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Join SAJA for a live web radio discussion with V.V. Ganeshananthan, author of the widely-acclaimed "Love Marriage," her debut novel. "A complex, moving evocation of love and war — two ideas which overlap more often, and more dramatically, than we often care to recognize. Love Marriage is an impressive debut." —Daniel Alarcon. She is also SAJA VP and convention chair. MORE: http://www.vasugi.com

Veteran journalist Gopal Raju, founder of India Abroad; IANS news service and publisher of three other newspapers - died in New York on April 10. SAJA is hosting a web-radio discussion about his life and wonderful legacy.Several friends and colleagues will participate.We are also gathering tributes and comments at http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/04/obit-gopal-raju.html

Join SAJA for a live web radio discussion with Parag Khanna, whose new book is "The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order." The book was excerpted as a provocative Jan. 2008 cover story in the New York Times magazine as "Who shrunk the Superpower?" He looks at how societies struggle to manage the pressures of globalization and how they respond to the competing influences of the leading superpowers: the United States, European Union, and China.

A look at how immigration policy and patterns affect American business and the economy. Our speakers will discuss trends and offer thoughts on issues such as American competitiveness, the H1-B visa cap, outsourcing, the US-India-China business relationship and much more. Speakers: VINOD DHAM, founder of NEA-IndoUS Ventures and "the father of the Pentium processor"; and VIVEK WADHWA, a fellow at Harvard Law School and exec in residence at Duke Univ who's doing research on these issues.

Join SAJA for a live web radio discussion with Chitra Divakaruni, whose latest book is "The Palace of Illusions" (Doubleday Feb. 2008). She is an award-winning author and poet. She has been published in over 50 magazines, including The Atlantic Monthly and The New Yorker, and her writing has been included in over 50 anthologies. Her books have been translated into 16 languages, including Dutch, Hebrew, Russian and Japanese. Two of her books have been made into movies.

Join SAJA for a live webcast about the Democratic race. We will be joined by senior South Asian American supporters of Senators Clinton and Obama:

PREETA BANSAL, former Solicitor General of New York State; a past lawyer in

the Clinton White House and Justice Department; and a member of several

Obama national policy committees & outreach teams... NEERA TANDEN, policy director for the Clinton campaign; former legislative

director for Senator Clinton. We'll look at Sen. McCain in a future show.

Join SAJA for a live web radio discussion with Sudhir Venkatesh, author of the widely-acclaimed "Gang Leader for a Day A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets (Penguin Press, Jan. 2008). "Gang Leader for a Day is an absolutely incredible book. Sudhir Venkatesh's memoir of his years observing life in Chicago's inner city is a book unlike any other I have read, equal parts comedy and tragedy." - Steven Levitt, author of "Freakonomics"

Join SAJA & SAMMA for a web radio discussion about South Asians and Hollywood. Just ahead of the Oscars, we'll talk to a panel of actors, executives and industry insiders about where things stand for South Asians looking to work in American entertainment. Speakers: Aseem Chhabra, Jai Khanna, Kavi Ladnier, Aasif Mandvi, Manu Narayan

Join SAJA for a live discussion about the Pakistan elections. A group of journalists, scholars and experts will discuss what they mean for the future of Pakistan and the U.S.-Pakistan relations. Speakers: Asif Alam, Kiran Khalid, Todd Baer, Anil Kalhan...

Kishore Mahbubani's latest book tackles a topic that should be of wide interest

in America: the rise of Asia. Mahbubani, former ambassador of Singapore to the

United Nations and one of Foreign Policy magazine's top 100 public

intellectuals in the world, will shed light on several important trends

affecting us all. "This is a splendid book [that] must be read by every Western

policymaker; it is a tour de force." - Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia University

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