SAMAR Issue 16 Online Now - South Asians and the Politics of Health
With Issue 16, SAMAR continues its experiment in online publication. Issue 16 is available exclusively on the web. Please check out our revamped website which includes discussion boards for every article in this issue. Read, discuss and spread the word! ISSUE 16 SOUTH ASIANS AND THE POLITICS OF HEALTH In the Forum: * Sid Shah on Intervention Concepts for Civil Violence in Gujarat * Sapna Desai on Sexual and Reproductive Health in South Asian Communities * Satinath Sarangi and Krishnaveni Gundu on the Ongoing Fight for Accountability in Bhopal * Afsan Chowdhury and Sreekanth Chaguturu on HIV/AIDS in South Asia * Rahul K. Gupta on Social Health Programs and South Asians in the US Also: * Biju Matthew on the Politics of Self-Absorption * Naeem Mohaiemen on Indian Call Centers and the Multimedia Piece 'Alladeen' * Angana Chatterji on the Campaign To Stop Funding Hate * Soumya Kidambi on MKSS, an Organization Championing the "Right to Information" in Rural India * Li Onesto's Photoessay on the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal * Prerana Reddy Interviews Pakistani Digital Filmmaker Hasan Zaidi * Sushma Joshi on Bonded Labor in Nepal * Poetry by Julie Dalani and R. Parthasarathy * Aparna Sindhoor's Vision of Contemporary Bharatanatyam Dance * Saurav Sarkar on the Impact of INS Special Registration * Raza Mir on Cricket and Nationalism
ABOUT SAMAR SAMAR (South Asian Magazine for Action and Reflection) is a magazine/website with a South Asian focus based in the United States. We choose to use the term "South Asian" because we feel it is important to bring attention to the fact that South Asians are a group of people with a shared history and that this history provides a common basis for understanding our place in the contemporary world. Whereas most other South Asian magazines are based on differences of region, religion and nationality within South Asia, we have chosen to base ours on a South Asian collectivity that is now spread out across the globe. At SAMAR, we hope to reflect the full complexity of "South Asian" in the composition of the editorial collective, contributors and readers.
SAMAR responds to a need for a publication that fosters serious debates within the South Asian community and is meant for a general audience. It focuses on analyses of social processes rather than on direct reporting of news events. As suggested by the name of the magazine, SAMAR tends towards social analyses that draw their energy from activist involvement. We are living in an era of rightward political drift. In North America as in South Asia, SAMAR's fundamental commitment is to advancing the forces for social and economic justice. To that end, we at SAMAR work to nurture critical and dissenting voices and invite you to join us in debating the range and depth of radical alternatives to present social arrangements.
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