Radio broadcast “South Asia’s Hub”

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We are launching, in Paris and in French, a monthly program on a webradio that will focus on South Asia and its diasporas.

South Asia’s Hub is the new monthly program of New Veo Radio. Cheon Mak et Delon Madavan, its presenters want to offer their listeners programs on history, cultures and social issues in South Asian countries and their diasporas. South Asia’s Hub will welcome each month researchers, artists, human rights activists, people of South Asian origin and lovers of this region to talk about cinema, dance, religion, identity or integration. Ambitious, South Asia’s Hub aims to be a center of knowledge and intercultural exchange.

The Podcast of the first South Asia’s Hub radio show is now online !!!

Link to listen to the podcast: http://www.newvoradio.fr/south-asias-hub-1/

For this first, our guests Eric Meyer (historian, Emeritus Professor at INALCO and research associate at the Centre for Studies on India and South Asia of Paris) and Vasoodeven Vuddamalay (geographer and ethnographer, lecturer and researcher at Université d’Évry-Val-d’Essonne) will help us to define the contours of South Asia and their diasporas.

                                          Contents of the emission:

Part 1: tentative definition (with Éric Meyer)

Part 2: History of South Asia (with Éric Meyer)

Part 3: A South Asian diaspora? (along with Vasoodeven Vuddamalay)

Part 4: South Asians in Mauritius and France (with Vasoodeven Vuddamalay)

Facebook page of South Asia’s Hub:  https://www.facebook.com/SouthAsiasHub?ref=hl

 

Conference “Hindus and Others in Sri Lanka and in the Diaspora”, organised by CEIAS and CERIAS, Paris, February 17th

The Center for South Asian Studies of Paris (CEIAS, UMR 8564 EHESS/CNRS) and the Center for Studies and Research on India, South Asia and its Diaspora of Montréal (CERIAS/UQÀM), jointly organise a Conference on “Hindus and Others in Sri Lanka and in the Diaspora” on 17 February 2015, in Paris.

You will find below the poster, a summary and the program.

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Contacts /organization : Mathieu Claveyrolas (mathieu.claveyrolas@laposte.net) ; Delon Madavan (delonmadavan@gmail.com) ; Pierre-Yves Trouillet (pytrouillet@gmail.com)

Mathieu Claveyrolas is a anthropologist, permanent research fellow at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS).

Delon Madavan is a geographer, Post Doctoral Fellow at the Center for Studies and Research on India, South Asia and its Diaspora of Montréal (CERIAS/UQÀM) and associate researcher fellow at Center for South Asian Studies of Paris (CEIAS, UMR 8564 EHESS/CNRS)

Pierre-Yves Trouillet is a geographer, permanent research fellow at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS).

“Evidence of India’s involvement in regime change in Sri Lanka” by K. Ratnayake

Fresh evidence has emerged pointing to a concerted international effort behind the defeat of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse in the country’s presidential election on January 8. Reuters reported on Sunday that the Colombo station chief for India’s external spy agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), was recalled to New Delhi before the election, following complaints by the Sri Lankan government that he was helping the opposition parties.

via: http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/37850

“How Ex-Army Chief General Sarath Fonseka was Arrested by the Rajapaksa Regime on Feb 8th 2010” by D.B.S. Jeyaraj

General Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka is very much in the news these days. The former army commander has had his lost rank, titles, honours, decorations and civic rights restored. He is likely to be made Field Marshall and may very well enter Parliament in the days to come.”

via: http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/37757

“35 Member Second Chamber Proposed with 15 for Sinhalese, 15 for Tamils and Muslims and 5 for Others Like Veddahs, Malays, Burghers, Colombo Chetties etc” by Sumanasiri Liyanage

35 Member Second Chamber Proposed with 15 for Sinhalese, 15 for Tamils and Muslims and 5 for Others Like Veddahs, Malays, Burghers, Colombo Chetties etc” by Sumanasiri Liyanage
via: https://t.co/QeDdq6xhBx

“Sri Lanka appoints minority Tamil as chief justice” by Aljazeera

Sripavan becomes the first Tamil to occupy the top judicial position in 24 years as Sri Lanka’s new leaders seek to mend ties with the country’s largest ethnic minority after a bloody 37-year war.

via: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2015/01/sri-lanka-appoints-minority-tamil-chief-justice-150131031933536.html

“Sri Lanka to Free Tamils and Return Their Land” by Dharisha Bastians and Gardiner Harris

The Sri Lankan government pledged Thursday to free hundreds of minority Tamil detainees and return much of the Tamil land in the north and east that the military seized and continues to hold years after the end of the country’s bitter civil war.

via: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/world/asia/sri-lanka-vows-to-free-tamil-detainees-and-return-land.html?emc=edit_tnt_20150129&nlid=68542801&tntemail0=y&_r=2

“Revisiting Sampur: How Long Will it Take to Return Home?” by Bhavani Fonseka

For the people of Sampur the benefits of peace are yet to be fully realized. Community members speak about living in a no man’s land between war and peace, where their lives are governed by ‘military rule.’ While other parts of the country are able to enjoy peace dividends, including security and opportunities for economic growth, in Sampur there has been little progress over the last few years. This article follow a visit we made to Sampur last weekend and highlights what we term the ‘Sampur Model’, its implications for communities, post-war reconstruction and reconciliation, and identifies areas requiring urgent attention and action.

via: http://groundviews.org/2015/01/28/revisiting-sampur-how-long-will-it-take-to-return-home/

“Memories of Prageeth Ekneligoda” by Dayapala Thiranagama

“It was in these circumstances that Prageeth and I were making a dangerous and precarious journey on foot through miles of thick jungle in the Dambulla area. We had been walking since early morning and by midday we were hungry, thirsty and physically exhausted. I sat on the footpath and told Prageeth that I could not walk anymore. Prageeth got very annoyed with me and asked me how I could preach to others and yet buckle down in the face of difficulties. He put me to shame. Gathering my pride, I stood up and started walking again. We were walking to a farm in the jungle where I would work as a farm laborer, allowing me to hide from the security forces while building and organizing underground political cells.”

via: https://www.facebook.com/LankaSolidarity?fref=ts