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Rebellion and the Ghadar Centennial
The SAMAR Collective | October 20, 2013

How do we practice and understand revolution? How has the spirit of Ghadar shaped the communities we form in the present, and how have we transformed radical action in the 21st century?

the colour of mourning
Amal Rana | October 20, 2013

Amal Rana explores how love can inspire revolution.

Recent Articles

Book Review: Corona by Bushra Rehman (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2013)
By: Zohra Saed | From: Issue 41: Rebellion and the Ghadar Centenial (10/23/2013)

This fragmented, musical novel breaks the prettiness of memory, brings irreverent humor where it should, shows the crisscross of ethnic neighborhoods in New York City, and celebrates love in the midst of violence. 

Phir bi Dil Hai Inquilabi
By: Sonny Singh | Published: Oct 21, 2013

Sonny Singh of Red Baraat explores the how revolution has evolved in meaning and music

Inquilab Zindabad
By: Joti Singh | From: Issue 41: Rebellion and the Ghadar Centenial (10/23/2013)

Choreographer Joti Singh reflects on her own familial connections to Ghadar history,  staged recently in her production "Red, Saffron, and Green."

The Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour: Building Our Movement, One Story At A Time
By: Anirvan Chatterjee | From: Issue 41: Rebellion and the Ghadar Centenial (10/23/2013)

Anirvan Chatterjee takes us on a tour of Berkeley’s radical South Asian American history, and argues that historical memory is one of the key inspirations for contemporary political movements

Circles of Gender Justice
By: The SAMAR Collective | From: Issue 40: Circles of Gender Justice (5/31/2013)

Dear Readers,

Gendered violence plays a pervasive and significant role in the lives of modern women around the globe. In that vein, we present a special issue on women’s responses and activism against gender-based violence in South Asian and South Asian diasporic communities.

Radio Samar

Tracks Back Home
Naazneen Diwan, Taz Ahmed

Live reading of poem developed for the South Asians for Justice event "Gujarat Genocide and US Solidarity" in Los Angeles, April 2012

History of Communalism in India
Yasmin Qureshi

History and context of how communalism grew in India (part of SAJ-LA's Gujarat Genocide event)

Book Review: Corona by Bushra Rehman (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2013)
Zohra Saed | Oct 24, 2013

This fragmented, musical novel breaks the prettiness of memory, brings irreverent humor where it should, shows the crisscross of ethnic neighborhoods in New York City, and celebrates love in the midst of violence. 

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Khalil Bendib
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Saurav Sarkar | Issue 16: South Asians and the Politics of Health (12/16/2003)

The Impact of INS Special Registration

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Good Mutants, Bad Mutants
Ali Mir | Issue 19: Relief in a Time of Crisis (1/24/2005)

The good mutants work in spaces servicing the global economy. The bad ones want to destroy freedom, democracy, free markets. New mutations are arising in the politics of fear and the War on Terror.

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The Organizer's Corner
The SAMAR Collective | Issue 18: Overture to a Long Tomorrow (11/3/2004)

Questions for Saru Jayaraman of Restaurant Opportunities Center - New York (ROC-NY)

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Bollywood Imagines the Good (and Bad) Muslim
Omer Shah | Issue 35: States of Disaster (3/1/2010)

My Name is Khan...and I am not a terrorist is the already ubiquitous chorus from the most recent Bollywood blockbuster to cross over to western audiences. The film seeks to engage American anxieties around nationalism and race and at the same time reveals similar commentaries about India. Omer Shah reviews the film and asks: are we ever able to construct Muslim identities without the notion of terrorist?

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The Politics of Self-Absorption
Biju Mathew | Issue 16: South Asians and the Politics of Health (12/16/2003)

Experience versus Solidarity in Movement Dynamics

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