The South Asian region seems to have embraced the Internet with an overwhelming passion. The number of sites based on the sub-continent has increased exponentially in the past decade, and although the quality of the sites varies, the range gives us a sense of the multiplicity of voices that co-exist in the region. While any search engine on the web can give you access to these sites, some of my favorite are listed below.

News and Current Affairs

The Times of India: www.timesofindia.com

The Hindu: http://www.hinduonnet.com/

Frontline: http://www.frontlineonnet.com/

India Today: www.india-today.com/itoday/

The Statesman: http://www.thestatesman.net/

The Telegraph: http://www.telegraphindia.com/

Outlook: www.outlookindia.com

Economic and Political Weekly: http://www.epw.org.in/

Doordarshan (India's official television station): www.ddindia.net

Zee TV (a popular cable television station): www.zeetelevision.com

One of the most exciting sites that brings together a range of perspectives on South Asia, with a distinctly Bangladeshi twist, is called "Alternative Asian Voices: www.shobak.org/

For news coverage on issues pertaining to South Asians in the US, or how the American media deals with South Asian news, see South Asian Journalists Association: www.saja.org

A site focusing on South Asian women's issus is hosted by SAWNET (South Asian Women's NETwork) at: www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/index.html

An excellent women's studies journal is Manushi: A Journal About Women and Society, at www.freespeech.org/manushi/

General

To go to a page containing links pertaining to the POLITICS of INDIA, click here.

For a site that looks at cultural and historical matters in a non-academic, accessible style, see the "Manas" website at: www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/index.html . A number of links on this site give introductions to various aspects of South Asian history.

"Sarai": South Asia Resources from Columbia University can be accessed at: www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/sarai/

An interesting site that concentrates on historical matters is the "Harappa" website at: http://www.harappa.com/welcome.html

Another site that focuses on Indian history is called "Itihaas" (which means "history" in Hindi) is http://www.itihaas.com/

For a list of South Asian book vendors and sources, see: www.people.virginia.edu/~pm9k/kitab.html

Music and Entertainment

The Indian film industry (also known as Bollywood!) is among the most prolific in the world, and generates a wide variety of publications. Most of the mainstream "filmi" magazines are available on the web. The best known magazines are:

Filmfare: www.filmfare.com/

Bollywood Online: www.bollywoodonline.com/