Reporting Tips on South Asia
Updates/corrections: saja@columbia.edu / 212-854-5979
last updated: Dec. 18, 2001 @ 4 pm EST

Dec. 13, 2001: Terrorists Attack India's Parliament
On this page: Story ideas, news sources, journalists available in India and more
Compiled by Sreenath Sreenivasan, SAJA co-founder & SAJA volunteers

Track News about India: SAMACHAR.com http://www.samachar.com portal that brings together headlines from several Indian dailies REDIFF.com http://www.rediff.com India's largest news site YAHOO! NEWS FULL COVERAGE http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/World/India/ portal that brings together headlines and resources from around the world PRESS TRUST OF INDIA http://www.ptinews.com India's largest news agency o o o o o US-based Experts on South Asia & Sources based in South Asia: See relevant section of SAJA's Source List Indian Embassy in Washington: Navtej Singh Sarna, press counselor 202-939-7041 E-mail: sarna@indiagov.org http://www.indianembassy.org SAJA Stylebook for Covering South Asia & South Asian Diaspora http://www.saja.org/stylebook

Journalists in New Delhi available to help with stories
(numbers to dial from US):

Vir Singh:
reachvir@yahoo.com
Cell: 011-91-98-10309247
Work: 011-91-11-469-7772
Work: 011-91-11-463-1677

Norris Pritam:
norrispritam@vsnl.com
Home: 011-91-11-2718298
Cell: 011-91-98-102-34230

Mannika Chopra:
mannika@vsnl.com

See extensive list of journalists listed at SAJA Source List

DIALING INDIA: When dialing India, be aware that printed numbers list Indian area codes with a 0 in front of the code... when dialing from the US, use 011 (the number to dial international calls, then 91 (the code for India), then the local area code and number (skip the zero after the 91). eg: Delhi is listed as "011" -- but to dial from the US, use only the "11". So Delhi is 011-91-11 + local seven-digit number. Some cities in India have local numbers with less than seven digits. "98" is national cell phone code.

INDIA TIME: India has only one time zone -- it is 10.5 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time

SOURCES: US-based Experts on South Asia
& Sources based in South Asia: See relevant section of SAJA's source list

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