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Dance, Indu Mitha, cross-border art, theatre, autumn gatherings, and a graphic novel (opens the original)
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Dear friends,Welcome to this edition of the Southasia Peace Action Network (Sapan) newsletter. We at Sapan believe that borders should never limit access to shared art, history, and storytelling.It is in this spirit that our sister organisation Global Southasia (formerly Sapan News), a syndicated features service, started its Media Mirror section. This is a public service initiative to share articles from India and Pakistan that readers on either side of the border ca
Sun. 13 Sept: Fifth annual Kabir festival (opens the original)
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BOSTON: The Kabir Society of America, in collaboration with the LearnQuest Academy, will host its 5th Annual Kabir Festival in the Greater Boston area. The event features music and dance dedicated celebrating the timeless, syncretic wisdom of Kabir Das, the revered 15th-century Bhakti saint, mystic, and poet whose words continue to resonate, challenging social divisions and upholding universal love.This is an in-pe
Shared rivers, shared histories: Standing with Nepal and building regional peace (opens the original)
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Dear Sapaners,Whether facing severe weather events in the high Himalayas or building spaces for memory and healing across borders, our fates in Southasia remain deeply intertwined. This edition of our newsletter brings together urgent calls for regional climate action, reflections on home and history, inspiring youth initiatives, and exciting new works from our community.A wake-up call ‘not just for the region but for the world’The catastrophic floods and landslides in Nepal and neighboring regi
Catastrophe in Nepal: 'A wake up call not just for the region but for the world' (opens the original)
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The Southasia Peace Action Network, Sapan, joins hands with our partner organisation, Doyens of Peace of Southasia and many more, to express our deepest condolences and heartfelt solidarity with all those who have lost their lives, homes, livelihoods and loved ones in the devastating floods and related disasters in Nepal and Tibet, including the many foreign pilgrims and tourists caught in this tragedy.The increasing frequency and intensity of such disasters across Southasia cannot be viewed mer
Home, love, loss... and dosti (friendship) (opens the original)
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For communities living across the subcontinent and the global Southasian* diaspora alike, memory is rarely just a personal artifact; it is a shared, inherited landscape. The Partition of 1947 and its lingering reverberations continue to shape how we understand home, displacement, and reconciliation. Whether separated by barbed-wire borders or oceans, how do we honor the silenced voices of history while nurturing human connections today?To explore these vital questions, the Southasia Peace Action
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