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Monday, June 18, 2007

Electronic Journals & Newspapers on South Asia

For a broad listing of other electronic journals on Asia, please consult the Register of Asian & Pacific Studies Electronic Journals, edited by Tobias Ghosh-Beverborg, University of Cologne.
Aakrosh: Asian journal on international terrorism and conflicts. -- New Delhi: Forum for Strategic and Security Studies. (Print journal title: Aakrosh: Asian journal on terrorism and internal conflicts, ISSN: 0971-7862). 1998-.
Quarterly journal "devoted to the study of organized terrorism, and internal conflicts in South Asia, Afghanistan, Central Asian Republics and the Chinese provinces bordering the region." Edited by Major General Afsir Karim and other current and retired Indian government and military leaders. Full text archive, but no search engine.
Annual of Urdu Studies. -- Madison, WI : Center for South Asia. (ISSN: 0734-5348). 1981-.
A literary journal designed to "provide scholars working on Urdu humanities ... a forum in which to publish scholarly articles, translations, and views... [also] reviews of books, an annual inventory of significant Western publications in the field, reports, research-in-progress, notices, and information on forthcoming events of interest to its readers (conferences, workshops, competitions, awards, etc.). Each issue of the AUS will also include a section in the Urdu script featuring old and new writing." The website provides full-text of the current issue, and a full-text archive back to Vol. 8 (1993). Earlier issues (Vol. 1 [1981] through Vol. 4 [1984]) are published online as part of the Digital South Asia Library (DSAL).
Asianists' Asia [Online]. -- Paris: Centre de Recherche sur les Études Asiatiques. [ISSN 1298-0358]. 2000-.
"An academic journal devoted to researched articles in the humanities and social sciences, and learned essays & relevant fiction or faction, including translations, which might not easily fit into, or find a place in, the existing Asian studies publications." Edited by T. Wignesan.
AsiaWeek Online. -- Hong Kong: AsiaWeek Limited. [developed by Time Inc. Asia]. 1995-2001.
Complete tables of contents, and full text presentation of select articles, editorials and features from AsiaWeek Magazine. Considerable coverage of South Asia. Site contains an archive link for issues from June 1995 through 2001.
Bharat Rakshak Monitor. [NP] : Bharat Rakshak: the Consortium of Indian Military Websites. 1999-.
A monthly magazine on produced by "a private non-profit venture committed to promoting a greater understanding and appreciation of India's military and its strategic environment." Intended to provide a non-specialist audience with a "centrist perspective on issues of importance to India's security". Articles by current and former military writers, analysts, retired officers, etc. This is not an official publication of the Government of India, nor of its military.
Blue Chip : Business Peoples' Magazine. -- Islamabad, Pakistan: Blue Chip. 2004-.
Pakistan business monthly. Presents current issue, and link to past issues. (Free, but requires registration and setting up a password).
Bridges: Berkeley Research Journal on South & Southeast Asia. -- Berkeley: University of California Berkeley. 2002?-.
A "professional, faculty-refereed journal, edited by graduate students and based at the University of California, at Berkeley... The journal will feature articles and reviews by graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars focusing on various topics within the broad fields of South and Southeast Asian studies." Online issues will contain abstracts of all articles appearing in the printed volumes, and a selection of major articles in full-text.
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies - SOAS. -- London: SOAS. [Online presentation published by Cambridge University Press]. ISSN: 0041-977X. 2001-.
Site contains browsable and searchable tables of contents with complete citations of all articles plus abstracts. Only registered users can purchase online articles in full-text.
Business Recorder [Pakistan]. -- Karachi: Business Recorder. 1998-.
"Pakistan's national financial daily, published simultaneously from Karachi, Lahore and on the World Wide Web." Editor is M. A. Zuberi. Daily full-text, and complete full-text archives back to January 1, 1998. Site also contains useful reference resources as well as a structured subject index of all articles in the archives.
CASI Notes. -- Philadelphia: Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania. 1995-.
News and research from CASI, a University of Pennsylvania center functioning as an interdisciplinary academic link between American & Indian academics, policymakers and professions, especially in the areas of energy & environment, governance, international security, communications & economic development. Site contains backfiles (PDF files) for many issues from 1997 onward.
CNN.com Asia. -- [n.l.] : CNN.
Daily Asian news coverage culled from CNN, AsiaWeek and Time. Special subsction devoted to South Asia.
Communalism Combat: Hate Hurts, Harmony Works. -- Mumbai, India: Sabrang Communications and Publishing Pvt. Ltd. Dec. 1998-.
A monthly magazine of Sabrang, a secularist human rights organization that was "started in 1993 to provide information on, analyse and expose the machinations of communal politics in India, on the subcontinent and abroad and to publicise the attempt of secular individuals, groups and organisations engaged in fighting them. We stand for equal respect to all religions but are opposed to the cynical manipulation of faith in the pursuit of power. Therefore we are opposed to both majority and minority communalism." Communalism Combat publishes "analyses and exposures of the manipulations of communal political parties, both of the majority and the minority, as also soul-searching personal accounts of individuals...engaged in battling the forces that divide." Site contains current issue, and an archive of selected articles from each issue back to December 1998.
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (CSSAAME). -- Durham, NC : Duke University Press. (ISSN: 1548-266X) 1991-.
"Critical and comparative analyses of the histories, cultural productions, social and gender relations, politics, and economies of Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East... CSSAAME, which merged with the former South Asia Bulletin in 1995... brings together the breadth of comparative studies, the depth of area studies, and the theoretical sophistication of postcolonial and cultural studies." Two issues per year. Online backfile archive includes tables of contemts. and full text of articles (in .pdf and .doc formats) from 1997 onward. Through library subscriptions, the journal is also available via Project Muse and via the Duke University Press open access archive.
Connect! : SAWF Fortnightly Ezine. -- [n.p.] : South Asian Women's Forum. Sept. , 1999-.
A publication design to foster "the intellectual, artisitic and business endeavors of our community members, specially women." Site contains articles, poetry, interviews, social commentary and opinions, columns, etc. Contains archives of back issues.
Critical Asian Studies (formerly Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars). -- [Cedar, MI] : Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars Inc. (ISSN:1467-2715).
Their stated mission is "to develop a humane and knowledgeable understanding of Asian societies and their efforts to maintain cultural integrity and to confront such problems as poverty, oppression, and imperialism...[and]...to create alternatives to the prevailing trends in scholarship on Asia, which too often spring from a parochial cultural perspective and serve selfish interests and expansionism." Site also contains complete tables of contents for the entire backfile (1968-2001) of BCAS, but not full text of the articles themselves.
Daily News and Sunday Observer [Colombo] (Internet Edition). -- Colombo, Sri Lanka: Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited [via Lake House and Lanka Internet Services Ltd).
"The English daily with the largest circulation in Sri Lanka." Site contains the complete current day's issue, and an archive of issues from 2001 onward.
Dalit Voice: the voice of the persecuted nationalities denied human rights. -- Bangalore: Dalit Voice. 2004-.
A fornightly journal by V. T. Rajshekar, characterized by strong anti-Brahminist, anti-caste and anti-racist stance, advocacy of liberaton from Brahminism, and polemical tone. Self-proclaimed as "the sole spokesman for the entire deprived, dehumanised lot of India...", -- Dalits, Backward Castes, Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, women -- "all victims of the Aryan Brahminical racism." The print journal has been published since 1993. The online archive goes back only to v. 23, no. 16 (August 16-31st, 2004).
Dawn (Daily Internet Edition). -- Karachi & Lahore, Pakistan: Pakistan Herald Publications, DAWN Group.
"Pakistan's most widely circulated English language Newspaper." A daily newspaper. The site is updated daily by noon GMT, except on Fridays and public holidays in Pakistan, and contains the current issue as well as a browsable archive of the preceding thirty issues. By manually adjusting the date indication in the URL (e.g. "http://www.dawn.com/2001/01/30/" for January 30, 2001), one can also view issues back to January 1, 2000. Deeper archives, going back to January 1, 1999, can be viewed by adjusting the date in the URL in a different format: "http://www.dawn.com/1999/19990728/" (for July 28, 1999). A full-text SEARCH ENGINE allows searching of the entire archive.
Dawn Wire Service (Weekly Internet Edition). -- Karachi, Pakistan: Pakistan Herald Publications, DAWN Group. March 1995-. [via university of Virginia].
The DAWN Wire Service (DWS) is a free weekly news-service from Pakistan's largest English language newspaper, the daily DAWN. DWS offers news, analysis and features of particular interest to the Pakistani Community on the Internet.
Doing Business in India. -- Phildelphia: CASI (Center for Advanced Study of India). 1997-1999.
"Seeks to broaden the knowledge of corporate executives and the policy-making community about the intersection of socio-political changes and economic policies that shape opportunities for investment, growth, and social welfare."
Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), India [online]. -- Mumbai: EPW. (ISSN 0012-9976). 1998-.
"A social science journal [est. 1966] featuring research articles in economics, sociology, political; science and other emerging disciplines; scholarly commentary on topical developments; in-depth reports on people's struggles; regular columns by eminent social scientists; book reviews; weekly statistical updates; analytical review of company performances; monthly review of the money market; plus a periodical series of special statistics on the economy and society." Site contains full text of all articles back to January 1999. The archives section also contains article abstracts of all issues back to January 1998. Although the service is free, EPW requires all users to register and get an individual password.
Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies. -- [Cambridge, MA]: EJVS. (ISSN:1084-7561). 1995-.
Scholarly articles on Vedic Studies, providing hypertext (WWW), downloadable ASCII, and Adobe PDF (Acrobat) and PostScript versions of each article. Site also contains links to an ftp archive of supporting materials (e.g. fonts, macros, and other utilities for Indian languages). Editor-in-Chief is Michael Witzel of Harvard University. Site provides access to *some* of the articles in full-text.
Faultlines [Online]. -- [New Delhi] : Institute for Conflict Management. (ISSN: 0972-1290). 1999-.
A quarterly journal on conflict management and national security of India, "bringing an inter-disciplinary focus to bear upon issues of internal security and conflict management, and on related areas of public policy." Provides primary source data as well as analytical and research papers on these topics. Edited and published by K.P. S. Gill. Website contains current issues and full backfile archive (for subscribers). (For a critique of this publisher and publication by Kuknalim.Net (Naga organization), see Conflict Managers or Conflict Mongers?.)
Femina [Online] : For the Woman of Substance. -- [Bombay] : Bennet, Coleman & Co., Ltd. (The Times Group). 1996-.
The popular Indian women's fortnightly. Online archive contains all back issues from Nov. 1996 onward.
Frontier Post (Online). -- Peshawar, Pakistan: Frontier Publications (pvt) Ltd. (Current three weeks only).
A daily English-language newspaper from Pakistan. Site contains the current day's issue, and an archive of the preceeding three weeks.
Frontline (Online). -- [Madras, India and New York] : Frontline, Tribeca Internet Initiatives, Inc., Indiaserver, and The Hindu Group of Publications. (ISSN: 0970-1710). 1997-.
"India's National Magazine". A major, well-respected bi-weekly news and feature magazine covering India and the world. Online site contains current issue as well as a searchable archive of prior issues (1997 to present) with full-text of all articles (with photos).
Himal Southasian (Online). -- Kathmandu, Nepal: Himal Inc. (ISSN: 1012-9804). 1996-.
A monthly magazine (previously titled Himal South Asia) on political and cultural affairs and analytical articles and opinion pieces on South Asia "from a non-nationalist, regionwide perspective," with special focus on cross-border cultural and social movements, book reviews, and the arts. Edited by Kanak Mani Dixit. The website provides tables of contents (with brief abstracts) of all issues, as well as full-text of most articles from each issue, and extracts of others.
Hindu Daily Full-Text Edition (Online). -- Madras, India: The Hindu. 1995-.
Daily newspaper in full text. Site contains an archive of all issues back to June 4, 1995, with selected full-text articles from each. The related The Hindu Home Page has links for their News Update Service, News Briefs, Folio, and other weekly, fortnightly, and annual publications of The Hindu Group.
Hinduism Today (Online). -- Kauai, Hawaii: Himalayan Academy. (ISSN:0896-0801). 1993-.
A glossy monthly magazine "affirming Sanatana Dharma and recording the modern history of a billion-strong global religion in renaissance." International organ of the Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Ashram (Saiva Siddhanta Church), based in Hawaii. Covers general events and issues of Hinduism worldwide. Site contains an archive of backfiles from 1993 onwards (with plans to extend the files to earlier issues), as well links to other activities and publications of the Ashram and its international affiliates.
IIAS Newsletter (Online). -- Leiden, Netherlands: International Institute for Asian Studies. (ISSN:0929-8738). 1993-.
A substantial quarterly, providing "interviews, research updates, book reports, conference reports, news about followships and grants, forum articles, calendars of events, internet news, and a special Asian art section... comprehensive coverate of the latest developments in the field of Asian Studies." A very rich source of information on Asian Studies, with extensive coverage of South Asia. Particularly useful as a window on European activity in this field. Site contains complete backfiles. (A separate IIAS Home Page links to other activities, publications, directories and databases of this large and important European center.)
India Perspectives [Online]. -- New Delhi: India Ministry of External Affairs. [ISSN 0970-5074]. December 1998-.
A well-produced general interest monthly magazine on Indian society and culture, produced by the Ministry of External Affairs.
India Together. -- [Bangalore]: Civil Society Information Exchange Pvt. Ltd. 1998-.
An ejournal "devoted to coverage of public affairs, policy, and development in India, providing news in proportion to the country's broad development experiences...India Together runs at least one article each day, covering over 15 major topics and themes ranging from government and poverty to agriculture and environment. The publication also helps practitioners, scholars and artists take their ideas, insights and concerns expeditiously to an interested national and global audience." Although the individual articles are added to a daily "issue", there is no backfile archive of distinct issues as such. But the search feature allows one to search and retrieve any individual articles from the archive, based upon simple keyword searching.
Indian Folklife Newsletter [Online]. -- Chennai: National Folklore Support Center. April 2000-.
Newsletter of the National Folkore Support Center. Newsletter is apparently quarterly and contains announcements, reviews, editorials, etc. in the area of folklore studies throughout India. Online edition contains full text of issues, but lacks photos and images which appear in the print edition.
insideReport: Tamil Eelam News Review (WWW edition). -- Jaffna, Sri Lanka: Inside Report. 1995-.
Apparently issued monthly. Site contains full text of monthly issues, only for July-October 1995 (as of 10/19/96).
International Journal of Hindu Studies (Online). -- Quebec: World Heritage Press. 1997-. [via University of Florida].
Published three times per year. "The aim of the [IJHS] is... to consider Hinduism analytically and comparatively as a 'form of life' as clarified by its contrasts and similarities to other historical and present day forms... Our focus will be, on the one hand, on Hinduism's adaptations to a wide range of historical circumstances and ecological, economic, and political possibilities and, on the other, on the Hindu forms that work "on the ground" in particular places and times to generate special kinds of social, cultural, and psychological order and problems." Published under the auspices of the International Institute of India Studies (Quebec), the Chief Editor is Prof. Sushil Mittal of the University of Montreal. The website does not contain full text of the Journal's articles, but does provide complete table of contents (at least for the inaugural issue).
International Journal of Jaina Studies. -- London: Centre of Jaina Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies. (ISSN: 1748-1074). 2005-.
Research papers, monographs and reviews in Jain studies.
International Journal of Tantric Studies. -- [Cambridge, MA]: IJTS. (ISSN:1084-7553). 1995-.
"Tantric studies in Sanskrit, Bengali, Vernacular, Tibetan, Chinese, Japanese, etc. Particular attention is paid to the Trika schools of Kashmir." Covers primarily Tantras (or Agamas or Samhitas in Sanskrit), scholarly treatments including philosophies of language, knowledge, æsthetics, rhetoric, etc. Editor-in-Chief is Enrica Garzilli of Harvard University. Site contains abstracts of selected current and back-issue articles, table of contents, and subscription information. Full-text access to articles is by subscription only.
Jang [Daily Jang] (Online). -- [Karachi : The Jang Group of Newspapers]. 1998-.
Urdu-language daily newspaper from Pakistan. Said to be the large newspaper in PAkistan. Published in Karachi since 1937. Site contains newspaper in full text. Urdu text can be accessed either as graphics or as text. (Site claims the latter is only available using Internet Explorer 4.0 or later.) Site's archive contains September 25, 1998 and continuing.
Journal of Buddhist Ethics. -- University Park, PA: Journal of Buddhist Ethics. (ISSN:1076-9005). 1994-.
Annual scholarly journal "...to promote the study of Buddhist ethics through the publication of research articles, discussions and critical notes, bulletins and reviews." Site includes backfiles, online conferences, internet links, and other related material. General Editors are Damien Keown (University of London), and Charles Prebish (Pennsylvania State University). There is a mirror-server at http://www.gold.ac.uk/jbe
Journal of South Asian Women Studies. -- [Cambridge, MA]: JSAWS. (ISSN:1085-7478). 1995-.
"...meant to disseminate works which address theoretical and practical issues that are of interest to both scholars of South Asia and to women in and from South Asia...". Geographic coverage actually includes both South and SOUTHEAST Asia. Editor-in-Chief is Enrica Garzilli of Harvard University. Full-text access is only to Editor's Notes and book reviews. Other articles available in full-text only to paid subscribers.
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. -- London: Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. [Online presentation published by Cambridge University Press]. ISSN: 1356-1863. 2001-.
Site contains browsable and searchable tables of contents with complete citations of all articles plus abstracts. Only registered users can purchase online articles in full-text.
Kashmiri Pandit International: Newsletter of Kashmiri Overseas Association, Inc. -- [Baytown, Texas]: Kashmiri Overseas Association, Inc. 1995-.
The Kashmiri Overseas Association states its aim as "promoting Kashmiri Pandit ethnic and socio-cultural heritage...". The Newsletter, which comes out 4 to 6 times per year, contains much cultural, religious and especially political analysis and commentary (particularly about Kashmir, as viewed from the perspective of the Kashmiri Hindus), as well as detailed news of the activities of the Association itself.
Kolam: A Mirror of Tamil and Dravidian Culture (continued by New Kolam) -- Köln : Institut für Indologie und Tamilistik [IITS], Universität zu K&oum;ln; Singapore: SASP National University Singapore. (ISSN: 1435-2311). 1998-.
A bi-annual multi-lingual publication of the IITS. Edited by Ulrike Niklas and Sascha Ebeling. A series of compilations on Tamil literary traditions (classical and modern), sciences (grammar, philosophy, theology, medicine, architecture), and village culture (oral literature, village religion and customs, sociological topics, village performing arts, traditional arts and crafts, etc.). Requires installation of Tamil fonts.
Language in India. -- [Bloomington, MN] : M. S. Thirumalai. March 2001-.
"...a monthly online journal devoted to the study of the languages spoken in the Indian sub-continent. We wish to present the scholarly research findings on these languages in popular language. Our focus will be on language use in mass media, education and administration, sociolinguistic and political aspects relating to these languages and the society in the Indian subcontinent, linguistic description, interdisciplinary research, and current issues of importance relating to Indian languages..."
Lines. -- [Colombo, Sri Lanka] : Lines. May 2002-.
A monthly political discussion magazine. "lines is an online magazine that engages with the political spaces of Sri Lanka. We seek to provide a forum that inspires and challenges us to critically scrutinize the terms of received debates, and enable alternative political imaginaries...lines was founded and is co-edited by Ahilan Kadirgamar, S. Nanthikesan and Vasuki Nesiah." Site includes current issue and archive back to May 2002.
Little India. -- Reading, Pennsylvania: Little India. Nov. 1995-.
"... a monthly feature magazine focusing on overseas Indian life..., on the nearly one million Indians in the United States. Every month, the magazine brings its readers trenchant commentaries on overseas Indian life and the works and visions of overseas Indian artists, performers and professionals. Contributors include Indian academics, scholars, professionals, artists, students, social activists, government officials and journalists." Site contains current issue and links to back issues.
Migration News. -- Davis, California: University of California at Davis. 1994-.
Migration News is a newsletter that summarizes the most important immigration and integration developments during the preceding month. Topics are grouped by region: North America, Europe, Asia, and Other. Site also includes electronic data on migration-related topics, organized by world area and by theme.
Modern Asian Studies. -- London: Cambridge University Press. ISSN: 0026-749X. 1998-.
Site contains browsable and searchable tables of contents with complete citations of all articles plus abstracts. Only registered users can purchase online articles in full-text.
Nation [The Nation] Online. -- Lahore, Pakistan: The Nation Publications (pvt) Limited. [Current issue only].
English-language daily newspaper of Pakistan. The print publication began in 1986 in Lahore. Site contains full text, but has no back-issue archives. (Current issue only).
NCSAS Newsletter. -- Melbourne, Australia: National Centre for South Asian Studies, LaTrobe University. 1995. [via Australian National University]
News India-Times on the Web. -- New York: News India-Times [Perry & Co.]. (ISSN:1071-0248). 1997-.
An English-language weekly newspaper for Asian Indians in US. Substantial news coverage and editorials about India, as well as news of the Indian-American community. Site contains the current week's edition, as well as backfiles from 1997 onwards.
News International [Pakistan]. -- [Karachi : The News International; The Jang Group of Newspapers]. 1998-.
English-language daily newspaper from Pakistan, in full text. Site's archive contains September 26, 1998 and continuing.
Pakistan Economist [Online]. -- Karachi: Pakistan and Gulf Economist. 1996-. [username: "page" / password: "page"]
Online version of the well-known financial news weekly, The Pakistan and Gulf Economist. Contains full-text articles on finance & markets, industry & economy, market watch, weekly news, special features, searchable database, etc. Archives of back issues contain selections of the more important articles, but not the full issues.
Pakistan Link: Daily Internet Edition. -- Inglewood, California: Pakistan Link. 1998-.
"The largest Pakistani-American newspaper and the first Pakistani newspaper on the Internet." Site contains full-text of current day's issue, as well as an archive of the Daily News sections from the previous two months.
Panchayat: Discussions of South Asian Politics, Society & Culture. -- [Philadelphia] : Vikash Yadav. May 2002-.
A left-secular non-commercial daily web-log and discussion forum organized by Vikash Yadav (Univ. of Pennsylvania) and Conrad Barwa (Oxford Univ.). Archive goes back to May 2002.
Passi sulla Rete: Pacing the Net. -- Venice: Department of Indological and Far Eastern Studies, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia. April 1996 - November 1996.
"Passi sulla Rete (Pacing the Net) is published as part of the Multimedia Project of the Department of Indological and Far Eastern Studies, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia. It is devoted to (1) selected new resources on India, Tibet, China, Korea and Japan especially useful to students and scholars; (2) developments in the use of computers in the humanities; and (3) new networked tools of general interest." Issues are in Italian. Site contains only numbers one through four (April 1996 to November 1996).
Pop Times: the Population and Development Newsletter of UNFPA India. -- [New Delhi] : UNFPA India - United Nations Population Fund. 2000-.
Newsletter of the UNFPA with reports, news, media coverage, etc. on UNFPA programs in India. Files are large, and in .pdf format. Server can be slow...
Princely States Report: Journal of Indian States History, Philately & Numismatics. -- [s.l.] : Vahana Project. [ISSN: 1534-5572]. 2000-2001.
Detailed research articles on the (primarily philatelic) history of the Indian princely states.
Qalandar: Islam and Interfaith Relations in South Asia. -- [s.l.] : Qalandar. 2002-.
A monthly newsletter with editorials, analytical articles, book reviews, interviews, etc. on Islam and its relations with other faiths in South Asia.
RagaNet. -- [Santa Cruz, CA]: Batish Institute of Indian Music and Fine Arts. 1995-.
"...an educational magazine for the music and fine arts of India. It features regular lessons on Indian music and the various instruments of India like the sitar, tabla, dilrubha etc... lots of gifs, examples of audio excerpts, and midi files where applicable." Published approximately quarterly. Site contains current issue as well as complete online backfiles. Published by the Batish Institute of Indian Music and Fine Arts.
Newsletter, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies. - Colombo, Sri Lanka: Regional Centre for Stategic Studies. 1999-.
Quarterly newsletter of this NGO devoted to "collaborative research, networking and interaction on strategic and international issues pertaining to South Asia." Online archive goes back to Vol. 5 no. 1 (January 1999).
re/productions. -- [Cambridge : Global Reproductive Health Forum - Harvard, in association with SNDT Women's University (Mumbai, India) and The Centre for Women's Development Studies (New Delhi)]. 1999-.
"an on-line journal dedicated to disseminating work by scholars, activists, and organizations exploring discourses of reproductive health and rights in South Asia. The journal focuses on expanding understandings of 'health' and making connections with people and issues outside the traditional scope of public health and reproductive rights in the region."
Revolutionary Democracy Journal [Online]. -- [New Delhi] : [np]. 1995-.
"a half-yearly theoretical and political journal published in April and September from India. It contains materials on the problems facing the communist movement, particularly relating to Russia, China and India, the origins of modern revisionism, the restoration of capitalism in the USSR and developments in the international communist movement." Beginning with the April 2000 issue only selected articles have been posted. In some cases only the introductions to articles, including some of the most important ones, are posted. The complete table of contents of the more recent issues are shown. From 1995-2000, full-text of all articles is included on the site.
SAGAR: South Asia Graduate Research Journal (Online). -- Austin, TX: University of Texas at Austin. 1994-.
"A biannual journal from the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin... Showcases exceptional graduate student and junior scholar articles. It also includes faculty and graduate research methodology, reports from the field, and book reviews." Web site contains substantial backfiles.
SALNAQ: South Asia Libraries Notes & Queries [e-SALNAQ]. -- [np] : CONSALD (Committee on South Asia Libraries and Documentation). 1999-.
Organ of the Committee on South Asia Libraries and Documentation, designed to "keep those interested in South Asia bibliographic information current with new bibliographic tools and information resources" on South Asia.
SALON Newsletter: South Asian Linguistics 'Off' the Net (Online). -- London: SALON; Tanmoy Bhattacharya. 1997-.
Brief articles, notices, queries and postings on the linguistics of South Asia, by members of, an international group of linguists and linguistics students devoted to this topic. The Newsletter grew out of the transactions of the SALON listserv. Site contains archives as well as current issue, and links to the SALON homepage.
SAND: South Asia Nuclear Dialogue. -- Berkeley: Nautilus Institute for Security & Sustainable Development. 2000-.
Weekly bulletins, reports and updates on nuclear issues in South Asia. "The South Asia Nuclear Dialogue Network (SANDNet) aims to bring together officials, NGO representatives, scholars, and others working to advance peace and security in South Asia. SANDNet weekly email and web updates provide news summaries, analysis, and discussion mainly from the South Asian press. SANDNet also serves as a repository for security-related government documents, substantial policy statements, and links to other high-quality web pages that focus on regional nuclear and security issues."
SAPRA India Monthly Bulletin (Online). -- New Delhi: SAPRA India (Security and Political Risk Analysis India), a division of K Media Private Ltd. 1995-[1999].
Bulletin of SAPRA India, "a New Delhi based, private sector, independent think tank which focuses on peace/conflict studies, political & business risk, terrorism and security related issues pertinent to the South Asian context. SAPRA India looks at all of these from an 'Indian point' of view. Specifically, it analyses trends, events or findings in the military, external, political and business fronts that could impact on India at the strategic level." Site contains abstracts of all articles as well as full-text of selected articles from each issue (but only through 1997?)
SCANNER: Electronic Newsletter for Economics and Bangladesh Studies. [New York: Tanweer Akram]. January-December, 1998.
"Scanner is an electronic newsletter for economists and other specialists interested in Bangladesh. It lists publications, workshops, conferences, events and information of professional and academic interest. It is edited by Tanweer Akram." Note: website contains description and contact information only. The journal is available free of charge over the internet, distributed only in the form of an email subscription, which can be requested from the address given at the site.
Seminar: The Monthly Symposium (Web-Edition). New Delhi: Malvika Singh, Seminar Publications. July 1999-.
The online version of the famous monthly Indian political magazine of the same name, which has been publishing almost 50 years. Site is equipped with indexes, tables of contents, a search engine, and full-text archives back to July 1999. (The current issue provides full table of contents and only selective full-text of articles. The remaining articles are included in full-text one month after the issue's release).
SikhSpectrum.com Quarterly. -- 2002-.
Quarterly magazine on general topics on politics, culture, religion -- often from a Sikh cultural perspective. Full-text archive covers all issues from 2002 onward.
siliconindia magazine [Silicon India]. -- New York: Silicon India. August, 1997-. (ISSN 1091-9503).
A monthly "business and technology magazine for professionals of Indian origin. Its aim is to provide information, news, analysis and opinion on business and technology in India and the United States. It is a forum for Indian professionals to interact, exchange information, develop business relations and share industry expertise. siliconindia is the leading information resource for technology savvy professionals..." Site includes tables of contents as well as the full text of many articles selected from each issue (including all back issues).
SINHAS: Studies in Nepali History and Society. -- [Kathmandu]: Nepal Studies Group, Center for Social Research & Development. 1996-. [via Emory University]. (ISSN: 1025-5109).
"...an interdisciplinary forum for original research... that i) opens up to scholarship areas of study that have not traditionally been part of "Nepal Studies" and ii) casts new light on familiar topics." Apparently biennial. Site does not carry the full text of the journal, but does contain complete tables of contents and abstracts of every article, plus background and subscription information.
South Asian Outlook. -- [np] : GlobalomNet Media. July 2001 -.
"An independent e-monthly...by South Asians for South Asians." News and opinion and culture. Publisher is based in Canada and Germany.
Taraqqi: Monthly Online Journal of News, News Analysis and Views on Indian, South Asian and World Events. -- New York : Association of Indian Progressive Study Groups (AIPSG). September 1999-.
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Thursday, November 23, 2006

[msumphil2006] Sondhi's 'new time journalism'

Sondhi's 'new time journalism'
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Sondhi's 'new time journalism'

In an on-camera interview with AsiaMedia, media mogul and anti-Thaksin activist Sondhi Limthongkul said corruption in Thailand has forced his news reporting into a journalism-activism hybrid

By Amanda Natividad
AsiaMedia Staff Writer

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Los Angeles --- Sondhi Limthongkul, Thai media mogul and outspoken critic of the administration of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, spoke at a crowded lecture hall at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) on Monday. Armed with criticisms of the now-ousted regime and toting staunch views on press freedom, he explained the struggles he and his supporters faced in their fight for a change of leadership.

Sondhi is the founder and owner of Manager Group, a conglomerate of media outlets including the Manager Daily newspaper, a weekly newspaper, a monthly magazine, a community radio station and Asian Satellite TV (ASTV).

His media outlets, said Sondhi, push the envelope of journalism in Thailand. Pervasive government control and corruption, he said, make it impossible to practice traditional news reporting. He subscribes to what he called "new time journalism," a journalism-activism hybrid that calls for political change. One of the differences between Thai and American democracy, he said, is that media outlets in the United States cover a variety of political perspectives.

"Here, if you don't like Bush, you stop watching Fox News. Instead, you maybe take a look at CNN. If you hate Bush, you read The New York Times, Washington Post. If you love Bush, you read Washington Times. But in Thailand, there's bloody no choice. There's only one side of the story," Sondhi told AsiaMedia.


Watch AsiaMedia's exclusive interview with Sondhi Limthongkul on Real Player or Windows Media Player (forthcoming). You can also read a full transcript of the interview.

"We are the only network which asks 'why' and once we asked a lot of 'whys,' we've been bullied," he said. "[The government] sues us in court, they try to close down the station, they instruct the Communications Authority of Thailand -- which controls the Internet -- to have the Internet company to shut us down."

Sondhi has faced considerable hurdles in his business and his political crusades. He declared bankruptcy after the 1997 Asian financial crisis and Manager Group went into serious debt.

He said he learned the "hard way" by overcoming three years of bankruptcy and facing endless criticism, but he strongly believes that the people "love to hear the truth." Thaksin had destroyed the commercial viability of media outlets, Sondhi said, but ASTV fans are not easily duped by political figures' statements.

"If you don't stick to your principles, you'll be dead on arrival," he told the UCLA audience.

This year, Sondhi has faced many lawsuits, including charges of defamation and lèse majesté. In May, the Manager Daily newspaper published a series of articles claiming that Thaksin and former student leaders met in Finland in 1999 and plotted to abolish Thailand's monarchy and create a republic similar to western countries'. Thaksin and his administration vehemently denied these accusations and sued Sondhi for defamation.

Now, Manager Group faces new adversity while martial law remains in effect: "We are still the only media group defying martial law," Sondhi said.

Through new time journalism, Sondhi hopes to bring about political awareness that did not exist when Thaksin was elected to office. Thaksin, he said, took advantage of the poor who "lack a complete understanding of what politics are all about" by bribing them to vote and rally for him.

At one rally, he said pro-Thaksin supporters were each paid 500 baht. "They are paid half first, and once the rally finishes they receive another half," he told AsiaMedia. The Nation indicated that Thaksin supporters, "some of whom were said to have been paid between Bt300 and Bt500 to join the rally," were being shuttled in to a 200,000 strong Mar. 3, 2006 pro-Thaksin rally at Sanam Luang.

When asked if he is underestimating the rural poor, Sondhi said, "No, not at all. I lived there, I've been there, I fought against Thaksin and I know them all."

Thaksin's corruption has been widely recognized, but Sondhi too has his own set of critics. When he spoke at the University of Washington last week, several students protested and distributed handouts entitled "9 myths about the September 19, 2006, Coup."

Dr. Charles Keyes, a professor of anthropology and international studies at the University of Washington who attended the Washington event, argues that Thailand's rural majority have a greater understanding of politics than Sondhi gives them credit for. In Feb. 2005, Keyes conducted field research of villages in northeast Thailand. This same month, the Thai Rak Thai Party and Thaksin won with a landslide victory, winning 374 of the 500 seats in the House of Representatives while the Chart Thai Party won 26 seats and the Democratic Party of Thailand won 96 seats. His research shows, Keyes said in a phone interview, that poor people in the Maha Sarakham province could clearly differentiate between the leading Thai Rak Thai and Democratic parties' platforms.

"Thai Rak Thai won because the Democrats didn't succeed in reaching the rural people," he told AsiaMedia. "Even if they really were being bought, they really did have a sense they were voting their interests."

The idea of an uneducated rural population is a myth, Keyes said. The rural poor now have significant education to the middle school level, and many complete high school and college.

Keyes said that he respects Sondhi's courage in organizing protests against the former prime minister, but also cautions that Sondhi is very similar to Thaksin in that both use their media empires to build a following.

"Sondhi and Thaksin are two of a kind… [Sondhi] has always been manipulative in the same way Thaksin is manipulative," Keyes told AsiaMedia. "[Sondhi] is sophisticated in his use of the media, but uses it to manipulate public opinion."

Sondhi admitted to having mixed feelings about the way the coup took place and its outcome. Though he is relieved that there was no bloodshed, he lamented that the military takeover would never have had to occur if Thaksin respected the people's rights. He said that if the interim government and the military do not restore democracy and power to the people within a year as they have promised, he would protest again.

On Sunday, Sondhi held a rally at the Hollywood Park and spoke to an estimated 2,200 Thai American supporters.

In spite of whatever criticism he may receive, Sondhi's supporters who crowded the two Los Angeles venues, look to him as a courageous leader. One UCLA audience member, who said he had invested 50,000 baht to ASTV, pledged his loyalty to Sondhi. "If [Sondhi] can fight Thaksin, he can fight anybody," he said.

Additional reporting by Angilee Shah

Thursday, November 02, 2006

[msumphil2006] 3rd International CICT Conference

3rd International
CICT Conference
Mobile and wireless content, services and networks
- Short-term and long-term development trends

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On November 30th to December 1st 2006, the Center for Information and Communication Technologies (CICT), Technical University of Denmark, holds its third international conference on Mobile and wireless content, services and networks -
Short-term and long-term development trends.

The diffusion of 3G networks has taken far more time than anticipated. The primary reason is that operators have found it difficult to develop profitable 3G business cases. From an operator point of view, the additional average revenue per user from new data and content services does not seem to warrant fast build up; from a user point, there are not sufficient relevant new features to shift technology. Meanwhile, other wireless technologies have appeared, including Wi-Fi, WiMAX and technologies using the vacated 450 MHz frequency band. Furthermore, new P2P, mesh or ad-hoc network technologies are also being developed.

The conference focuses on issues related to the short as well as the long-term developments in mobile and wireless technologies, the services and content enabled by these technologies, and the relations between the development of technologies and services/content. User requirements and how they are met by technology and service solutions are examined. The two main themes of the conference are:

  1. The direction and development of networking technologies.
    1. What characterizes the future of 3G?
    2. Which technologies are likely to supplement or substitute for 3G technology in the development beyond 3G?
  2. The diffusion of new services and content
    1. How will the adoption process of the new features develop?
    2. What are the potentials in, e.g., the developments in mobile broadcast and the new communicative services enabled by higher capacity mobile and wireless networks?
    3. What characterizes the communicative and informational user needs and requirements that potentially can be served by mobile and wireless networks, applications, services and content?

Center for Information and Communication Technologies
Technical University of Denmark
Building 371
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E-mail: cict@cict.dtu.dk

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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

[msumphil2006] International Conference on Communication and Reality COMMUNICATION CROSSROADS:

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

International Conference on Communication and Reality

COMMUNICATION CROSSROADS: LIMITS AND TRANSGRESSIONS

BARCELONA, 25-26 MAY, 2007

Call for papers

* Submission deadline has been extended to November 8.

* Abstracts should be sent before November 8 2006 through the webform available at: http://cicr.blanquerna.url.edu

* Notification of acceptance is due by November 30.

* Full papers will be delivered before February 1 2007, once they have been accepted.

* All accepted papers will be published in the book of proceedings

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School of Communication, University Ramon Llull ( Barcelona , Catalunya-Spain), will organise the forth International Conference on Communication and Reality. The theme for reflection and discussion is: Communication Crossroads: limits and transgressions

In all societies, and at all times throughout history, a tension has existed between the consciousness of the socially acceptable ethical, aesthetic and political limits and the real possibility of transgressing them. On many occasions, the resolution of this tension has been dramatic, yet it has also paved the way for the majority of social advances in our civilisation. With the emergence of the aesthetic avant-garde of the early 20th century transgression became, for the first time in history, a positive value. This radical change of attitude requires us to rethink the ethical, aesthetic or political limits of the products generated by the information society and mass culture. This applies to all of its activities but especially to journalism, publicity and audio-visuals

The theme will be explored through four core areas, which correspond to the four central lectures of the conference (keynote speakers will be announced as soon as they are confirmed):

1. The scope and boundaries of journalism

The new social and technological realities confronting us offer great opportunities to journalism in the 21st century, though they also throw up many challenges and questions. The shortening of the classic binomial space-time, the increase in the quality and quantity of information produced, or the bursting on to the scene, and their mixing, of new formats, genres and professional profiles all favour the profession and an improved professional practice. However, they may also act as a brake on progress. Paradoxically, both journalism and the journalist are going through a crisis of direction and their role as the traditional arbiters of reality is up for (re)interpretation in a society that has become highly media-conscious.

While the Conference Committee is also willing to accept papers that explore other perspectives, in principle the discussions will be centred around the following themes:

* Credibility of journalism and journalists

* New ethical challenges thrown up by globalisation

* Weblogs and journalism

* Journalism and press offices

* Limits to freedom of _expression

* Community and participatory journalism. The end of the journalist as administrator of reality?

2. Limits, creativity and content in audiovisuals and advertising

The impact of globalisation, the crisis of some media (falls in levels of newspaper readership), the confusion between reality and fiction, and the intrusions on privacy (Big Brother, Supernanny...), the hybridisation and confusion of certain overlapping specialist forms (television news programmes that seem more like instruments of government propaganda, serials and programmes with high levels of publicity content...), or the appearance of other media with new needs (blogs, wikis, DTT, nano-media...), throw up a series of questions about the idea of the limits to creativity. Nevertheless, the other side of the coin reveals the opening up of substantial creative possibilities. What should audio-visual and advertising products be like in a world that is increasingly audio-visual? Should limits be placed on creativity? Should there be an ethical limit to the power of immediacy and expressiveness of these new communication formats?

While the Conference Committee is also willing to accept papers that explore other perspectives, in principle the discussions will be centred around the following themes:

* New formats in audio-visual creativity

* New formats in advertising creativity

* Limits between fiction and reality in audio-visual creativity

* New creative challenges thrown up by DTT

* New forms of business communication (viral marketing, direct advertising...) - dialogue or interference?

* Hybrid products that mix audio-visuals and publicity (advertising shorts, bartering, tele-sales, tele-promotions, etc.)

3. Communication, culture and counter-culture

The counter-culture suggests the explicit rejection of the ‘official culture’ and proposes ‘transgressive’ cultural and communicative forms that allow us to go beyond dominant conventions. But is the counter-culture a social movement that opposes ‘Culture’ with a capital ‘C’, or is it a new form of alternative culture that simply breaks established limits and norms? What is the role of the media in publicising these alternative proposals that, on occasions, end up being adopted by the very society they criticise? To what extent have cinema, television and publicity taken on board the aesthetic and cultural proposals generated by the counter-culture?

While the Conference Committee is also willing to accept papers that explore other perspectives, in principle the discussions will be centred around the following themes:

* New technologies and social movements

* Advertising and counter-culture

* The marketing of counter-cultural products

* The representation of the counter-culture in the conventional media as a first step in creating the counter-culture business

* The industry of counter-cultural communication

4. New aesthetic parameters in the media society

Undoubtedly, the internal mechanisms of the media, and their submission to both technological and commercial imperatives, are producing a hyper-fragmentation with new forms that are very swiftly assimilated. At present, new parameters of consumption and new aesthetic canons can be observed that are based on performance phenomena and media feedback.

While the Conference Committee is also willing to accept papers that explore other perspectives, in principle the discussions will be centred around the following themes:

* Limits between chance and creativity

* Cultural industry and marketing

* New aesthetics and new challenges in communication

* Fashion, trends and communication

We would appreciate it if you could circulate this as widely as possible.

For further information, please contact:
Pere Masip

School of Communication. University Ramon Llull

Valldonzella, 23

Barcelona 08001, Spain
Tel: +34 93 253 30 21 Fax: +34 93 253 30 99, E-mail: cicr @blanquerna.edu
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http://cicr.blanquerna.url.edu

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[msumphil2006] Changing News... by Sevanti Ninan

MEDIA MATTERS

Changing news

BY SEVANTI NINAN

The emergence of a vocal middle class, and 24-hour news channels, have led to a broad interpretation of the term "news".



Would it reduce the blood pressure of old-time hacks if one were to modify their nomenclature and call them lifestyle channels?

IN the United States, 24-hour news took away the sanctity of evening network news and the importance of the anchor who delivered it. Anchors changed by the hour, and everything became news.

In West Asia, satellite TV news has put Arab leaders under greater scrutiny than ever before. Over there, they've gone from soft to hard with a freedom that is new.

And in India the traditional news establishment has been wrenched from its moorings by the emergence of a middle class, and a youthful segment within it. Why that should happen is mystifying, but there it is. Upward mobility has meant more news consumers whose preferences are constantly second-guessed. And much less of news as we used to understand it.

Selling proposition

"Don" ke bina Hindustan mein news channel chalana sirf mushkil nahin hain, na mumkin hai. (It is not just difficult to run a news channel in India without "Don", it is impossible.) For an entire fortnight it seemed like TV news had bought that proposition wholesale. From re-running the original version of that line, to the overheated coverage of the movie's release, to interviewing the new Don on news channels which he cheesily described as mediocre. Between "Don" and Deepavali, with "Jaaneman" getting a generous look in, you could have been forgiven for wondering where the news went. The Champions Trophy coverage was the hardest the news got.

At 9.30 p.m. the day the movie released, you had "Jaaneman" versus "Don" on Times Now, Sanjay Dutt on his life on NDTV, Interviews with "Jaaneman's" lead stars on CNN-IBN, "Don" on Headlines Today, "Jaaneman" on Aaj Tak, Khan vs. Khan on Star News, and Which is the Bigger Khan on Zee News. That's called choice. Two hours earlier, on all of the above, you would have found cricket.

And in between everybody behaved as if they had just discovered Deepavali. Join Us, For the Great Indian Shopping Experience. Indians apparently now have money. Eighty three thousand millionaires, and counting. And like the rich everywhere, their problems are different. Where will you leave your pooches when you go away for Deepavali? We'll tell you about a dog resort. What does a diabetic do at Deepavali? We'll tell you about the sugar free options. Some party pooper would say all that splurging was disgusting in a poor country. So on NDTV they were worrying about the rich being unfairly targeted. And kindly offering ways to assuage your conscience. "Here's how you can contribute to help farmers in U.P. It's going to be a dark Deepavali for them." The solicitousness continued after Deepavali had come and gone. Then it was "Fighting Deepavali Blues". Tips for warding off Deepavali fatigue, on a news bulletin, no less.

Would it reduce the blood pressure of old-time hacks watching all this if one were to modify their nomenclature and call them lifestyle channels? Because then it's perfectly alright for Star Lifestyle News to bring us a special on the Star Plus bahus going Deepavali shopping. Or for Lifestyle Today to serve up at 9 p.m. its sex special on "What Men Want" (I'll spare you the gory details). Or for Zee Lifestyle to present the cricketers as gladiators with a Roman arena for a backdrop. Or for Star Lifestyle News to run an sms poll on whom the readers think Preity Zinta should plump for in the film "Jaaneman": Salman Khan or Akshay Kumar? None of the above would then seem quite so bizarre.

New methods

Playing alongside the great news transformation is the debate over sting journalism, newly revived by the U.P. legislature's summons to Rajdeep Sardesai of CNN-IBN. Stings are in fact part of the news transformation, turning journalists into investigators armed with the tools and ethics of the modern detective trade.

How would you have nailed a minister abetting drug runners in the old days, the TV expose that has irked the U.P. assembly? By despatching a reporter to crack the story and take photographs where possible. Naming names would still have resulted in a furore in the assembly, including charges of a breach of privilege. Arun Shourie notched up a notice a year in the Rajya Sabha in 1981 and 1982 for such breach. He did not use entrapment. He used files and photographs to nail ministers at the Centre or State.

Don't be fooled by Tarun Tejpal's gush in the Hindustan Times: "For the first time in decades, there has appeared an independent deterrent to wrongdoing in public. The sting." What entrapment does get you is that image of someone taking wads of notes, which can be played seamlessly over and over again to a bored middle class with attention deficit disorder. And ratings to show the advertiser. Ask Rajat Sharma, who used stings to establish a channel nobody had heard of and who gleefully admits as much today.

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