Thursday Report for The Subcontinental, March 7, 2002

Beginning today, The Subcontinental: A Journal of South 
Asian American Political Identity is starting a bi-weekly 
report to inform you about the recent happenings at the 
journal.

We'll also update you on the activities of the Subcontinental
Institute, a recently formed Texas non-profit that supports 
the work of the journal.


NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

The first issue of the journal is planned for release in the 
fall of 2002.  The author of "The Karma of Brown Folk", Vijay 
Prashad, will be writing an article on racial profiling of 
South Asian Americans post-September 11th. Dr. Prashad is an 
Associate Professor at Trinity College in Connecticut.

Last December, Nirav Desai, Editor-in-Chief of The 
Subcontinental, appeared on the University of Texas student 
radio show "The Chutney Bubble Tea Half-Hour." He discussed the 
importance of the journal in helping younger South Asian 
Americans develop political voice.

Mr. Desai also recently finished a west coast trip, visiting 
community leaders in the Bay Area and scholars at the University 
of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, and the University 
of California, Los Angeles.

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