Sapan Blog An unplanned tuk-tuk ride that rewired my thinking 2 Apr 20262 Apr 2026 By Nadia Rajput Bhatti in Sri Lanka I was in a tuk-tuk on my way to Kandy, just looking for some fresh air and scrolling through my phone to see…
Sapan Blog Remembering Richard Cash: A special life, richly lived 16 Mar 20261 Apr 2026 Prominent development practitioner and scholar Marty Chen, a Southasia Peace Action Network Advisory Council member shared this tribute at a memorial at Harvard University last year, for the legendary pediatrician…
Sapan Blog… Mohabbat, dard and dost… Love, heartbreak and friends 6 Mar 20266 Mar 2026 Reflections on shared cultures, histories, geographies, and pain in the midst of senseless destruction By Mandira Nayar Mohabbat. Love. We love in the same language. Joy too, is shared –…
Sapan Blog… Indians on Indian lands: diaspora, caste and the tangled politics of solidarity 20 Feb 20261 Apr 2026 What does it mean to migrate to a settler colonial state while carrying the hierarchies of caste and the wounds of colonialism with you? CAMBRIDGE: How are the struggles against…
Sapan Blog… South African activist Ela Gandhi calls on world to condemn the US attack on Venezuela 6 Jan 20267 Jan 2026 “Can the world stand by and allow such aggression to continue?” BOSTON: Invoking her grandfather Mahatma Gandhi‘s words, “I want world sympathy in this battle of right against might,” Ela…
Sapan Blog… Youth propose a ‘New Grammar’ for Collaborations across Southasia 12 Dec 202512 Dec 2025 HYDERABAD, India: Doyens of Peace, a pan-Southasia platform of civil society organisations and youth groups, facilitated by COVA Peace Network, organised an online event to commemorate SAARC Charter Day on…
Sapan Blog Victory written in blue 6 Nov 202513 Nov 2025 Read the latest Sapan Blog, where Siraj Khan reflects on India’s historic Women’s Cricket World Cup victory, a win that transcends sport to symbolize empowerment, unity, and regional pride. By…
Sapan Blog From tension to talk: Youth visions for peace 21 Oct 202522 Oct 2025 Report on a unique discussion organised by the Southasia Peace Action Network, featuring the voices of young people from across the region on what what peace means to them By…
Sapan Blog… Two worlds touch at Cambridge Diwali-Eid event 12 Oct 202512 Oct 2025 By Beena Sarwar/Sapan News CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: Some 300 festively dressed Cantabrigians and neighbors gathered at Cambridge’s Reservoir Church on Saturday for the annual Diwali-Eid Cultural program, an interfaith, intercultural event…
Events… “You Can Kill a Person, But Not an Idea”: Southasia Peace Action Network Film Club on ‘After Sabeen’ 3 Oct 202517 Oct 2025 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,…
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…
