Interview Summary

• Local community violence, alienation and inequity (domestic abuse, Dotbusters who attacked South Asians in New Jersey, Reddy case in Berkeley around trafficking of young women , Federation of Indian Americans (FIA) not letting queer group SALGA and domestic violence organization SAKHI march in the parade, etc.)
• Regional and national Issues such as Prop 187 in California that would deny social services to undocumented people and the backlash against immigrants after the September 11th, 2001 attacks
• International/ Homeland issues: Gujarat riots in 2002, Hindutva (Hindu Right) in the U.S. and India, Indian/Pakistan relations and militarization of the border, role of multinationals, IMF and World Bank polices on South Asian countries

Manavi 1985

• DotBusters –racists attacks in NJ.
• Chowpatty restaurant – abuse of workers
• Genocide in Gujarat
• 9/11
• Bias crimes, detention and deportation
• After  9/11, community need to prioritize immigration  
• After 9/11 women didn’t want to call police

Trikone 1986

• FIA allowed Trikone to march in Bay Area
• Folks here are more IT related
• Hindutva
• Gujarat – worked with Coalition against Communalism and went to some of the temples to raise funds and raise issue of secularism
• 9/11 - involved with Women of Color Resources Center and with communities of color groups against war, organizing marches, press release

South Asian Network 1990

• Immigrant’s Rights
• Prop 187, 1996 immigration laws
• Immigration and death penalty
• Roll back of Affirmative action
• 9/11
• There has been a whole criminalization of the community even before 9/11 

Foil 1992/ YSS 1996

• DV group Sakhi, and Queer group SALGA not allowed to march in NYC’s India Day Parade- YSS stood with them
• Indo-Pak relations
• Crisis in last 5-10 years, i.e. Kargil War
• Gujarat
• BJP takeovers
• Taxi Workers Alliance Strike