Category: South Asia

LOS ANGELES: EMPOWER 2019, A CUTTING-EDGE ASIAN-AMERICAN ‘KOLLABORATION’

by Aashna Malpani | Mar 27, 2019 | East Asia, Film, Los Angeles, Media, South Asia | 1 |

AASHNA MALPANI WRITES– Kollaboration, a non-profit, hosted the EMPOWER conference last week....

LGBTQ: The Indian Films From Outfest You Need to See

by Paula Markow | Mar 25, 2019 | Film, India, INDIA, LGBT, South Asia | 0 |

PAULA MARKOW WRITES– Outfest Fusion, a film festival that showcases the LGBTQ community, ran...

BANGLADESH: Rohingya Exodus – What’s Happening in Cox’s Bazar?

by Aashna Malpani | Dec 13, 2018 | Bangladesh, myanmar, South Asia | 0 |

AASHNA MALPANI WRITES– Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya, victims of Myanmar’s ethnic...

INDIA: Postpartum Depression, Women, and the Indian Society in Between

by Aashna Malpani | Dec 2, 2018 | feminism, India, INDIA, SEXISM, South Asia, Women's Rights | 0 |

(Certain names in the story have been shortened to protect the person’s identity.) AASHNA MALPANI...

But Modi Ji, What About India’s LGBT Population?

by Aashna Malpani | Sep 12, 2018 | BBC, gay rights, human rights, India, INDIA, South Asia, Southeast Asia | 0 |

AASHNA MALPANI WRITES — On September 6, India’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of...

SINGAPORE: EAST WEST CENTER MEDIA CONFERENCE OFFERS OPTIMISTIC VIEWS IN CONTRAST TO MEDIA’S GENERAL SKEPTICISM

by Asia Media Staff | Jun 30, 2018 | Australia, India, Singapore | 0 |

Courtesy of the East West Center: From Singapore, 30 June 2018—From the Himalayas to the Korean...

PAKISTAN: Malala Yousafzai Comes Back to Pakistan Six Years Later After Attack

by Murad Basrawi | Apr 24, 2018 | Pakistan, South Asia | 0 |

MURAD BASRAWI WRITES—Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist for women’s education and the youngest...

INDIA: NOT UNLIKE FACEBOOK, WILL ‘AADHAR’ PROVE A BOON OR A CURSE?

by Yousef Al Homaidhi | Apr 11, 2018 | India, South Asia | 0 |

YOUSEF AL HOMAIDHI WRITES — Aadhar is an ambitious project started by the Government of...

PAKISTAN: WHAT COLOSSAL WASTE IN AN OTHERWISE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY

by Murad Basrawi | Mar 19, 2018 | Pakistan, South Asia | 0 |

MURAD BASRAWI WRITES – Pakistan faces a growing problem with people disposing garbage, toxic...

INDIA: PADMAAVAT FILM LEADS TO CONTROVERSY REGARDING RELIGION

by Diana Jablonski | Mar 12, 2018 | India, South Asia | 0 |

DIANA JABLONSKI WRITES – Riots and protesting broke out in India last month against the...

FILM: WHOEVER SAID INDIA HAS NO SENSITIVE MALES?

by Fassa Sar | Feb 11, 2018 | India, South Asia | 0 |

FASSA SAR WRITES – Arunachalam Murugunatham’s community once even labeled him a pervert when...

PAKISTAN: MORE CIVILIAN KILLINGS, MORE CONDEMNATIONS – WILL IT NEVER END?

by Murad Basrawi | Feb 8, 2018 | Pakistan, South Asia | 0 |

MURAD BASRAWI WRITES – Pakistan has condemned Indian soldiers for the brutal killing of...

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