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Meet Rinku Singh and Dinesh Kumar Patel, the first two India-born players to be signed by a major U.S. sports team when they joined the Pittsburgh Pirates this week. They will discuss they amazing journey and what the future might hold for them. Also joining the call is JB Bernstein, managing director of The Million Dollar Arm, who discovered them, along with Jim Trdinich, director of media relations of the Pirates, and Mickey Khanna, a lifelong baseball fan and SAJA member. More on them at http://snurl.com/6t6xd Questions to [email protected]

"And the World Changed: Contemporary Stories by Pakistani Women" is an important new book of 25 short stories. SAJA is hosting a live webcast with the editor and several of the writers, including Bapsi Sidhwa (calling from Houston), Humera Afridi (calling from NYC), Bushra Rehman (calling frm San Francisco) and editor Muneeza Shamsie (calling from Karachi).

MODERATOR: Kiran Khalid, SAJA Board member; producer, "Good Morning America"; and filmmaker, "We Are Not Free," a look at press freedom in Pakistan.

Looking Ahead: What the US Election Results Mean for South Asia and South Asians in America

- A distinguished panel of experts and journalists react to the results the

day after the elections. What's the future of South Asia-US relations? How will South Asians in America be affected? We will also be briefed on how the various South Asian American candidates did at the state and local levels. See list of guests:

http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/11/webcast-saja-briefing-politics.html

SAJA Briefing: Cherie Blair discusses the state of widows in India

Join SAJA as we talk to the wife of the former British Prime Minister about her work with The Loomba Trust, a foundation that helps widows and children in India and South Africa. We will also be joined by Raj Loomba, founder of The Loomba Trust.

SAMMA and SAJA present a conversation with Ashok Amritraj, one of the most successful producers working in Hollywood today. He's produced films starring major stars such as Angelina Jolie, Bruce Willis, Antonio Banderas, Martin Lawrence, Sylvester Stallone, etc. His Hyde Park Entertainment will be making at least four movies a year, each with a budget of $30m-$90m. He'll discuss his career and the Hollywood scene and answer your questions at saja[at]columbia.edu (subject line = webcast)

SAJA presents a conversation about the global economy in turmoil. SPEAKERS: James Areddy, China correspondent, The Wall Street Journal (Shanghai); Krishna Guha, US economics editor, Financial Times (Washington, DC); Tejinder Singh, editor-in-chief, New Europe, the European Weekly (Brussels); Sarah Khan, VP, BMA Capital Management, a leading Pakistani investment group (Karachi). Send in your questions to saja[at]columbia.edu

SAJA presents a conversation about the global economy in turmoil. SPEAKERS: Nik Deogun, international editor, The Wall Street Journal; Raju Narisetti, editor, Mint, a New Delhi business daily (former managing editor, Wall Street Journal Europe); Mustafa Chowdhury, head of US Rates Strategy, Deutsche Bank. Send in your questions to saja[at]columbia.edu

SAJA presents a discussion about the continuing meltdown in the U.S. economy, including a discussion about how it affects people around the world. Speakers include Ali Velshi, CNN senior business correspondent; Shibani Joshi, Fox Business Network reporter; Hitha Prabhakar, a retail analyst and fashion editor (and former Bear Stearns analyst). We are expecting others to join the call as well. Send in your questions to [email protected]

SAJA presents a discussion with the team of "Journey Into America" - A Muslim professor at American University discovers the U.S. with his students. We'll be talking to the professor, Ambassador Akbar Ahmed (a former Pakistan envoy to the UK and "the world's leading authority on contemporary Islam," according to the BBC). Students Madeeha Hameed, Jonathan Hayden and Hailey Woldt will join us, too. More on the project at http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/10/webcast-ambassa.html

SAJA presents a conversation about Nepal with Upendra Yadav, the foreign minister of the world's newest republic. He'll discuss the political situation in Nepal and South Asia; the Maoist vision for Nepal; and his trip to the U.S. with the new prime minister of Nepal. MODERATOR: Kashish Shrestha, freelance reporter and photojournalist, and producer and host of the podcast "In Conversation" on Samudaya.org