Allied Events… Sat. May 2, Boston: ‘Stories the state tries to erase’ – talk by Neha Dixit 23 Apr 202623 Apr 2026 Some lives exist only in files, headlines, or accusations. How do paperwork, policing, and media narratives quietly decide who belongs? What does democracy look like from below? Join us for…
Events Sun. 26 April: Southasian Beats – Remembering Asha Bhosle, Reimagining a Region’s Sound 20 Apr 202626 Apr 2026 On the last Sunday of April 2026, the Southasia Peace Action Network, Sapan, will present a curated conversation bringing together memory, music, and modernity across the region. Anchored in a…
Events Sun. 29 March: Five Years of Sapan – Connecting, Holding Space, Keeping Hope Alive 26 Mar 202620 Apr 2026 Join the Southasia Peace Action Network (Sapan) on Sunday, 29 March 2026, to commemorate our fifth anniversary, upholding the importance of dialogue, empathy, and regional solidarity When the Southasia Peace…
Events… Resistance in Pakistan: looking back to look forward 21 Mar 202623 Mar 2026 What can the student movements of the past teach us about the struggles of today? The Boston South Asian Coalition (BSAC), in collaboration with the Southasia Peace Action Network (Sapan),…
Event Reports… Sapan January Circle 2026: A year in review, a region in focus; voices and visions from Southasia and diaspora 30 Jan 20263 Feb 2026 The Sapan January Circle: Catching Up and Looking Ahead took place on January 25, 2026, via Zoom, serving as an annual gathering to reflect on the collective achievements of the…
Events… Sun, 21 Dec.: Nepal’s Shifting Political Landscape, Gen Z Protests, and Pathways Forward’ 18 Dec 202522 Dec 2025 This Sunday, Southasia Peace Action Network will hold an online discussion, as part of its Country Focus series, highlighting the situation in Nepal which is relevant to the entire region…
Events… Book lovers and ‘peacemongers’ come together over Arundhati Roy’s new memoir 16 Dec 202516 Dec 2025 Members of the online book club Readers Without Borders and activists from the Southasia Peace Action Network convened for an engaging discussion over the recently published ‘Mother Mary Comes to…
Events Sat. 13 Dec.: A conversation with Arundhati Roy 12 Dec 202513 Dec 2025 Photo credit: Mayank Austen Soofi The Southasia Peace Action Network (Sapan) is excited to collaborate with the Readers Without Borders book club for a conversation with Arundhati Roy this weekend.…
Events Mon. 8 Dec, Boston area: ‘South Asia Bound’ film premiere 30 Nov 202510 Dec 2025 You are invited! Join us for the premiere of South Asia Bound: The Cost of National Identity, a documentary film by Zac Colah, an independent journalist and senior at Tufts…
Allied Events… Mon. 24 Nov: Tribute to Dr. Arfa Sayeda Zehra, Toronto area 24 Nov 202524 Nov 2025 Third Culture Language Learning: Tribute to Dr. Arfa Sayeda Zehra ڈاکٹر عارفہ سیدہ زہرا کے لیے خراجِ عقیدت Organised by Joy of Urdu Toronto-Mississauga Chapter Joy of Urdu is a…
Events Nov 16: Sapan and Sanglaap: Art, Gender, Media and Peacebuilding at SOAS, London 14 Nov 202514 Nov 2025 A multi-disciplinary exhibition viewing, opening up to conversations foregrounded on practices of women artists and peacebuilders, takes SOAS South Asia Institute’s Sanglaap Art and Culture Series to a contemporary level…
Events Oct 26: Bridging Borders – A Southasian vision for COP30 24 Oct 202525 Oct 2025 Imagine: Neighbours in Peace!Bridging Borders - A Southasian Vision for COP30Date: Sunday, 26 October 2025Time: 10:00 a.m. EST / 2:00 p.m. GMT / 4:00 p.m. SA / 7:00 p.m. PKT…
Allied Events… Oct 26: Special screening of film ‘Chittagong’ in Boston 22 Oct 20252 Nov 2025 BOSTON: The Boston South Asian Coalition and the Southasia Peace Action Network will hold a special screening this Sunday of ‘Chittagong’, Bedabrata Pain’s debut film. The 2012 film brings to…
Events… “You Can Kill a Person, But Not an Idea”: Southasia Peace Action Network Film Club on ‘After Sabeen’ 3 Oct 202524 Apr 2026 By Sapan News Desk New Delhi / Berlin / Karachi / Southasia diaspora — Last week, the story of prominent social entrepreneur Sabeen Mahmud who was shot dead in Karachi,…
Sapan Film Club Sept 28: ‘After Sabeen’ film screening and discussion | Sapan Film Club 24 Sep 202528 Sep 2025 The Southasia Peace Action Network, Sapan, invites friends, followers and fellow peacemongers to watch After Sabeen (60 minutes), a documentary film by filmmaker Schokofeh Kamiz about the prominent peacemonger and…
Allied Events Sept 27: remembering Kamla Bhasin: The ‘compassionate values of an interconnected world’ 24 Sep 202525 Sep 2025 Friends of Kamla Bhasin (24 April 1946 – 25 September 2021), the well-known feminist activist, poet, author and social scientist, will host an online gathering to remember her “with women…
Allied Events… Sept. 25: Southasia’s Youthquakes – Panel discussion on the uprisings in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka 24 Sep 202524 Sep 2025 In recent years, Southasia has seen a mushrooming of youth-led protest movements – fuelled by frustration around corruption, nepotism and economic inequality, and by anger at political and economic systems…
Allied Events… Vikalp@Prithvi Online Screenings: ‘After Sabeen’ documentary 20 Sep 202521 Sep 2025 The Mumbai-based Vikalp@Prithvi Online Screenings is screening the documentary film 'After Sabeen' featuring the aftermath of the murder of prominent social entrepreneur and peacemonger Sabeen Mahmud in Karachi, April 2015.…
Allied Events… Matwaala Poetry Fest 2025, Sunday 31 August 31 Aug 202531 Aug 2025 The women-led Southasian diaspora organisation Matwaala celebrates its tenth anniversary this Sunday, with a Poetry Fest in collaboration with the Aseel Collective, featuring works by poets from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and…
Events Patriarchal Backlash: Bangladeshi Women Speak Out 29 Jun 202530 Jun 2025 Date: Sunday, 29 June 2025 Time: 10 am ET, 3 pm UKT, 7:00 pm PKT, 7:45 pm NPT, 7:30 pm IST , 8 pm BDT Register to join via Zoom:…
Allied Events… Southasian Voices: Art, Identity, and Bridging Divides 17 Jun 20252 Oct 2025 From Leeds to London: A comment on ‘South Asia: People, promise and potential - art, film and discussion,’ a half-day event organized by the Bloomsbury Institute London, beyond Instagram and…
Events… With Conflict Dominating Public Narrative, Young Southasians Reimagine Peace across Borders 15 Jun 202530 Jun 2025 Unfazed by the dominant narrative focusing on conflict, a small group of teens and young adults convened by by the Southasia Peace Action Network or Sapan, is quietly working together…
Events What Does Peace Mean to Young Southasians? 23 May 20251 Jun 2025 🗓 Sunday, 25 May 2025🕙 10:00 a.m. ET / 3 p.m. GMT / 7:00 p.m. PKT / 7:30 p.m. IST / 7:45 p.m. NPT / 8:00 p.m. BDT📍 Venue: Online.…
Events The Southasian People’s Path to Peace and Cooperation: How Do We Move Forward? 26 Apr 202527 Apr 2025 A People-Centred Approach to Regionalism In a region as vibrant, diverse, and interconnected as Southasia*, the yearning for peace and progress transcends political boundaries. And yet, the people of this…
Climate Change… March 02 : “Nitrogen Pollution, Climate Change, and the Road Ahead for Southasia” 2 Mar 202530 Jun 2025 You are invited! Event: “Nitrogen Pollution, Climate Change, and the Road Ahead for Southasia”Date : Sunday, March 2, 2025Time : 17.00 - 18.30 (Sri Lanka Time) Based on Factum’s latest…
Climate Change… Dec. 29: Beyond COP 29: Southasia’s Climate Challenges – A Call for Southasian Solidarity 20 Dec 202430 Jun 2025 With COP 29 in Baku having concluded, the spotlight turns to the commitments made and their implications for the global fight against climate change. These outcomes are critical for Southasia,…
Allied Events… Film screenings: ‘Democracy in Debt: Sri Lanka Beyond the Headlines’ & ‘Khamosh Pani’ 7 Dec 20247 Dec 2024 Join us this weekend for two powerful film screenings, each followed by thought-provoking discussions that delve into Southasia’s political, social, and cultural narratives. Saturday, December 7: ‘Democracy in Debt: Sri…
Events… Nov. 24: Sri Lanka documentary film screening in Cambridge MA 20 Nov 202420 Nov 2024 If you are in the Boston area, you are invited to a screening of the documentary film 'Democracy in Debt: Sri Lanka Beyond the Headlines' (25 min), followed by a…
Events Nov. 24 Webinar: ‘Country Focus: Bangladesh: Navigating challenges, building unity for a stable future’ 14 Nov 202420 Dec 2024 The Southasia Peace Action Network is delighted to invite you to our webinar titled ‘Country Focus: Bangladesh: Navigating challenges, building unity for a stable future’ exploring Bangladesh's political, economic, and…
Events The Next Wave: Sapan virtual event to spotlight social movements across Southasia 25 Oct 202425 Oct 2024 On October 27, 2024, the Southasia Peace Action Network, Sapan, will host The Next Wave, a virtual panel discussion spotlighting key social movements across Southasia*. This event, scheduled for 11:00…
