Features
Mississippi Mutiny Challenges Anti-Trafficking Law
South Asian migrant shipyard workers who were promised Green Cards protest against miserable working and living conditions in Mississippi. The case challenges policies towards and perceptions of victims of human trafficking.
by Svati Shah
From Issue 29 May 13th, 2008

Theater
Stories of Joy, Sorrow, and Transformation
Andolan members creatively organize around the exploitation of South Asian low-wage women workers through theatre. Through five poignant monologues, Sukh aur Dukh ki Kahani transforms the portrayal of domestic workers as passive victims into agents of change through storytelling.
by Linta Varghese
From Issue 29 May 13th, 2008

Features
Stories from Coming Out, Coming Home
Satrang hosted a series of writing workshops for members of the LGBTIQQ South Asian community to excavate and craft their personal stories. Aakash Kishore's "Shatterproof" and Alicia Virani's "Founder's Day" were presented, along with the other participants from the workshop, this month in Southern California.
by Aakash Kishore and Alicia Virani
From Issue 29 May 13th, 2008

Editorial
Speaking up against Violence, Rahela's Story
Rahela was raped, mugged, and set on fire. She named her assailants before dying but four years later, the four men walk free. What is the point of the Violence Against Women and Children Act, if they aren't enforced?
by Nadine Murshid
From Issue 29 May 13th, 2008

Editorial
No Country for Good Men
There is an alarming trend in India of arresting and detaining without bail human rights activists that challenge state authority. The unjust imprisonment of Dr Binayak Sen is the latest example.
by S.P. Arun
From Issue 29 May 13th, 2008

Fiction
Tale of an Indian Lesbian
While the single unmarried daughters in the city's posh enclaves fall into dreams of securing rings from America-branded MBA sons of high status families, Charu lies tossing and turning under satin sheets fantasizing about hibernating in the folds of the supple sari clad bodies of women.
by Sharmila Mukherjee
From Issue 29 May 13th, 2008

Forum: Elections—Winds of Change or Hot Air?
Organizing for Obama
A South Asians for Obama organizer explores what an Obama presidency would look like, explains what's in it for progressives, and asks what is the future role of this country.
by Zachariah Mampilly
From Issue 28 February 25th, 2008

Forum: Elections—Winds of Change or Hot Air?
Skinny Candidates With Funny Names
The recent election of Bobby Jindal to governor of Louisiana and Barack Obama's presidential candidacy explores the relevance of race, ethnicity, and South Asian-American issues in the American Race/Ethnicity nexus.
by Amardeep Singh
From Issue 28 February 25th, 2008

Forum: Elections—Winds of Change or Hot Air?
The Time is Right for the Desi Vote
The South Asian community of New York City provides a compelling case for what a widespread and organized effort to register and mobilize voters could look like.
by Ali Najmi
From Issue 28 February 25th, 2008

Forum: Elections—Winds of Change or Hot Air?
"From a Musharraf policy to a Pakistan policy"
As Americans vote for a new presidential candidate, there is hope that Biden's proposal may have some impact in influencing a new foreign policy pact and partnership with Pakistan.
by Muntasir Sattar
From Issue 28 February 25th, 2008

Forum: Elections—Winds of Change or Hot Air?
Letter to a Progressive Hindu
The re-election of Narendra Modi five years after the Gujarat pogrom signals that it is time for a progressive Hindu movement to reclaim the religion as one that is progressive, tolerant and secular humanistic.
by Balmurli Natrajan
From Issue 28 February 25th, 2008

Forum: Elections—Winds of Change or Hot Air?
Historic First Step on a Long Road Ahead in Nepal
A Nepali human rights advocate realistically examines the potential and limitations of the upcoming election in bringing about sustainable peace, stability, and social justice to Nepal.
by Luna Ranjit
From Issue 28 February 25th, 2008

Editorial
Martial Law Ma-sha-allah
The current events in Pakistan are nothing more than a replay of an old story. We have a threat to the United States (communism now replaced with 'Islamofascism'), the ensuing billions of dollars in aid to fend off the threat, a suspended judiciary, and of course le generale du jour.
by Daanish Alevi
From Issue 27 November 12th, 2007

Editorial
Call to Pakistan
A daughter calls her mother in Lahore; the phone rings and rings. She, along with seventy other peace activist from the best-known human rights organizations, have been arrested. But the troubling times are giving birth to a new resistance.
by Maryam Arif
From Issue 27 November 12th, 2007

Features
The World Bank on Trial
The People's Tribunal is a shrewd political strategy, but most profoundly it is a direct assault on the World Bank's monopoly on knowledge.
by Neil Tangri
From Issue 27 November 12th, 2007