bayareasolidaritysummer: APPLY TODAY: BASS applications received by Mar 31 get top priority Discover a world of Desi / South Asian history, culture, music, and activism that your parents never told you about. BASS is summer leadership camp for the next generation of Desi / South Asian changemakers, artists, and activists, ages 15-21. Spend July 25-29, 2013 at a historic hotel in Berkeley, California, learning about Desi social justice movements, political art, race, gender, class, and more. Get details and apply at: www.SolidaritySummer.org
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Image courtesy Anirvan Chatterjee circa 2013.
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By Bay Area artist Amman Desai circa 2013.
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Between 1908 and 1922, at least sixty-nine Indians gained United States citizenship by successfully claiming to be white. In Savannah, Georgia in 1910, Abba Dolla, a native of Calcutta, arranged for a doctor to testify to his “pure Caucasian blood.” The presiding judge described Dolla as follows: “The applicant’s complexion is dark, eyes dark, features regular and rather delicate, hair very black, wavy and very fine and soft.” Uncertain about Dolla’s racial identity, the judge asked him to pull up his shirt sleeves. Fortunately for Dolla, the judge concluded, “The skin of his arm where it had been protected from the sun and weather by his clothing was found to be several shades lighter than that of his face and hands, and was sufficiently transparent for the blue color of the veins to show very clearly.” Impressed, the judge granted citizenship. - Colored Cosmopolitanism by Nico Slate via Harvard University Press Blog
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Undocumented & Desi: Image by Julio Salgado circa 2012
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anuraglahiri: darklovelyandsouthasian: On National Coming Out Day, Thursday, October 11th, 2012, a coalition of South Asian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) organizations and individuals in the U.S. will launch DeQH, the first South Asian LGBTQ national helpline. DeQH offers free, confidential, culturally sensitive peer support, information and resources by telephone for LGBTQ South Asian individuals, families and friends around the globe. The intent is to provide a safe and supportive ear for callers to share their concerns, questions, struggles or hopes through conversations with trained LGBTQ South Asian Peer Support Volunteers.Callers can reach the helpline at (908) FOR-DEQH (908-367-3374) 8pm-10pm on Thursdays and Sundays, Eastern Standard Time [5-7pm PST]. Days and times will expand over time.For general information, check out www.deqh.org and contact deqh.info@gmail.com. yesss! i remember hearing about this in the beginning stages… our baby is born!
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From the Los Angeles based South Asian Network as a part of their Desi Vote campaign: This is a critical election, not only for determining who becomes our next President, but also for deciding which initiatives on the ballot this year pass and which fail.  These measures address funding for public education and availability of health and human services — issues that are of interest to all of us and will affect our futures. If in LA, help SAN w/ their campaign and volunteer! Visit www.southasiannetwork.org for more info and vote on Nov. 6th. Circa 2012
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kalakari: desihiphop.com writes a article about my upcoming show WORD TO YOUR MOTHERLAND! Friday July 6, 2012 | Opening Night! | Oakland, CA….Click the photo to check out the article. Hope to see you there!
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