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Globalom
Media's South Asian Outlook
The
Right to Freedom of Expression
The
South Asian Outlook is an independent e-Monthly by South Asians
for South Asians living in South Asia, people of South Asian origin who
are settled in different parts of the world and for all those who are
interested in the rich cultural heritage of South Asia, its diversity,
its complexity and its vitality.
The South Asian Outlook serves
as the flagship of Globalom
Media North America that also produces
South Asian Web
TV, offering South Asian Outlook on Web TV in addition
to programmes produced by other organisations and individuals.
Globalom
Media, which also publishes Indo-Canada
Outlook e-Monthly and The
Global South independent e-Journal for
global interdependence, is
an international venture operating from Canada, Europe and
Asia-Pacific. The objective is to provide “a diversity of perspective,
not simply to argue whose opinion is right." *
The word Globalom combines 'global'
and the Sanskrit word 'Om', emphasising that
despite social, cultural, economic and political diversity and
disparities, we are living in ONE WORLD.
The World Bank
defines South Asia as a region comprising of Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. We have oriented
ourselves to South Asia as perceived by the South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
However, in view of the importance of Afghanistan to the region and
beyond, the South Asian News page also provides links to sources giving
news on that volatile country.
SAARC was established in 1985 at the First SAARC Summit held in Dhaka,
Bangladesh, even though the ideas for a regional grouping of South Asian
nations had been mooted since 1980. Currently made up of Bangladesh,
Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, SAARC's main
goal is to accelerate economic and social development in member states
through joint action in certain agreed areas of cooperation.
The potential of countries in the SAARC region is vast and yet much of
it is untapped. There are some identifiable reasons for this: internal
and external conflicts within and between member states, rigid and
inflexible economic policies as well as unnecessary bureaucracy and
rampant corruption.
However, many improvements are now taking place as a pragmatic approach
towards solving economic and social troubles gains acceptance among the
member states. After all, there are many more good reasons for promoting
regional co-operation: reducing danger of external intervention,
reducing, political, military and economic tensions within the region,
expanding trade and other economic ties within a much larger market
formed by the reduction and elimination of trade barriers, co-ordinating
measures for mutual benefit in diverse areas ranging from poverty
eradication to environmental protection, and Improving the already close
cultural links that exist among the South Asian states.
To date, South Asia remains a symbol of Eastern Promise - golden
opportunities yet to be realised. SAARC is intended as a catalyst to
promote fulfilment of a dream.
We believe that some 20 million South Asians originating from
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, who
are spread around the world - in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean,
North America and South America - can contribute to making that dream a
reality
The diverse publications of the Globalom Media group are produced under
the umbrella of GlobalNewsHub
that also comprises IDN-InDepthNews
| Analysis That Matters, the
Global
Perspectives magazine for
international cooperation, and the Development
Watch monitor for international cooperation. A
joint production of Global
Cooperation Council and Globalom Media. GlobalNewsHub also includes Toward
a Nuclear Free World.
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President Globalom Media (North
America)
(*
quote with permission from Mr Michael Chender,
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