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SAJA, the South Asian Journalists Association, and SAMMA, South Asians in Media, Marketing and Entertainment Association, present the latest in their series of high-profile webcasts - via BlogTalkRadio.com - with some of the leading South Asian names in global media, arts, entertainment, politics and much more... Join us for a conversation with several South Asians who made waves in reality shows in recent years: Photographer Nigel Barker - "America's Next Top Model" judge * Singer Anoop Desai - "American Idol" contestant - finished in 6th place in 2009 * Chef Maneet Chauhan of Vermilion - "Iron Chef" * send us your questions and comments: [email protected] * SEE http://bit.ly/sajatv

Meet the stars and executive producer of "Outsourced," a hit comedy on NBC (Thursdays, 10:30 pm ET/PT/MT, 9:30 CT; you can watch all the episodes at NBC.com/outsourced). "Outsourced," a comedy about an American who goes to India to run a call center there, is the first primetime network comedy to be set in India and to feature multiple South Asian actors and actresses. Joining us are Rizwan Manji, who plays "Rajiv" (third from left in the graphic above); Parvesh Cheena, who plays "Gupta" (second from left); Sacha Dhawan, who plays "Manmeet" (fifth from left) and executive producer/show runner Robert Borden (credits include "The Drew Carey Show," "George Lopez"). We'll discuss artistic and business aspects of the show, the actors' career paths; the response of the community and much, much more. As always, we'll take your calls, emails ([email protected]; subject line = webcast) and tweets (@sajaHQ).

SAJA.org presents a conversation with one of the world's most influential photographers. India's most pre-eminent photographer, whose prolific and internationally acclaimed career has spanned nearly half a century, Raghu Rai (b. 1942) has focused on candid snapshots of India that masterfully capture the country's continuing regional, cultural, and political transformations. Nominated to the world's most prestigious photographers cooperative, Magnum Photos, by the legendary photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, his work challenges viewers to confront a country where temporalities merge people, objects and animals, and buildings collide in a majestic visual symphony. His classic images are extracted from a complex external reality such that, in Raghu Rai's words, "In the course of my work, I find that I have been moving to focus on the changing equations of our times, trying to record the deeper universal human responses to realities, to energy, to the spirit." In recognition of his lifetime achievements behind the camera, Rai was awarded the Padamshree, one of India's greatest civilian honors, and L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France's recognition of significant contributions to the arts. NYC's Aicon Gallery is currently presenting a selection of Raghu Rai's works chronicling a changing India from the 1970's onwards,

including his most recent emphasis incorporating staged compositions, all of which culminate in one of the most comprehensive retrospectives of the artist's work held in the United States to date.

He'll be interviewed SAJA's Aseem Chhabra and photojournalist Preston Merchant and be joined by Prajit Dutta of Aicon Gallery. Details of the show, which runs through March 19, along with 48 web photos at http://bit.ly/raghurai2

Join SAJA on BlogTalkRadio.com as we present a conversation with distinguished writer JON LEE ANDERSON of THE NEW YORKER, author of "DEATH OF THE TIGER: Sri Lanka’s brutal victory over its Tamil insurgents," from the January 17, 2011, issue. Call in with questions or listen to the archive later. Check out the other Lanka briefings here, too. Moderator: V.V. Ganeshananthan, former SAJA vice president and author of "Love Marriage," a novel set in Sri Lanka and its diaspora. [ Want an automagic email one hour ahead of every SAJA webcast? Create a free account on this page and hit the "fav" on http://blogtalkradio.com/saja ] Questions and comments to [email protected]

Join SAJA, the South Asian Journalists Association (www.saja.org) as we present a conversation with PARAG KHANNA, PhD., one of Esquire's 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century - and author of "How to Run the World." Call in with questions or email your questions: [email protected]. ABOUT THE BOOK: The world is entering a perfect storm of calamities: a great game for scarce natural resources, financial instability, environmental stress, and failing states. In some respects, it isn’t far off from that medieval landscape of almost a millennium ago. It is a multi-polar, multi-civilizational world in which every empire, city-state, multi-national corporation or mercenary army is out for itself. Esteemed adventurer-scholar Parag Khanna’s How to Run the World is a bold account of our current global chaos and a road-map for creating a truly resilient and stable world. Some of the early endorsements of the book include:

"This book is a fresh, bold, provocative—and most importantly realistic—guide to getting us to the next Renaissance." - Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea. “We need to pay attention to Parag’s ideas.” – Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google. “There’s no book like it.” – John G. Ruggie, Professor at Harvard University.Both the Daily Beast and Huffington Post have already dubbed the book one of the most anticipated of 2011.

Check out http://www.paragkhanna.com and follow him on Twitter: @paragkhanna

SAJA, the South Asian Journalists Association, and SAMMA, South Asians in Media, Marketing and Entertainment

Association, present the latest in their series of high-profile webcasts - via BlogTalkRadio - with some of the

leading South Asian names in global media, arts, entertainment, politics, sports and much more... Join us for a chat with two South Asians who are nominated for this year's Grammys, will be joining us, both long-time friends of SAJA/SAMMA. Chandrika Tandon, nominated for Best Contemporary World Music Album; and Vijay Iyer, nominated for the Best Jazz Instrumental Album. We'll discuss (and listen to) some of their music and take your questions. Feedback, ideas welcome: [email protected] * Make sure you hit "favorite" on our SAJA channel so you get automagic email alerts before each of our shows - 2-5 a month.

SAJA, the South Asian Journalists Association, and SAMMA, South Asians in Media, Marketing and Entertainment Association, present a conversation about the biggest day in American sports from a South Asian perspective. Join us as host Sree Sreenivasan (@sree) chats with Brandon Chillar, Green Packers linebacker, who's on injured reserve and will be calling in for 15-20 minutes from Dallas; ESPN's Kevin Negandhi (@knegandhiespn), who's co-hosting SportsCenter that night; Anish Shroff (@anishESPN), ESPN anchor-reporter, who covers college footballl; Adnan Virk (@adnanvirkESPN), ESPN anchor; Aditi Kinkhabwala (@AKinkhabwala), NY Giants reporter for the Wall Street Journal, who is covering the Super Bowl; and others. Call in live, or send your questions to [email protected]. This is Chillar's second visit with SAJA; he joined us on Super Bowl Sunday 2009: http://bit.ly/sajachillar

SAJA, the South Asian Journalists Association presents a conversation with editors and writers of "One Story, Thirty Stories: An Anthology of Contemporary Afghan American Literature." Since 9/11 there has been a cultural and political blossoming among those of the Afghan diaspora, especially in the United States, revealing a vibrant, active, and intellectual Afghan American community. And the success of Khaled Hosseni’s The Kite Runner, the first work of fiction written by an Afghan American to become a bestseller, has created interest in the works of other Afghan American writers. One Story, Thirty Stories (or “Afsanah, Seesanah,” the Afghan equivalent of “once upon a time”) collects poetry, fiction, essays, and selections from two blogs from thirty-three men and women—poets, fiction writers, journalists, filmmakers and video artists, photographers, community leaders and organizers, and diplomats. SPEAKERS: Zohra Saed, Sahar Muradi, Sedika Mojadidi, Ariana Delawari. Questions to [email protected]

SAJA, the South Asian Journalists Association & BlogTalkRadio present the latest in our series of high-profile conversations (75+) about South Asia and the South Asian diaspora. We will be discussing the assassination of Salmaan Taheer, the governor of Punjab province and what it means for the future of Pakistan, US-Pakistan relations, the war on terror and much more. We'll be joined by veteran Pakistan watchers in the U.S. and Pakistan (as well as those who knew him well) and we'll take your calls live. Feel free to send us questions at saja at columbia.edu More information, links and resources at http://bit.ly/sajataseer

SAJA - South Asian Journalists Association - presents a conversation about the TED-like INK. Innovation & Knowledge is the homegrown, TED-affiliated conference that aims to bring the best of India to the world, and the world to India, for a weekend of smart fast-paced talks, cutting-edge ideas, and insight into the innovations that are transforming global culture (some of the marquee US names who are speaking at the conference include "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, filmmaker James Cameron); the conference is Dec. 9-12 in Mumbai.

Get a taste of the first INK ever in this special SAJA webcast, with Vishal Gondal, the “Gaming King” of India; Sunitha Krishnan, the woman who has personally rescued thousands of sex workers from the streets; IVK (I. Vijaya Kumar), the Wipro CTO who harnesses the creative and analytical aspects of the communications industry; and curator Lakshmi Pratury, who is bringing together these and other key thinkers Dec. 9-12 to share “untold stories from around the world.”

They will take your questions live via the call-in number or via #sajaink on Twitter or [email protected].

More on the conference at: http://theinkconference.com/

Follow @inkconference live on Twitter, hashtag #INK, Dec. 9-12, 2010. Publicist contact: Dipti Nair, [email protected]