From the Digital Asia Library
Return to South Asia Web Sites Worth Considering
Political Groups
- Bharatiya Janata Party
http://www.bjp.org- Rightist, nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party's official website. Contains party related documents, updates, list of legislators, and policy positions
- Communist Party of India (Marxist)
http://www.cpim.org - Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
http://cpiml.org/- Official website of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)(Liberation), sometimes known as the Vinod Mishra Group. Contains weekly updates and archives of the CPI ML, the Naxalite movement, Vinod Mishra's writings and other publications and events of the party.
- Eelam Web
http://www.eelamweb.com/- Contains information on Tamil separatist activities in Sri Lanka represented by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, including maps, history, LTTE, audio martyrs list and announcements
- Forum of Indian Leftists
http://foil.org- Maintained by a progressive group of South Asian professionals, the site contains data classifed as politics, history,inspiration, immigration, culture, economy, activities. Has not been actively updated
- Free Burma Coalition
http://www.freeburmacoalition.org- The Free Burma Coalition is an umbrella organization for 100 colleges and universities and groups in 26 countries supporting the campaign against the military regime in Burma. The site contains campaign updates, action notices, slide shows, campaign material to support Aung San Suu Kyi
- Ganashakti Online
http://www.ganashakti.com/default_home.htm- Weekly newspaper of the Communist party of India Marxist, which contains news, features, interviews and web links to various sites related to the communist movement. Archive begins with November 1998
- Jamaat-e-islami
http://jamaat.org/- The multi media website of Jamaaet e Islam, a Pakistani Islamic political organization. The site aims to promote Islamic knowledge and provide news of activities of interest
- Jana Vimochana Vedika
jvpsrilanka.com- Official website of the Jana Vimochana Vedika, or, Peoples Liberation Front of Sri Lanka a banned socialist party. The website contains history of the party, documents, video clips, news updates and publications of the party
- JKLF: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/1114/- Homepage of the JKLF, which was formed in Birmingham, UK on May 29, 1997, with the aim of establishing Kashmir as an independent nation. Website explains group's ideology, organizational structure, and three points of struggle. Also includes group's press releases of 1997 and full text of various publications and reports
- Khalistan
http://www.khalistan.net/welcome.htm- Website of the Khalistan Sikh movement containing Hukumnaama, Khalistan, council, daily news, Khalistan the only solution, unrepresented nations and peoples organization, Khalsa raj party, operation blue star, Sikh scriptures, anti defamation council, youth, and, vision for future
- Muttahida Quami Movement
http://www.mqm.com/- Official website of the Muttahida Quami Movement, formerly known as Mohajir Quami Movement, a dissident group in Pakistan dominant in Sindh. Contains movement related literature, press releases, photographs and video clippings.
- Official homepage of DMK
http://www.thedmk.org/- Official website of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) political party. Centered in Tamil Nadu, the site contains a history of the party, biographies of leading politicans, office holders, publications, a Tamil font software, and portions of the Thirukural
- Pakistan Peoples Party
http://www.pakcyber.com/ppp/- Official website of the Pakistan Peoples Party, a major political party founded by Zulfiqr Ali Bhutto. The site contains party manfestos, speeches, party positions on selected issues, photographs and video clippings
- Shiv Sena
http://www.shivsena.org/- Website of the Shiv Sena, a regional Hundu political organisation in Maharashtra, which contains information on the leader, organisation, goals, policies, and participation in government. Although the home page is in Marathi, the text for each of the sections is in English
- Telugu Desam Party
http://www.tdparty.org/- Website of the Telugu Desam Party containing history, manifesto profiles of leaders, speeches, photos and election related news and responses to allegations by other political parties