How Others see Sawnet

• Virtually positioned: investigating identity and positionality in a case study of South Asian literature in cyberspace , by L. Lau. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 29(1), 65-76 (2004).
• A Basement Cinephilia: Indian Diaspora women and Bollywood. by Nandini Bhattacharya. South Asian Popular Culture, 2, 161-183. (2004).
• Voices of the marginalized on the internet: Examples from a website for women of South Asia. Ananda Mitra, Journal of Communication Sep 2004. The author analyzes the Sawnet website and hypothesizes connections between our 'marginalization' and the design and content of the site.
• Shakti Bhatt's India Abroad article in which Sawnet and some subscribers are mentioned. (4 April 2003).
• A Case Study comparing Sawnet and Virtual Romania. The unknown author "has not yet decided whether the white-space and culturally representative yet simple graphics [on the Sawnet website] are indicative of a cultural influence or simply gender biased" :-)
• Radhika Gajjala writes about her experiences with the 'cyborg-diaspora" on Sawnet
• The Sawnet Refusal: an interrupted cyberethnography. Also by Radhika Gajjala.
• Sawnet & Manushi. Quite a saga.
• The Women are Coming. Arun Aguiar writes about Sawnet, chaitime.com and SAAC in News India Times.
• Ethnic cyber-communities. A paper by Kwan-Yau Lam, librarian at the City Colleges of Chicago, which describes Sawnet among other communities.
• Why I am not a South Asian, by Rajeev Srinivasan. The author rails against the phrase 'South Asian', and complains about, among other things, its use by Sawnet.
• Women and immigration. Britannica describes Sawnet in an article on the formation of South Asian women's groups in the US.
• American life between dot.com and dot.comrade. Vijay Prashad lists Sawnet as 'progressive'.
• One gentleman bookmarks Sawnet under 'Exclusive, Sexist, All-Female Organizations' :-).

"Sawnet" is listed among the "prominent journalists and media in India", a list supposedly based on "influence", "clout", and "knowledge". Perhaps our influential position explains the quantity of spam we get.

BBC News Online: Sawnet is listed in a story about child brides in Rajasthan.

CNN lists Sawnet for 'General Asia-Pacific information'.

New International lists Sawnet as a website to watch. Nov 2001.

100 Top Women Sites

Sawnet health section listed in the US Surgeon General's report, Aug 2001.

Top 20 Asian American sites from A. Online.

Lovely review of our Kidsbooks section by Marie Stroughter.

Editor's Choice, Orientation Sri Lanka.
(and what a nice review :-))

Listed in the Encyclopedia Britannica Internet Guide

Featured on the UNESCO website

Aloha Award, Dec 99

ETH.net's site of the day, 10/23/99

Selected for AOL's International Channel, Sep 99. (listed under Bangladesh ;-))

Women for Literature Award. May 99.

Featured in the Scout report on Social Sciences, 20 April 99

featured in The Hindu, 20 Dec 1998

listed in Hindustan Times' Netbuzz, 9 Dec 98.

Links²Go Key Resource. Jul 98.

one of the best educational resources on the web, a featured site in StudyWeb. June 98.

Lycos Point Top 5%, Jan 98.

Net Finds, Aug 97.

Critical Mass Award, Jun 1997.

Culture Choice Award, May 1997.

NetGuide 5-star site. Reviewed Mar 97.

Luckman 5-star Interactive Award . Feb 97.

Best of Internet award from Up2Day-editorial, Germany. Jan 97.

Yahoo! Surfer's Pick

Netgiver Award, Nov 96

The Wide Range, Nov 96

Webcrawler Select site

Featured in a documentary for Canadian TV about women and education, Nov 96.

Sintercom Best of Asia Pacific, Oct 96

Clearinghouse Seal of Approval, Oct 96

iGuide 3 star resource

Bell Atlantic's Best of the Net, Sep 96

a Magellan 3-star site

a Whole Internet Catalog Select site

featured in India Today, 29 Feb 96

an outstanding source of content by the NBNSOFT Content Awards, Jan '96