Dilli

You know Delhi as a ‘bustling megapolis’ — but do you know Dilli?

Topi – A Short Film

Amidst the turbulent partition of India circa 1947, a young Hindu boy has a chance encounter with a stranger.

The Musalman: Preservation of a Dream

Because Arabic’s not the only squiggly language out there.

Tortured in Custody

The unforgettable memories of those torturous 10 days haunt him to this day: the humiliation of everyday stripping, frequent beating, of being hung upside down, electric shocks to private parts, and that unbearable pain every time his finger nail was pulled out.

As Kashmir burns

Kashmir is a disputed territory. When Partition happened in 1947, and Pakistan was created, Muslim-majority states were supposed to become part of Pakistan, and Hindu-majority states were to remain with India. The state of Jammu & Kashmir was a unique case – it was a princely state in British India, and, even though it had a Muslim majority, it was ruled over by the..

Occupation of Kashmir – A Deteriorating Condition

To give you a bit of a background, on June 11th, the Indian occupying
forces (referred also as the army in this email) killed a young
17-year-old boy, named Tufail, who was walking home amidst a routine
protest in downtown Kashmir.

Indian Call for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel

All signs indicate that Israel is starting to take seriously the threat of Palestine solidarity activists, the types of people brushed off for so long by media and policymakers as marginal and irrelevant.

Now, Israel is moving towards the criminal prosecution of those who advocate Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) as tools to press Israeli compliance with international law and norms in its Apartheid rule and occupation of the Palestinian people.

As Indian writers and artists call for a boycott of Israel, it is clearly becoming a global movement. read

Film Review: My Name is Khan

To be of the South Asian persuasion means there are several cultural observations you must oblige to, ideally without much verbal protest: spicy foods, medical degree, a severe lack of emphasis on the virtue of the outdoors, engineering, being felt up and checked out by very investigative mothers of single young men at dinner parties

Missile Gyrations

Can they really get any more pathetic? Could the guy at least bother to shave? And which Bollywood song is ever sung in English? They’d be better off singing it in Hebrew. You’d think with the $900 million/year they’ve been making lately from the Indians (think about how many people for how long that amount [...]

Sikh Solidarity with Palestine Statement

January 12, 2009 Kal kaati raaje kaasaa-ee dharma pankh kar udriaa.Koorh amaavas sach chandramaa deesai naahee kah charhiaa. (This age is a knife, kings are butchers; justice hath taken wings and fled.In this completely dark night of falsehood the truth is never seen to rise.) – Guru Nanak Sahib, *Sri Guru Granth Sahib*, p. 145 [...]