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The Meltwater Carries No Passport
Brown Pundits writes on the closing talks of Divergent Voices of South Asia in Stockholm, with a focus on Anuradha Bhasin’s proposals for cross-border journalism.
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Aman Mela 2026: Divergent Voices of South Asia in Stockholm
On Saturday 4 July 2026 Mela Nordic, together with Sapan (Southasia Peace Action Network), presented Divergent Voices of South Asia – Rethinking Partition, Reimagining Peace at Filmcentrum Riks, Bredgränd 2, in Stockholm. The full-day gathering, free and open to all, marked 79 years since the Partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. Aman means peace…
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Statement of Solidarity In Support of the Joint Awami Action Committee, Pakistan-Administered Kashmir – Stockholm, 4 July 2026
The organisers and participants of the 2nd Aman Mela Stockholm extend their solidarity to the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) of Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
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Mela Nordic 2025: Malmö’s first South Asian festival
On 30 August 2025 Mela Nordic held its first big festival at Ridhuset in Folkets Park, Malmö, together with Folkets Park, Råfilm and ABF Malmö – an afternoon and evening of music, dance and food from across South Asia. The programme ran from 15:00 to 21:00 and included The Lund International Tagore Choir, Hindustani semi-classical…
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A Partitioned Subcontinent Comes Together in Stockholm
The Wire reports on our workshop 78 Years of Partitioned Voices in Stockholm, written by speakers Amrita Ghosh and Farooq Sulehria.
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78 Years of Partitioned Voices: remembering 1947 in Stockholm
On 13 July 2025 Mela Nordic gathered academics, writers and artists at Filmcentrum Riks in Stockholm for 78 Years of South Asian Partitioned Voices, an international event marking the Partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The aim was to rethink the familiar Partition narratives and the divisive rhetoric around them, and to look instead…
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No Borders: GhostPeppers bring South Asian fusion to Malmö
On 5 July 2025 the South Asian fusion band GhostPeppers from Florida played live at Poeten på Hörnet in Malmö, for Malmö Culture Collective. GhostPeppers features Kevin Meehan and Amrita Ghosh. Their music brings together different musical traditions, from east and west, and they sing in Urdu, Hindi, Bengali and English – a musical world…
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Book talk: Dr Amit Singh on “An Approach to Hindutva”
On 10 May 2025 Mela Nordic hosted a book talk at ABF Malmö with Dr Amit Singh, author of An Approach to Hindutva. The book is an Indian case study of how Hindu nationalists challenge the established discourse of human rights and secularism in India. Dr Singh presented his research and answered questions from the…
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Tagore in Malmö: an evening with the Lund International Tagore Choir
On 26 April 2025 Mela Nordic and The Lund International Tagore Choir filled ABF Malmö with the songs of Rabindranath Tagore. The choir sang original Bengali songs by Tagore, the poet, composer and Nobel laureate whose music is still sung across Bangladesh and India today. After the concert the audience could ask the choir about…
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Aurat March: screening and discussion at the Malmö Feminist Festival
On 1 March 2025 Mela Nordic screened the documentary Aurat March (Women’s March): Why We Protest at STPLN in Malmö, as part of the Malmö Feminist Festival. The film follows the Aurat March, the women’s march that has brought thousands onto the streets of Pakistan’s cities to demand rights, safety and equality. After the screening…