The Politics of Development
How will development take place? Who is to benefit? Who is to suffer? These are key questions for South Asia which are being asked in a very crucial way right now, by the Narmada Bachao Andolan, a group who is resisting the building of large dams which will displace thousands of people.

• Barsamian interviews Arundhati Roy on Globalization, India, and more
• Let them eat... Barbie Dolls? by Vandana Shiva
• The Violence of Globalization by Vandana Shiva
• Magic Realism and the Indian Economy by Vijay Prashad
• The Reincarnation of Rumplestiltskin by Arundhati Roy
• The Greater Common Good by Arundhati Roy
• Friends of Narmada
• Corporate Watch's India Site
• Multinational Resource Center
• Alternatives supporting grassroots initiatives
• Third World Network out of Malaysia

South Asian International Relations
South Asia is now a nuclearized region, with Pakistan and India both possessing nuclear weapons. There is a conflict in Sri Lanka, conflicts over Kashmir, US imperialism, and other important tensions.

• The End of Imagination by Arundhati Roy
• South Asia Research and Resource Center (Ceras)

Anti-Nuclear Sites

• Institute for Energy and Environmental Reserach
• Center for Defence and International Security Studies
• Radnet (anthropogenic radioactivity information)
• Movement in India for Nuclear Disarmament

Caste, Indigenous Peoples
The closest thing to the North American racial system is the South Asian caste system. It is a social system which constrains people’s life chances from the day they are born. Much activism in South Asia is around justice for the lowest castes, or Dalits, and the tribal or indigenous peoples, or Adivasis.

• National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights Dalits are India's lowest Caste-- the word means "The Oppressed"
• Ambedkar Site Ambedkar was India's foremost fighter for Dalit rights…
• Saxakali's Site on Adivasis India's 'tribals'…

Intercommunalism 
South Asia is a place with a multitude of religions and languages. How do these different groups live together in a common society? How can plural societies work?

• The Menace of Education Pervez Hoodbhoy on Pakistan Sept 14, 2000
• Eqbal Ahmed Interview On India, Pakistan, and even Kosovo…
• Chowk Information and debate on Pakistan-- an internet community…

Feminism
Like North America, South Asia is largely a patriarchal society. Women and children are challenging these systems of domination and oppression.

• Committee on Women, Population, and the Environment Betsy Hartmann
• Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan Monitoring the Afghanistan government…

Ecology 
The development sponsored by the IMF, the World Bank, the western corporations is not only an economic but also an ecological disaster. Here is some analysis of the situation by people dedicated to redefining development.

• Bhopal The site of a Western-sponsored ecological disaster…
• bhopal.net More on Bhopal…
• Justice for Bhopal
• Remember Bhopal
• Seed, Globalization, and India an article by Mary Carras…
• Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology by Vandana Shiva
• One World
• Center for Science and Environment
• Down to Earth Magazine
• International Rivers Network
• Sustainable Development Network (UN)
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