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We cover and connect Southasia, the Indian Ocean and diaspora, with solid, beyond-the-headlines journalism, explainers and backgrounders, creating spaces for empathy and compassion.

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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 12h
Sufi and Bollywood music arrived in Boston courtesy of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s Once Upon a Time world tour. Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/10/05/w...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The sagas of some travelling sarees ©️ This is a Global Southasia (formerly Sapan News) syndicated feature available for republication with due credit to sapannews.com. Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/09/30/t...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Who defines where home is? Confronting Partition trauma ©️ This is a Global Southasia (formerly Sapan News) syndicated feature available for republication with due credit to sapannews.com. Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From 1947 to Srebrenica and the meaning of “Never Again” ©️ This is a Global Southasia (formerly Sapan News) syndicated feature available for republication with due credit to sapannews.com. Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/09/23/f...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What the Mazari-Chattha case says about dissent in Pakistan Global Southasia is republishing this piece, with permission. Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/09/22/w...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For World Peace Day, an urgent call for united action across Southasia ©️ This is a Global Southasia (formerly Sapan News) syndicated feature available for republication with due credit to sapannews.com. Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/09/20/f...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Empathy for the oppressor? by: Taimur Ali Ahmed ©️ This is a Global Southasia (formerly Sapan News) syndicated feature available for republication with due credit to sapannews.com. Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/09/16/e...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Media Mirror: A public service initiative by Global Southasia to promote cross-border understanding, with articles published in India and Pakistan that readers across the border can’t access due to the ongoing media ban. Read: sapannews.com/2026/09/15/i...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Global Southasia’s Roundup: Long live independent, local news! Read the roundup: sapannewsnetwork.substack.com/p/long-live-...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A Southasian story: Where you are from… ©️ This is a Global Southasia (formerly Sapan News) syndicated feature available for republication with due credit to sapannews.com. Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/09/10/a...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Nepal flood disaster: An alert for Southasia and the world Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/09/08/n...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Global Southasia’s Social Media Ethics and Responsibility Pledge calls on us to verify information, add context, separate fact from opinion, respect diverse perspectives, and bridge divides. Endorse the pledge: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Beneath the rhetoric, India and Pakistan find room for cooperation. Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/09/03/b...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
When a neighborhood becomes its own historian ©️ This is a Global Southasia (formerly Sapan News) syndicated feature available for republication with due credit to sapannews.com. Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/09/02/w...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Dr. Ramu Kharel joins Beena Sarwar on Global Southasia to discuss Nepal’s urgent public health needs following severe floods, from sanitation and psychological support to climate injustice. Watch: youtu.be/UYUuId-srEQ
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What does Nepal need? | Dr. Ramu Kharel
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Global Southasia is republishing this piece, with permission, as a public service initiative in the interest of making such views more accessible and promoting cross-border understanding. Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/09/01/b...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“Girls going to schools would be the real revolution in Afghanistan” ©️This is a Global Southasia (formerly Sapan News) syndicated feature available for republication with due credit to sapannews.com. Read the article: shorturl.at/yjtX8
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Global Southasia’s Roundup: Beyond borders: The stories that connect us Read the roundup: sapannewsnetwork.substack.com/p/global-sou...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I watched my village disappear in an instant ©️This piece is republished by Global Southasia in solidarity with the people of Nepal, with a linkback to The Kathmandu Post. Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/08/28/i...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
On September 20, 1982, Pakistani pacer Jalal-ud-Din etched his name in cricket history by taking the first-ever hat-trick in ODI history against Australia at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad. Interviewer: Mayank Chhaya Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/o8peg...
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Jalal-ud-Din: The Pacer Who Took Cricket’s FIRST EVER ODI Hat-Trick! 🇵🇰🏏
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Sufis, scientists, and ‘thinking like a journalist’ By Asadullah Khan ©️This is a Global Southasia (formerly Sapan News) syndicated feature available for republication with due credit to sapannews.com. Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/08/27/s...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Screen over an ugly past Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/08/24/s... ©️This is a Global Southasia (formerly Sapan News) syndicated feature available for republication with due credit to sapannews.com.
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Remembering Amin Mughal: A humanist at heart Jaspal Singh remembers Amin Mughal, a journalist, academic and Marxist intellectual who remained deeply connected to Pakistan despite living in exile in England. Read more: sapannews.com/2026/08/20/r...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Syed Babar Ali and Harcharan Singh Brar: A friendship Partition could not divide ​ Read here: sapannews.com/2026/08/13/s... ©️This is a Global Southasia syndicated feature available for republication with due credit.
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
‘Mein Vaapas Aaunga’ (I will Return): Completing an unfinished conversation Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/08/12/m... ©️This is a Global Southasia (formerly Sapan News) syndicated feature available for republication with due credit to sapannews.com.
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
‘Sapan News’ > ‘Global Southasia’ – beyond the headlines, and the thought behind the dream Sapan News has a new name: Global Southasia. Same tagline: Beyond the Headlines sapannews.com/2026/08/12/s... Please read, share, subscribe and comment! Onwards!
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
From Lahore, with longing: A letter to Abhijeet Dipke Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/08/11/f... Sapan News is republishing this piece, with permission, as a public service initiative to make such views more accessible and promote cross-border understanding.
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Promoting cricket… in America? Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/08/10/p... ©️This is a Sapan News syndicated feature available for republication with due credit www.sapannews.com
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“Different Contexts, Common Aspirations” is the theme of this year’s International Youth Day, and aligns well with the ideas and perspectives we share at Global Southasia (formerly Sapan News) and the Southasia Peace Action Network.
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Southasia’s nuclear tightrope: Expanding power in one of the world’s most dangerous flashpoints Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/08/08/s... ©️This is a Sapan News syndicated feature available for republication with due credit www.sapannews.com.
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Appeal to India, Pakistan to release, repatriate incarcerated cross-border fisherpeople Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/08/08/a... ©️This is a Sapan News syndicated feature available for republication with due credit sapannews.com.
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Dealing with adrenaline-fueled hypernationalism Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/08/05/d... ©️This is a Sapan News syndicated feature available for republication with due credit www.sapannews.com
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Invisible women: Who gets to define Mohenjo-daro’s ‘Dancing Girl’? Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/08/03/i... ©️This is a Sapan News syndicated feature available for republication with due credit www.sapannews.com
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
How a new film by a Boston-based immigrant is dismantling the model-minority concept Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/07/29/h... ©️This is a Sapan News syndicated feature available for republication with due credit www.sapannews.com.
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The quiet stories of faith and forgiveness across India Sapan News is republishing this piece, with permission, as part of its Media Mirror initiative to promote cross-border understanding. Read the article: sapannews.com/2026/07/28/t...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
How India’s Gen Z forced Modi to blink Read the full article here: sapannews.com/2026/07/27/h... ©️This is a Sapan News syndicated feature available for republication with due credit www.sapannews.com.
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
What lies behind the unprecedented cross-border popularity of the architect of Urdu noir? Read the full article here: sapannews.com/2026/07/26/w... ©️This is a Sapan News syndicated feature available for republication with due credit www.sapannews.com
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
How a 1970s movement in India connects with today’s ‘cockroach’ protests Sapan News is republishing this piece, with permission, as part of its Media Mirror initiative to promote cross-border understanding. Read the full article here: sapannews.com/2026/07/23/h...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Read the full story here: sapannews.com/2026/07/21/p... ​©️This is a Sapan News syndicated feature available for republication with due credit www.sapannews.com.
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Harsh Mander reflects on confronting inequality, injustice, and the politics of hate. Sapan News is republishing this piece, with permission, as part of its Media Mirror initiative to promote cross-border understanding. Read the full article here: sapannews.com/2026/07/17/e...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Sapan News Roundup | Vol. 3, Issue #11 In our latest newsletter, we explore stories that connect Southasia's past and present. Read the full roundup here: sapannewsnetwork.substack.com/p/sapan-news... Subscribe to stay connected with people-centred, cross-border journalism.
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Read the full article here: sapannews.com/2026/07/15/w... ©️This is a Sapan News syndicated feature available for republication with due credit www.sapannews.com
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Satluj has reignited debate over Punjab's history of alleged enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings. Republished by Sapan News, with permission, to promote cross-border understanding. Read the full article here: sapannews.com/2026/07/14/s...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Sapan News Featured in Brown Pundits. What does it mean to read Dawn across the border? In this piece, Zack Zavide reflects on cross-border journalism and how reading each other's stories can foster understanding in Southasia. Read the full article here: sapannews.com/2026/07/13/r...
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Maps of memory: The political battle over Southasia’s place names By Rohinee Singh / Sapan News Read the full feature here: sapannews.com/2026/07/01/m... ​©️This is a Sapan News syndicated feature available for republication with due credit www.sapannews.com.
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
From Gulf labour to climate pressure: Southasia’s migration story By Regina Johnson /Sapan News ​Read the full feature here: sapannews.com/2026/06/23/f... ​©️This is a Sapan News syndicated feature available for republication with due credit www.sapannews.com.
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
A migrant from Pakistan sees striking parallels between the 1947 Partition of British India and the current political schism in the United States. Is America repeating the same “divide and rule” history that fractured the subcontinent?
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“The American partition”: Watching a familiar horror movie unfold
A migrant from Pakistan sees striking parallels between the 1947 Partition of British India and the current political schism in the United States. Is America repeating the same “divide and ru…
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Ghost Peppers use their music as a platform for dialogue, blending cultural narratives and rhythms to explore unity, friendship, and the power of cross-border understanding – particularly between Pakistan and India.
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More than music: A Florida band aims to inspire change and connection
Ghost Peppers use their music as a platform for dialogue, blending cultural narratives and rhythms to explore unity, friendship, and the power of cross-border understanding – particularly between P…
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The conflict between Iran, Israel and the United States spans decades, rooted in revolution, nuclear tensions, and regional rivalry. Evolving through proxy wars, sanctions and recurring military escalations.
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Blood for oil: From Gaza to Iran, the western war that is burning West Asia
The conflict between Iran, Israel and the United States spans decades, rooted in revolution, nuclear tensions, and regional rivalry. Evolving through proxy wars, sanctions and recurring military es…
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Global Southasia @sapannews.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
A Pakistani-Sri Lankan collaboration secured two major awards at the Second Jalgaon International Film Festival in India, highlighting the shared struggles and creative spirit of the region.
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Double win for ‘Democracy in Debt’ at Jalgaon International Film Festival
A Pakistani-Sri Lankan collaboration secured two major awards at the Second Jalgaon International Film Festival in India, highlighting the shared struggles and creative spirit of the region.
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