-sense reasoning and the rarefied world of literary criticism, where jargon is at once intimidating and frustratingly vague ('connotative'). In some recent posts I've been attempting to identify critics who I think perform a kind of criticism that is at once more useful to non-academics and motivated, at least partially, by the principles of empiricism and denotative description. In that camp I included the American critic Edmund Wilson, but I would also include Amitava Kumar. Amitava Kumar's 2002 book Bombay, London, New York did not receive the attention it deserved, in part because it came out at around the same time as another book he edited, World Bank Literature , which did get a little more 'play', especially in Marxist-postcolonial theory and anti-globalization circles.
AsianWeek.com: National News: Dating While Networking Roles for south asian women in front of the camera are generally restricted since traveled to India 15 times, more than any other member of Congress. http://www.asianweek.com/2001_09_07/news_netip.html
Extractions: (in Sports) Dating While Networking Congressman Jim McDermott speaks to Sohena Patel, a NETIP conference co-chair. Photo by Ajay Goel By Ajay Goel A mecca for Indian American twenty- and thirty-somethings, the conference covered a breadth of topics, from Indo-American politics to professional and personal development. Founded 10 years ago in Chicago, NETIP seeks to promote professional development, community service, cultural and political awareness, and the overall advancement of South Asians. The conference kicked off on Friday night with an icebreaker and mixer, followed by a midnight cruise on Lake Michigan. After a few hours of sleep, the attendees were treated to a high-energy motivational speech given by Krish Dhanam of the Zig Ziglar Corporation on Saturday morning. Dhanam talked about the driving forces in his own life and what factors should inspire young Indian Americans to achieve greatness. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-WA, who played an instrumental role in convincing former President Clinton to visit India, talked about how difficult it was to get his congressional colleagues to look at India as a potential ally.
South Asian Diaspora Literature In English The geography of voice Canadian literature of the south asian diaspora. asian voices lifestories from the indian sub-continent. http://www.lib.washington.edu/southasia/guides/diaspora.html
Extractions: The country of residence is based on the latest information available to the compiler. It should be noted that many authors are very peripatetic. Writers of the Indian diaspora: a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook. Edited by Emmanuel S. Nelson, 1993 contains an appendix on p. 451 which details the domicile of many diasporic writers. General background General anthologies Autobiographical anthologies Asian voices: life-stories from the Indian sub-continent. London: Ethnic Communities Oral History Project, 1993. 94 p. Ghara theke ghare=Home to home: reminiscences of Bangladeshi women in Sheffield. Sheffield: Sheffield City Libraries, 1995. 76 p. A lotus of another color: an unfolding of the South Asian gay and lesbian experience. Raksh Ratti, editor. Boston: Alyson Publications, 1993. 303 p. The still cry: personal accounts of East Indians in Trinidad and Tobago during indentureship, 1845-1917. Edited by Noor Kumar Mahabir. Tacarigua, Trinidad: Calaloux Publications, 1985. 191 p. Teenage refugees and immigrants from India speak out. Comp. by R. Viswanath. New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 1997. 64 p. Telling it like it is: young Asian women talk. Nadya Kassam, editor. London: Livewire, 1997. 131 p.
Links Canada; The Caribbean; India; Ireland; Nigeria; Links to other PostColonialSites. Irene Joshi s bibliography of literature by south asian women. http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/worldlit/world_link.htm
SAJA Stylebook other centers of movie production in India include Chennai in the south andCalcutta in the east See Nobel Prizes for list of other south asian winners. http://www.saja.org/stylebook.html
Extractions: Search this page: ctrl + f Latest: Hinduism Diwali Parsi Zoroastrianism ... Salman Rushdie Additions, corrections, suggestions: saja@columbia.edu Seeking info about South Asia that's not here? Ask SAJA A B C ... SAJA home See Stylebook Committee Foreword ABCD Short for "American Born Confused Desi" a slightly derogatory name that first-generation South Asians in the U.S. use to describe children who were born and brought up in America and are "confused" about their South Asian background. Thanks to the Internet, there are now at least two versions of the phrase that stretch all the way to Z. One is "American Born Confused Desi Emigrated From Gujarat House in Jersey Kids Learning Medicine Now Owning Property Quite Reasonable Salary Two Uncles Visiting White Xenophobia Yet Zestful." And the other: "American Born Confused Desi, Emigrated From Gujarat, Housed In Jersey, Keeping Lotsa Motels, Named Omkarnath Patel, Quickly Reached Success Through Underhanded Vicious Ways, Xenophobic Yet Zestful."
SAJA: Convention 2001 Networking room open (coffee, drinks, snacks and a place to meet other DJ Masti spins the latest south asian Western tunes and classic hits in http://www.saja.org/convention2001.html
Extractions: The Guild of Service, a group working to help widows in India, has created a new organization dedicated to bringing peace to Southern Asia. War is one of the major causes of widowhood. The continuing escalation of hostilities now including nuclear capability between India and Pakistan, has moved women in India and Pakistan to work together and create a new movement for peace in this area of the world. Although women do not have official political power in India and Pakistan, these women are drawing on their own resources to create the seeds of peace in their own countries. By forming the Women's Initiative for Peace in South Asia (WIPSA) they have begun a fast growing movement. As part of their initiative they are having meetings between Pakistani and Indian women, and putting programs of exchange visits between students. Grief and Renewal is proud to post the following description of WIPSA's origins, actions, and goals as it was sent to us from India. Ed. Grief and Renewal.com
India - Introducing India About individual books, Miscellany, other south asian forums). The premierdistributor of books from south Asia in the United States. http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/ind/pustak.htm
Extractions: [A web page of the SASIALIT mailing list (about contemporary literature of South Asia [Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka], including works by authors of South Asian origin throughout the world). Site contents: SASIALIT charter; SASIALIT archive (Chronological and threaded indices); SASIALIT reading circle (Upcoming books, Past books); SASIALIT subscription details; South Asian literature online resources (How to find South Asian books abroad, E-journals, Collections, Web sites, Bibliographies, About individual authors, About individual books, Miscellany, Other South Asian forums).]
DesiLit Desilit, building support for south asian and diaspora writing Persimmon (asianAmerican lit Journal) The current issue of Persimmon asian http://www.desilit.org/journals.html
Extractions: building support for South Asian and diaspora writing Home About Us Support Us Board ... Events Asian Pacific-American Journal (APAJ) lit journal put together by the AAWW (Asian-American Writers' Workshop) Catamaran a biannual literary print magazine publishing works by new and upcoming South Asian creative artists (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Nepali, Bhutanese, Maldives) in North America. Cerebration is a newly established online journal that strives to bridge the gap between academia and non academic circles across cultures. Cerebration strives to initiate a critical-creative discourse and is accessible by a wide audience. The editorial advisory board consists of people from various fields including Gayatri Chakraborty Spivak, Barkha Dutt, Cassandra Laity, Jack Lynch, amongst others from India and USA. Cerebration is currently calling for submissions in fiction, essays, poetry, columns and artwork. Chowrangi a new Pakistani-American print publication. The first issue includes articles by Bapsi Sidhwa, Dawn journalist Irfan Husain, Qamar Adamjee, and other articles. Also an interview with Pakistani film-maker Sabiha Sumar. Crimson Feet Desi Journal "Desi Journal is an online magazine that reflects the everyday lives of modern Indians living in the Diaspora desis. Our daily life is colored by our ethnicity, of course; but also by our adopted country and by our ability to adapt to changing and sometimes, challenging, circumstances. This journal is an attempt to capture some of these subtle (and not so subtle) experiences with openness and authenticity. We hope to make Desi Journal a scrapbook of our collective desi subconscious."
The-south-asian thesouth-asian.com January 2005 White candles are lit and the Sacred Brideis welcomed. Regarded as Hebrew lore, the name of Shekina is omitted from http://www.the-south-asian.com/Jan2005/The_Sacred_Bride.htm
Extractions: Enduring Spirit ... print gallery The Sacred Bride - a cross-cultural reference by Dr. Manoshi Bhattacharya The concept of the Sacred Bride and the Sacred Marriage began on the plains of the Indus Valley over 4000 years ago and the symbolism, that made Da Vinci Code a best-seller, owes its origin to those ancient nature worshippers. India is unique because its culture and tradition survived despite the numerous invasions, which brought in new ways of thinking. While the ancient nature worshippers in the rest of the world died out, only those in India survived. Accepting the woman albeit a supernatural one as being the source of the ultimate knowledge is not a new concept. The ancient thinking of the Indus Valley Civilization, placed the male and female principles as equals. The male principle, Shiva or D united with the female, Shakti or Ñ to form the Y hexagram or mandala. The hexagram was a symbol of the Sacred Marriage. The earliest evidence of this symbol was found among coins from the excavation of the city of Ujjain in India. The coins have been dated to be 2000 - 3000 years old. These coins came into the possession of Colonel James Tod, the Political Agent to the Western Rajput States of India in the early 1800s. The Indus Valley Harappan seal numbered 297 bears one of the first representations of Shakti with her foot planted on a buffalo's nose grasping a horn with one hand and thrusting a spear into its back with the other.
Rediff.com Interview His family, farmers from India, moved there before he was born, Singh s hometownhad no other south asian families but the friendliness of the community http://www.simonsingh.com/Apoorvas_Article.html
Sepia Mutiny Now even more people will be pissed off at Britains south asian population. So often, Massey explains, its the other way around The wife is asian and http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/
Extractions: anything better to do with their time than pick on a teenager Police will provide a huge security detail for Indian tennis star Sania Mirza during a world tennis tournament in Calcutta next week. The heavy security follows rumours that a radical Islamic group threatened to stop her playing in the tournament unless she changed her on-court dress. What does sweeeet Sania have to say about all this nonsense? write something irreverent molest a mullah strange hair anna at 03:30 AM in Issues Religion Sports 44 comments ... Direct link I believe I lead a call Over on the right, we have John Abraham Ahc tor with roles in Dhoom Water Viruddh and the soon-to-be released Baabul , among others. The last two with none other than the Daddy-O of Hindi cinema, his excellency Amitabh Bachchan. As an avowed vegetarian, Abraham recently posed for a PETA India link Sure, sure, but what about cruelty to men, eh? I think forcing a man to wear vegetables surely counts in that category. Continue reading » cicatrix at 08:37 PM in Fashion Food Humor Issues ... Direct link The new Brit blog Pickled Politics links to a funny story that you just have to see to believe: The Scotsman fills in the ridiculous details: The offending lid was spotted in a branch in Park Royal last week by business development manager Rashad Akhtar, 27, of High Wycombe.
Himal South Asian-August-2000 The western coast of India seems continuously and prosperously lit, whereas theeastern side has large gaps in it That is what the asian Lights show. http://www.himalmag.com/may2001/lastpage.html
Extractions: by G.P. Deshpande Mediafile l astpage Voices Mail The Asian Light Show by Kanak Mani Dixit One American satellite that girdles the globe apparently does more than check out what other countries are hiding in their backyards. It actually, among other things, gives us a night-time picture of Asia, showing which parts are well-lit and which are not. There are two reasons for darkness in the landmass. Either you have the absence of people, as in the Baloch and Afghan deserts and the Tibetan plateau. Or you have povertyno power, no lights. The difference between South Koreas dazzling lights (next to even more dazzling Japan) and, up across the 38th parallel, the abject darkness of North Korea, is an indication of the misery of people in that dark nation. The same holds true for Burma. And Nepal, where other than the dot that shows Kathmandu, there is precious little to show for its 23 million people.
Extractions: SIGN UP FOR MY YOGA JOURNAL Sign up for Yoga Journal newsletters. Inspire and deepen your yoga connection. Out of India American yogis have enthusiastically embraced all things Indian. But what do people of Indian descent think of Americans "borrowing" their culture? By Marina Budhos Not more than two blocks away from my apartment in Manhattan, up a steep flight of stairs, past the karate school, in an old manufacturing loft, is a center where classes in many different forms of yoga are offered: Ashtanga, Jivamukti, and vinyasa. Years ago, when I first took yoga classes, it was the era of aerobics and treadmills, and yoga was considered obscure, even flaky. Indian elements were often stripped out, and Sanskrit words were sparingly used. There was little chanting and no images of deitiesas if to make yoga more palatable to an American audience. Today, I notice that the mirror in this large, slightly dingy room is draped with sari cloth. The young teacher is giving a lesson about Krishna, likening his spirit to that of a father who protected his daughter on an Amtrak train platform. Lying on my mat, at first I cringe at her story, then relax, concentrating on my breath. I am half Indian, born and raised in the United States, and I have always been conflicted about the practice of yoga here. While I have a deep respect for the rigor and intelligence of each pose, the subtle warmth and openness that spread through my body and mind after a session, I automatically flinch each time I hear another Westerner rhapsodize about all things Indian.
SARID: South Asian Magazines For the US and other Western powers, interest in south Asia has been largely a But like an unusual group of women in south Asiasix others in India, http://www.sarid.net/l-g-v/press/us-media.htm
Extractions: PRINT PAGE [Or select "Print" from the File menu of your browser] SOUTH ASIA AS VIEWED BY US MEDIA 1. Heed South Asia 's Concerns Marshall M. Bouton Executive vice-president of the Asia Society, New York Appeared in the Far Eastern Economic Review, US Edition, June 25, 1998 India 's and Pakistan 's nuclear tests have created new challenges. There is a danger that the international community's response will repeat the mistakes that led in part to India 's and Pakistan 's decisions. There is already evidence that the reactions in many quarters do not come to grips with the real cause and nature of South Asia's nuclear breakout. The tests were greeted with a combination of shock and moral outrageespecially in the United States-out of proportion to the events. The two nations' nuclear weapons capabilities have long been known, neither broke any treaty and both are nonaggressive democratic states. But even the more considered statements from the Geneva meeting of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and op-ed page debates reflect old thinking about South Asia Fundamentally, the problem stems from the inattention to and isolation of South Asia
Chowk: Ideas & Identities Of India Pakistan In a panel discussion on south asian Women in the Workplace, it was clear of south asian descent in the US is the strong and growing network of other http://www.chowk.com/show_interactor_page.cgi?membername=ZahraJ&start=35&end=39&
