Community
Leaders, Sikhs
NATIONAL
SMART
- Sikh Mediawatch and Resource Task Force
Jaideep
Singh,
founder,
E-mail: singhplant@aol.com
707-476-0502
SAJA
NOTE: Best
resource for Sikh information for the media
NEW
YORK
Inder Jit Singh
NYU Dental School
Columnist, www.sikhe.com
Author, "Sikhs and Sikhism"
(212) 998-9619 (office)
(516) 781-5163 (home)
ijs1@nyu.edu
SAJA NOTE: expert on Sikhism, observant Sikh
WASHINGTON,
DC
Jayant
Kalotra
CEO, International Business & Technical
Consultants, Inc.
E-mail:
ibtcijsk@aol.com
SAJA NOTE: International business consultant;
coordinating community information efforts
CHICAGO
Devon Gurudwara Sahib
773-274-3133
2341 W. Devon Avenue, Chicago
Sikh Gurudwara Sahib
847-358-9230
1280 Winnetka Street,Palatine, IL
List of U.S. Gurudwaras from AllAboutSikhs.com
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Community
Leaders, Hindus
QUEENS,
NY
Hindu Temple Society of North America
Uma Mysorekar, PhD
President
718-460-8484
SAJA NOTE: The best resource for Hindu issues in America;
the Society also provides priests for services.
NATIONAL
American Hindus Against Defamation
Dr. Ajay Shah
President
E-mail: ahad@hindunet.org
Website: http://www.hindunet.org/ahad
SAJA NOTE: National Hindu watchdog group that monitors portrayal
of Hindu religion, culture, and symbols in the media.
NATIONAL
Vishwa
Hindu Parishad-America (World Hindu Council)
Gaurang Vaishnav, General Secretary
732-603-7740 or 973-562-3298
gensecy@vhp-america.org
Shyam Tiwari,
national coordinator public relations and media
Day: (770)752-3358 Eve: (770)232-0939
srtiwari@hotmail.com
http://www.vhp-america.org
SAJA NOTE: VHP's mission is to "preserve, protect and
promote the Hindu way of life."
CHICAGO AREA
Hindu Temple, Lemont, IL
L.Bhima Reddy, trustee and manager 630-972-0300
The Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago
K.V. Reddy 630-788-5660 cell
Prasanna Reddy 847-605-8167
T.V. Ramachandran 630-739-9144
Sri Venkateswara Temple of Greater Chicago
Aurora, Illinois
630-844-2252
Manav Seva Mandir
Bensenville, IL
Dr. C. L. Shastri 630-860-9797
Swaminarayan Hindu Temple
Wheeling, IL 847-808-9980
Arjun Malviya 847-303-1237
Midwest Swaminarayan Temple
Itaska, IL 866-838-4778
Jagdish Patel 708-301-0390
Chinmaya Mission Chicago
Willowbrook, IL
Swami Sharanananda 630-654-3370
Shankar Pillai 630-789-6607
BAPS Swaminarayan Temple
Bartlett, IL 630-213-3221
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Community Leaders, Sri Lankan
NEW
YORK CITY
New York Buddhist Vihara
718-468-4262
214-22 Spencer Ave. Queens, N.Y. 11427
Staten Island Buddhist Vihara
718-556-2051
115 John St. Staten Island, N.Y. 10302
NEW JERSEY
Sri Lankan Medical Association
Morristown, NJ
973-993-8777, ext. 210
Sri Lankan Medical Association
Edison, NJ
732-494-7567
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Community
Leaders, Bangladeshi
NATIONAL/NEW
YORK
Naeem Mohaiemen
writer
and activist
E-mail: nmohaiemen [at] mac.com
work: 646-602-4927 / 917-620-5671
SAJA NOTE: runs Shobak.org
-- excellent site for all things
Bangladeshi, including WTC related stories (backlash, survivors,
victims
at Ground Zero)
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Hate
Crimes
NATIONAL/NEW
YORK
Asian
American Legal Education & Defense Fund
Sin
Yen Ling
212-760-9110
E-mail: sling@aaldef.org
SAJA
NOTE: Best resource for bias crime data
NATIONAL
Debasish Mishra
SAALT: South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow
E-mail: saalt@saalt.org
212-M-A-S-A-L-A-2
Indira
Ahluwalia, board member
Phone: 703-749-0100, ext. 238
E-mail: iahluwalia@ibtci.com
http://www.saalt.org
SAJA NOTE: This group documented 645 separate incidents of hate
crimes and bias published in the U.S. press in the seven days
following Sept. 11, 2001. Its 40-page report is available for
free download at http://www.saalt.org
or in PDF format by clicking
here
NATIONAL
Sikh.Org
http://www.sikh.org/hatecrime
Representatives
around the country
http://65.42.195.102/sikhs/contactList.html
NATIONAL
Jaideep
Singh
Founder, Sikh Mediawatch and Resource Task Force
E-mail: singhplant@aol.com
440-235-3794
SAJA NOTE: Best
resource for Sikh information re: media
CALIFORNIA
Harmeet K. Dhillon
Lawyer with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 400 Sansome St.
San Francisco, CA 94111-3143
415-773-5986
hdhillon@orrick.com
SAJA NOTE: Former journalist; frequent commentator on
human and civil rights, hate crimes and legal issues
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Backlash:
Victims of hate crimes and racial profiling
TEXAS
Ashraf Khan
San
Antonio Pakistani businessman asked to deplane because pilot
& crew were uncomfortable. Was unable to make his connection
to visit Karachi for his brother's wedding.
http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=987&xlc=307544&xld=987
E-mail: mobiltel@swbell.net
Cell: 830-832-5426
NEW
YORK
Amrik
Singh Chawla
Sikh management consultant chased into subway minutes after WTC
attacks.
E-mail:
chawla_amrik@hotmail.com
http://www.rediff.com/us/2001/sep/13ny2.htm
SAJA NOTE: Keen to look beyond what happened to him and
wants to discuss what all Americans can learn from the tragedy.
NEW
YORK
Sin Yen Ling
Asian American Legal Education & Defense Fund
212-760-9110
E-mail: sling@aaldef.org
SAJA NOTE: Best resource for bias crime data
NATIONAL
Jaideep
Singh
Founder, Sikh Mediawatch and Resource Task Force
E-mail: singhplant@aol.com
440-235-3794
SAJA NOTE: Best
resource for Sikh information re: media
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Experts
on South Asian Culture, Ethnicity, Languages, Religion
NEW YORK
Prof. Margaret Abraham
Former chair of sociology and anthropology dept
Hofstra University
Phone: (516) 463-5641
E-mail: Margaret.Abraham [at] hofstra.edu
Profile:
http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Margaret_Abraham/
SAJA NOTE: expert on ethnicity, migration, gender and,
especially, domestic violence.
NEW YORK
Prof. Shikaripur N. Sridhar
Professor of Linguistics and Director, Center for India Studies
E 5350, Melville Library, State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3386
Office: 631-632-9742 fax:631-632-9731
E-mail: s.sridhar@stonybrook.edu
http://www.sunysb.edu/india
SAJA NOTE: Author of many books on South Asian languages and
culture
Prof.
Kamal K. Sridhar
Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4376
Office: 631-632-9742; fax:631-632-9731
E-mail: ksridhar@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
http://www.sunysb.edu/india
SAJA NOTE: Author of many articles on language and culture of
Indian Americans
Anju
Bhargava
LISAAW-Leadership Institute of South Asian American Women
E-mail: lisaawemail@aol.com
CHICAGO
Prof. Daisy Rockwell
Loyola
University Chicago
Modern Languages and Literatures
Phone: 773-508-2863
Fax: 773-508-2893
E-mail: drockwe@orion.it.luc.edu
http://www.luc.edu/faculty/drockwe
SAJA NOTE: Teaches Hindi-Urdu and South Asian literature at
Loyola University Chicago, which is located on Devon Ave. (Chicago's
"India town"). Also works with the South Asian Students'
Association, the Hindu Students' Organization and Muslim Students
Association
Prof.
Tracy Pintchman
Loyola University
Chicago
E-mail: tpintch@luc.edu
SAJA NOTE: Teaches Hinduism
Prof.
Marcia Hermansen
Loyola
University Chicago
E-mail: mherman@luc.edu
SAJA NOTE: Teaches Islam/South Asia and is active in
Muslim community in Chicago
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Diaspora
MIAMI
Dr. Ken I. Boodhoo
Associate Professor, International Relations, Florida
International University
305-348-3074, 305-348-2555
boodhook [at] fiu.edu
SAJA NOTE: Expert on Caribbean (and Indo-Caribbean) politics,
development and ethnicity, specializing in
Trinidad and Haiti.
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US-South
Asia Foreign Policy/Security and/or Islam
WASHINGTON, DC
Stephen
Philip Cohen
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Program
Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
Office: 202-797-6015 fax: 202/797-6003
E-mail: scohen@brook.edu
http://www.brook.edu/
SAJA NOTE: Highly regarded, much quoted expert; author of
several books on South Asia
NEW YORK,
NY
Philip Oldenburg, PhD
Professor, Southern Asian Institute
Columbia University
E-mail: pko1@columbia.edu
SAJA NOTE: Highly regarded, much quoted expert; author of
annual "India Briefing" series for Asia Society
NEW YORK,
NY
Mansoor Ijaz
Investment banker and citizen diplomat
E-mail: crescent@crescentgroup.com
http://www.saja.org/ijaz.html
SAJA NOTE: American-born Pakistani; SAJA member and widely
published commentator on South Asia affairs; active in peace
efforts between India and Pakistan
CHICAGO
Marshall Bouton, PhD
President, The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations
Office: 312-726-3860
http://www.ccfr.org
SAJA NOTE: Former executive vice president of Asia Society;
has worked and studied in South Asia
LONDON
Sumantra Bose
Professor, London School of Economics
E-mail: S.Bose@lse.ac.uk
44-79-0501-6355 (cell)
44-20-7-955-7811 (office)
SAJA NOTE: Expert on security issues
AUSTIN
Sumit Ganguly
Professor, University of Texas
Author of several
foreign policy books
E-mail: sg@uts.cc.utexas.edu
917-853-2665
SAJA NOTE: Highly regarded, much quoted expert
NEW YORK
Bernard Haykel
Professor
of Islamic law and Middle Eastern Studies at NYU
E-mail: bernard.haykel@nyu.edu
212 998 8919
SAJA
NOTE: Highly regarded expert on Islam and terrorism.
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Andaman Islands, India
NEW YORK
Madhusree Mukerjee
Author, The Land of Naked People: Encounters with Stone Age Islanders
(Houghton Mifflin, Boston and Penguin India, 2003)
E-mail: lopchu at att.net
SAJA NOTE: Formerly an
editor of Scientific American magazine, Mukerjee is involved in efforts to secure the territorial and other rights of Andaman islanders, the
protagonists of her book, a widely praised work of nonfiction reportage.
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U.S. Politics
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Megha Chokshi
Director, Communication and Media, USINPAC
e-mail: mchokshi@usinpac.com
phone: 703-587-4156
http://www.usinpac.com
SAJA NOTE: USINPAC is represents the Indian American community on Capitol Hill, The White House and State Capitols throughout the country.
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Andaman Islands, India
NEW YORK
Madhusree Mukerjee
Author, The Land of Naked People: Encounters with Stone Age Islanders
Outsourcing
See list at SAJA
Reporting Tips on Outsourcing
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Afghanistan
Contacts in the U.S.
NEW YORK
Fariba Nawa
Afghan-American journalist
E-mail: faribanawa@yahoo.com
SAJA NOTE: Afghani-American student and writer. Tracking
hate crimes and more
NEW YORK
Famina Danishgar
Women for Afghan Women
212-260-4446
E-mail: fdanishgar@gc.cuny.edu
SAJA NOTE: Closely tracks events in Afghanistan & knows
the community here
NEW YORK
John Sifton
Expert on Afghanistan & Pakistan
E-mail: johnsifton@hotmail.com
917-836-5298
SAJA NOTE: Human rights attorney who spent the last six months
in Afghanistan and Pakistan working for an international humanitarian
aid agency implementing emergency refugee assistance programs.
He also worked in Kosovo and Albania during the summer of 1999.
His main experience is in refugee law and policy and international
humanitarian law. See story in NYT Magazine Sept. 30, 2002:
Temporal Vertigo: A last road trip through
premodern, postmodern Afghanistan -- http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/30/magazine/30AFGHAN.html
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Immigration
Issues
NEW YORK, NY
Cyrus
D. Mehta, Esq
Chair of the Committee on Immigration and Nationality Law of
the
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
cm@cyrusmehta.com
cyrusmehta@aol.com
212-686-1581
http://www.cyrusmehta.com
SAJA NOTE: Expert on various immigration matters as well
as the detention/attacks/aftermath story
Neena
Bohra, Esq
Immigration attorney
302 W. 37th Street 5th Floor
New York, NY 10018
E-mail: neenalaw@hotmail.com
212-279-0424
SAJA NOTE: Closely tracking effect of WTC attacks on immigrants,
especially those whose comapnies were shut down/destroyed
Immigrant
Support Network
Amar Veda, media coordinator
Email: amarveda@isn.org
http://www.isn.org
SAJA
NOTE: At the forefront of immgration issues dealing with South
Asians
Prof.
Neeraj Kaushal
Columbia University School of Social Work
E-mail: nk464@columbia.edu
SAJA NOTE: Expert on immigration patterns to the US, as well
as welfare reform and globalization; an economist by training
and former business journalist (writes a column for leading
Indian business daily)
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Human
& Civil Rights
Harmeet
K. Dhillon
Lawyer with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 400 Sansome St.
San Francisco, CA 94111-3143
415-773-5986
hdhillon@orrick.com
SAJA NOTE: Former journalist; frequent commentator on
human and civil rights, hate crimes and legal issues
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Legal Issues
CLEVELAND
Hiram E. Chodosh
Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Case School of Law
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Cleveland, OH 44118
216-368-1796
hiram.chodosh [at] case.edu
SAJA NOTE: One of world's leading authorities on problems
plaguing court systems and reform challenges, with particular
experience in India, Indonesia, and many other national
environments.
NEW YORK
Ayaz Shaikh, Esq
O'Melveny & Myers
Citicorp Center
Tel: 212-326-2280
E-mail: ashaikh@omm.com
Web site: http://www.omm.com/navigate.asp?nodeHandle=31&idContent=1996
SAJA NOTE: Well-versed in legal issues in dealing with terrorism
US
Economy
ATLANTA
Rajeev Dhawan
Director,
Economic Forecasting Center
Georgia State University
E-mail: rdhawan@gsu.edu
Work: 404-651-3291
Cell: 404-840-3728
SAJA NOTE: Expert on impact of terrorism on U.S. economy
and the stock market; impact of federal interest rate cuts.
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South
Asian History
BOSTON
Vipan Chandra
Professor of History
Wheaton College
Norton, MA 02766
E-mail: Vipan_Chandra@wheatonma.edu
Phone: 508-286-3660
SAJA NOTE: Teaches Asian history, including history of India;
often serves as a resource to journalists in the Boston area
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Nuclear
Issues
WASHINGTON, DC
Joseph
Cirincione
Senior Associate and Director
Carnegie Foundation for International Peace
E-mail: joseph@ceip.org
Phone: 202-939-2297
Profile: http://www.ceip.org/files/about/Staff.asp?r=10
SAJA NOTE: Frequent commentator on nuclear issues
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Terrorism
Terrorism experts lists
http://www.potomacinstitute.org/
http://www.usip.org/oc/newsroom/ma200100912.html
http://www.mediainsider.com/ProfNetPost/archives/article.cfm?ID=1764
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Psychiatry
SAN DIEGO
Ansar Haroun
Supervising psychiatrist at San Diego Superior Court
E-mail: courtdoc@excite.com
Phone: 619-531-3065
Fax: 619-531-3668
SAJA NOTE: A Yale-trained psychiatrist, on the faculty at UC
SanDiego in Psychiatry ane Pediatrics, and on the Law faculty
at USD. Has published in areas of Psychiatric Law & Ethics,
Terrorism, Wickedness/Evil; interested in the psychology of
the westernised South Asian
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Public
Relations/Marketing
NEW YORK
Mohammad Shamim
PR and marketing consultant
hehaaaa@yahoo.com
973-586-8494
SAJA NOTE: Veteran PR and communications expert; can address
such topics as PR, advertising, direct marketing, etc.
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Globalization
NEW YORK
Prof.
Neeraj Kaushal
Columbia University School of Social Work
E-mail: nk464@columbia.edu
SAJA NOTE: Expert on immigration patterns to the US, as well
as welfare reform and globalization; an economist by training
and former business journalist (writes a column for leading
Indian business daily)
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Sri Lanka
BOSTON
Robert Rotberg
Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard
Program Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict
Resolution
Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy
Tel: 617-496-2258
E-mail: robert_rotberg [at] ksg.harvard.edu
Profile:
http://ksgfaculty.harvard.edu/robert_rotberg
SAJA NOTE:
He is the author and editor of numerous books and
articles on US foreign policy, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean
CHICAGO
Ambassador Robert Sorini
President of the Trade Negotiations and Legislative Affairs
practice at Sandler, Travis and Rosenberg, P.A.
Tel: 312-641-0000
Profile:
http://www.slembassyusa.org/press_releases/spring_2004/amb_Ron_S_app_hon_consul_04mar04.html
SAJA NOTE: Sri Lanka's honorary
consul in Illinois and has been involved in US-Sri Lanka trade
issues
VICTORIA, BRITISH
COLUMBIA
Dr. Philip Dearden
Tel: 250-721-7335
E-mail: pdearden [at] mail.geog.uvic.ca
Profile:
http://communications.uvic.ca/experts/details.php?id=302
SAJA NOTE: Expert on conservation, ecotourism, with a special
focus on protected areas; has worked in Sri Lanka; adviser to
World Bank, Asian Development Bank
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Technology
NEW YORK
Durjoy
(Ace) Bhattacharjya
(917) 749-0091
durjoy@mac.com
SAJA NOTE: Founder of MedicalRecords.com
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China
& China-South Asia Relations
NEW DELHI
Dr.
Sujit Dutta
Senior fellow and coordinator for China and East Asia at
the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA), New Delhi
sujit_dutta@hotmail.com
+91-11-617-0953, 91-11-617-0854, 91-11-617-0856,57,58,59,60
http://www.usip.org/specialists/bios/archives/dutta.html
SAJA NOTE: Press Trust of India wire service correspondent
in Beijing; Senior Foreign Editor, PTI; correspondent, United
News of India; was Senior Fellow (1997-1998) at the United States
Institute of Peace, Washington D. C. Dutta holds a Masters in
International Studies and a Ph.D. in diplomatic studies from
the School of International Studies, Centre for Diplomatic Studies,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
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Experts
& Journalists Based in South Asia
Poynter:
Tips for journalists
traveling to Pakistan
PAKISTAN
Pakistan code for dialing from US: 011-92 + city +
local
ISLAMABAD
Mumtaz
Hamid Rao.
Director
News (Retd.) PTV,
Freelance Journalist,
Editor in Chief, The World Today News Portal
House: 2109, St: 33, Sector: I-10/2
Islamabad, PAKISTAN.
E-mail: mumtazrao@hotmail.com &
eic@twtnews.net
Phone +92-51-4433786
Cell: +92-333 ? 5102041
Web: www.rao.cjb.net &
www.twtnews.net
SAJA NOTE: More than 35 years experience in print and broadcast
journalism
Ednan Shahid
Editor, Khabrain
E-mail: ednan@LHR.comsats.net.pk
http://www.khabrain.com
SAJA NOTE: His newspaper published first interview
with Osama bin Laden after attack; visited NYC & SAJA in
summer 2001 on USIA-sponsored tour with other Pakistani journalists.
Hamid
Mir
Daily Ausaf, largest Urdu daily in Pakistan
Author of book on Osama Bin Laden
Phone: 92-300-855-2520
E-mail: mirpk1@yahoo.com
SAJA NOTE: Has interviewed bin Laden extensively
Imitaz
Ahmed
Editor, Current Affairs, The News
Office: 92-42-6368750/6367480
Home: 92-42-7575189
Mobile: 92-342-757-4758
Fax: 6360866-6367631
E-mail: cnpp@hotmail.com
Mira
Falbuz
Principal, Kinnaird College for Women
Home: 660-555535/6666280
Web: http://www.apcu.net/pov/2000/phailbus.htm
SAJA NOTE: Can discuss role of women in Pakistani society
Samina
Ibrahim
Editor, Newsline
Work: 5873947/5873943
SAJA NOTE: Anti-establishment daily
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