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An elegant evening and miles to go
Report (and pix) about a lovely event hosted by Tasneem Chipty to benefit Sapan News, plus donate information, and invite to a Pakistan documentary film…
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Two worlds touch at Cambridge Diwali-Eid event
An inaugural Sapan News Local feature produced in collaboration with Cambridge Day about a beloved 20+ year old tradition upholding the Southasian…
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A Bangladeshi friend on board the Flotilla
Acclaimed photographer and activist Shahidul Alam, who I've known for more than 30 years, is now in Israeli custody along with 90 others aboard the…
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A trip to London, a young artists' exhibit and a documentary screening #Southasia #art #film
What do the creative arts and good journalism have in common? Both are rooted in being exploratory, observational, and non-judgmental, rather than…
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As war drums beat, remembering departed comrades who stood for peace
On 24 April 2015, a valiant peacemonger and social justice activist was killed in Karachi. A mother lost her only child, and many of us a dear friend…
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Owning Mashal Khan: Pakistan’s road to redemption
Remembering the journalism student Mashal Khan on his eighth death anniversary, and putting in context his brutal lynching at a university campus in…
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Back in the USA and the urgency of 'Southasia'
What’s happening in the U.S. now feels familiar to those of us from elsewhere who been fighting such fights for long, including in Southasia which is…
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