Talk:South Asia Faculty Network

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[edit] Organization vs. website

The South Asia Faculty Network describes itself as "an internet resource center for educating faculty, students, and the larger public about contemporary South Asian social, economic, and political issues. This site is hosted by concerned South Asia faculty residing in the United States." [1]

References to the South Asia Faculty Network also refer to it as a web resource archiving documents produced by South Asian / South Asian Studies faculty in the Californian Hindu textbook controversy. [2][3][4]

As such, I'm confused why the most recent edits from VikramSingh would refer to it as an "organization."

Even more puzzlingly, the edit also include a link added to the term Front organization in the "See also " section. Given that the South Asia Faculty Network website archives letters, documents, and reports from specifically named academics and academic institutions, I fail to understand how that makes it a front group; it's fair to presume that the website has an agenda, but what could that agenda be besides that of the South Asia faculty whose writings are archived on the site?

I'm afraid I'm terribly confused.

-- Anirvan 23:18, 15 May 2006 (UTC)