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Working towards freedom of trade, travel and tourism in Southasia, people-to-people contact, and for soft borders or visa on arrival for Southasians in each other’s countries.

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Founding Charter

Sapan is a coalition of individuals and representatives of various organisations joining hands for a minimum common agenda: Reclaiming Southasia.  In doing so, we reiterate our commitment to take forward the principles and ideals of peace, justice, democracy and human rights articulated by visionaries like Dr Mubashir Hasan, Nikhil Chakravartty,…Continue reading “Founding Charter”

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My uncle’s death of ‘cardiac arrest’ in Qatar made worker abuse personal for me: Why I am boycotting the FIFA World Cup this year

5 Dec 20228 Dec 2022
A soccer-mad Nepali American physician hopes that sharing his story will provide some perspective to those wondering about the controversy surrounding the world’s biggest sporting event By Dr. Ramu Kharel…
Sapan News Network

‘Dialogue and relationship-building needed to heal the wounds of Partition and build peace in the region’

28 Nov 202229 Nov 2022
Speaking at a recent online event, eminent scholar and physicist Dr. Vinod Mubayi calls for more dialogue and people-to-people contact between the countries of the region, particularly India and Pakistan,…
Sapan News Network

Opinion / India: A tale of two pardons

25 Nov 202226 Nov 2022
The difference between the release of convicts in Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination case and those convicted in the Bilkis Bano case By Sandeep Pandey 25 November 2022: Two sets of convicts…
Sapan News Network

Lessons from journalism, tai chi, and life

23 Nov 202230 Nov 2022
23 November 2022: In May this year, journalist and filmmaker Beena Sarwar, founder-curator of Southasia Peace Action Network, was invited to give the keynote speech at Harvard University's inaugural AAPI/APIDA…
Events…

Event, Nov 27- Beyond Partitions: Shared Histories, Ways Forward

16 Nov 202227 Nov 2022
1947 marked the end of British colonial rule in the Indian subcontinent and paved the way for the partition of India and the formation of Pakistan. Twenty-four years later, the…
Events

Streets for Life II: World Day of Remembrance for Road Victims

15 Nov 202217 Nov 2022
Around half a million people across Southasia die in road crashes annually. The actual number of deaths is likely to be more than twice the reported numbers, estimates the World…
Sapan News Network

From the Philippines to Dubai and beyond, a groundbreaking platform for educators provides new ways to collaborate

15 Nov 202223 Nov 2022
A three-year-old storytelling competition for teachers illustrates how education, like medicine, transcends borders and religious divides By Nadra Huma Quraishi 14 November 2022: The best educators are perpetual learners, gaining…
Sapan Dossier

Why Rishi Sunak is of ‘South Asian’ rather than ‘Indian’ origin

14 Nov 202214 Nov 2022
5 November 2022: Accepting the term South Asia when speaking of UK prime minister Rishi Sunak's origins would imply acceding to a need for regionalism, fashioning some form of accommodation…
Events…

Sapan Film Club: Bani Singh’s award-winning documentary ‘Taangh’ – register to watch free

8 Nov 202221 Nov 2022
Southasia Peace Action Network, Sapan, invites you to an exclusive film screening of award-winning documentary Taangh / Longing on 18-20 November, 2022, followed by a Zoom meeting with the filmmaker…
Sapan News Network

AJCONF2022: Taking forward an inspiring legacy of upholding human rights

28 Oct 20226 Nov 2022
By Abdullah Zahid and Beena Sarwar October 26, 2022: The drama began well before the start of the fourth Asma Jahangir Conference on ‘Crisis of Constitutionalism in South Asia’, held…
Sapan News Network

A cautionary tale: Lessons from Sri Lanka’s cascading, multiple crises

20 Oct 202230 Oct 2022
A Sapan News syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Pragya Narang October 20, 2022: The world watched the economic crisis in Sri Lanka turn into…
Press Statements…

Sapan statement: Don’t accept the ‘new normal’ on Afghanistan

8 Oct 20228 Oct 2022
October 7, 2022: Southasia Peace Action Network, Sapan, condemns the suicide bombing of 30 September that killed more than 40 girls, women and others at a higher education centre  in…
Events

Event, Oct 2- Rebuilding Sri Lanka: Reforms or Revolution?

24 Sep 202210 Oct 2022
You are invited to Southasia Peace Action Network, or Sapan's next monthly webinar, ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka: Reforms or Revolution?’, Sunday, October 2, 2022, to discuss the current situation in the…
Sapan News Network

Cross-border workshop with 60 India, Pakistan journalists in Nepal breaks barriers

21 Sep 202221 Oct 2022
A Sapan News syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Lubna Jerar Naqvi September 21, 2022: The convoluted journey from Karachi to Kathmandu I undertook recently…
Sapan News Network

UN Peace Day: rally at UNGA calling for the human rights of Bhutanese refugees and diaspora

20 Sep 202221 Oct 2022
A Sapan News syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News CURTAIN RAISER New York, September 20, 2022: Coinciding with the UN International Day of Peace, young Bhutanese…
Sapan News Network

Divided by borders, united by aspirations

10 Sep 202221 Oct 2022
A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By M. Waqas Nasir “Who and how can anyone say that Southasia is divided?” asked senior journalist Namrata…
Press Statements

“Support Pakistan flood relief efforts”: Appeal to cricket boards ahead of Asia Cup final

7 Sep 202211 Sep 2022
On 07 September 2022, ahead of the Asia Cup final, the Southasia Peace Action Network, Sapan, emailed the cricket boards, appealing for their involvement in Pakistan flood relief. Here is…
Press Statements…

Sapan Appeal: Southasian solidarity and support for flood-devastated Pakistan 

7 Sep 202221 Sep 2022
See fundraising appeals by trusted organisations and collectives engaged in relief operations on ground at this link. 07 September 2022: Calling Southasian nations to come together for flood relief and…
Events…

Event, August 28- Write for Peace

25 Aug 202226 Aug 2022
We at Sapan, the Southasia Peace Action Network, invite you to participate in a family writing workshop on Sunday, 28 August 2022. Hosted by Dhaka-based feminist activist Khushi Kabir, this…
Sapan News Network

On eve of 75th independence anniversary, peace pilgrims from Pune bring message of love to Pakistan

14 Aug 202217 Aug 2022
A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Beena Sarwar and Priyanka Singh un ka jo farz hai wo ahl-e-siyasat jaanenmera paigham mohabbat hai jahan…
Press Statements…

Commemorate August 14-15 as Days of Reflection and Compassion

14 Aug 202217 Aug 2022
August 14 and 15 are historic days when one-fifth of humanity freed itself from British rule in 1947. On this occasion we, the peoples of Southasia and the diaspora around…
Press Statements…

Ease visa restrictions, let people meet

13 Aug 202217 Aug 2022
Nearly 20 organisations are collaborating on an online petition calling on the governments of Southasian nations to ease visa restrictions and enable freedom of trade and travel across borders. Organisations…
Sapan News Network

The world’s ‘happiest country’ needs a peace and reconciliation process

12 Aug 202217 Aug 2022
A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Suraj Budathoki Bhutan’s much-touted happiness rating lies atop a bed of pain. The pain of Bhutanese refugees…
Press Statements…

Call for collaboration on road safety across Southasia and request for UN intervention

8 Aug 202217 Aug 2022
In an unusual, historic and collaborative move, organisations across Southasia have sent a joint letter on road safety to the United Nations. Additionally, activists in different countries of the region…
Sapan News Network

“Free them all!” A call of solidarity with political prisoners in India, America, and beyond

6 Aug 202217 Aug 2022
A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Padma B. and Beena Sarwar "MaiN bhi khaif nahīN takhta-e-dār se MaiN bhī Mansūr huuN, keh do aġhyār…
Sapan News Network

The years that were: Let lessons from the past inform the present

6 Aug 20226 Aug 2022
A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Tridivesh Singh Maini Several recent incidents highlight the strong yearning of ordinary Indians and Pakistanis to interact…
Press Statements…

Release prisoners on completion of jail term, decriminalise inadvertent border crossings, especially for fisherfolk and minors

4 Aug 20225 Aug 2022
Over 30 organisations have endorsed this Joint Statement initiated and coordinated by Sapan Kalu Vira, a fisherman from India incarcerated in Pakistan died at a hospital in Karachi on 6…
Sapan News Network

A Southasian poetic giant tours North America

1 Aug 20221 Aug 2022
A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Siraj Khan Gulzar. The name needs no introduction to any lover of Urdu or Hindi poetry --…
Sapan News Network

Read well. Write well. Play well.

15 Jun 202225 Jun 2022
A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News SAPAN NEWS: Two teen authors from India and Pakistan who recently published their first novels both began writing…
Sapan News Network

Opinion: What’s sauce for the Nagas is sauce for the Kashmiris

14 Jun 202216 Jun 2022
New Delhi needs to engage with militant-turned-Gandhian, not imprison him A Sapan syndicated piece available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Sandeep Pandey Days after the Supreme Court…

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