SAJA Convention: Chowk Insights

saima:

you said:

17. There is so much to be done in the, ‘South Asian’ space. Support for journalists in countries like Pakistan who are regularly picked up and beaten. Fund-raising for poverty stricken children in Calcutta, Bombay and Karachi. Opportunities for the youth of South Asia who are regularly fed into hate factories simply because there is nothing for them to do. The South Asian space in USA is a small beginning of the huge work left to be done, before this planet can claim tall ideals such as ‘democracy’, ‘human rights’ and ‘education for all’. The global world more and more proves that it is about one world, not one region, one country or one sub-continent. We need to be ever more inclusive and ever more vigilant of forces that divide and separate us as humans, even as we seek to preserve and nurture our different ways of life.

that would be chowk in a nutshell

lve,

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so, what was Padma Laxmi wearing?

``Chowk gets around 10 articles and essays on most days``

That`s quite a lot. How do you decide who gets in and who is out? Since we regularly see more than one article by same authors on the front page.........

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either you are challenging me that the world of journalist has closed doors on the new comers. what do you want me to do, cuff up my sleeves, eyes popping out, temporarily nothing swimming in my mind but anger and then invite you for a cup of tea and agree as to what you have seen. of course experience is the seniority gauge.

well between the lines, you suggest to experiment. i can`t experiment making tea all over again, but you`re welcome.

you salman and fareed, well seem to be like normal people, so why can`t we.

re; #5 and #2:
Padma Lakshmi wore a pink evening dress.

saima:
Thanks for sharing SAJA convention. Do you think it is becoming the `Indus` of journalism? Do they rotate convention sites or are they always in NY? Who are the karta-dhartas of the association - diasporic or foreign based journalists from the subcontinent?
And, is padma lakshmi really a journalist?

nikki7777..
fareed zakaria is a punjabi and a muslim...how can you be proud of such junk....;) and if he is not a punjabi, he should be, coz they are the only intelligent people in india.the other intelligent person is of course salman rushdi...a kashmiri...whereas padma darling is for the decor...no?

K:

google dr. rafique zakaria:)

Great lucid readable informative report, thanks. Next year, I want to be there too.

Just curious, did the Kashmir, Nehru-Jinnah, Lahore-Amritsar, Hindu-Muslim and other Indo-Pak ``gunjal`` issues come up, sidelines?

re:#10

Veeresh

No. People in the West tend to be politically correct and mostly the second generation young ones arent so clued into regional politics.

To see what Padma Lakshmi was wearing click on this link:http://www.tiffinbox.org/2004/06/padma_salman_sa.html

By the way, it was a panel on blogging, not a workshop, though that would be a splendid idea for next year. Thanks for posting this report on the SAJA convention. We`ll try and do better next year.

#8 by khamkhwa. on June 23, 2004 6:37pm PT
``nikki7777..
fareed zakaria is a punjabi and a muslim...how can you be proud of``

well his father is a ghati..he was a minister in maharshtra state govt. did he marry a punju?

saima, thanks for the eve gown news. this is to make the point of what we are REALLY interested in. intestingly i am seeing a lot of desis getting a byline in smaller (as compared to Zakaria/Tunku publications) NYT-Boston Globe articles, (some Rajan Mishra, Indira Laxmanan) and then there are all the NPR folks like Chitra Raghavan, Laxmi Singh etc. What i like about Chitra is that she speaks in Indian accent and that is not a problem for NPR. so way to go..

well, one paki journo is hot here in the US..Ahmad Rasheed. But he works out of pakistan, so may not be a SAJA candidate.


so way to go

Its kinda informative and detailed for me to read the article as being a member I couldnt attend the convention and the significance was also that it was tenth convention, but seems like I got the most of it.

Just want to mention and condemn the killing of another journalist, Francisco Ortiz Franco, who is recently gunned down while he was driving with his children age under ten. This brutal incidence happened just ten minutes from police station in broad day light. He was the editor of Weekly Zeta, whose founder was killed sixteen years ago besides continuous threats to the staff.
Weekly Zeta is renowned for reporting on the influence of drug traffickers in Tijuana, a city on the US border where several drug gangs are thought to be based.

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[and if he is not a punjabi, he should be, coz they are the only intelligent people in india.]

... i am surprised that temporal, jang and nikki...all missed the second line quoted above...the idea was to rile nikki and i find knowledgeable and educated guys falling for my lines... ;)