Robert Hardgrave, Jr.

The Internet, opening vast amounts of information and providing immediate access to unfolding events, is increasingly important for research in the study of politics in South Asia. Internet sites supplement traditional "hard copy" sources in a variety of ways, but they also provide bibliographic access to "hard copy" sources. We may now access online library catalogues throughout the world, enabling us to locate a book or track down an elusive title or reference. Where once we dug into the volumes of various guides to periodical literature, we may now search for articles published in journals and periodicals by such online sources as Public Affairs Information Service International (PAIS International) and Social Sciences Abstracts. These, however, are "proprietary" internet services, available only through subscribing libraries.
 More general online bibliographic indices, using key words to zero in on topics relating to Indian politics, remain essential, but the annual Bibliography of Asian Studies, published annually by Association for Asian Studies since 1956, is a superb resource for books and scholarly articles on India and is available online in subscribing libraries (URL below). Major online full-text sources for newspaper articles on India and South Asia more generally include LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe, JASTOR, and Dow Jones Interactive, and an increasing number of newspapers, periodicals, and journals throughout the world are online with full-text.

With the increasing number of library consortia, access to databases and electronic journals is frequently available through both public and academic libraries.  If you don't find a favorite database, ask your librarian to recommend something similar in coverage or content.

For a valuable essay on the use of the internet for online sources on India, with a guide to important websites, see Mary Rader, “Downloading India: A Guide to Online Resources,” in Alyssa Ayres and Philip K. Oldenburg, India Briefing: Takeoff at Last? (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2005), pp. 189-212.

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I. General sites for information and links on India



Maps of India: http://www.mapsofindia.com/

SARAI: Columbia University South Asia Resource Access on the Internet. See especially “Government & Politics of South Asia.” http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/cuvl/

Digital South Asia Library.  A comprehensive online resource that includes indexes, journals, and official publications. http://dsal.uchicago.edu/

Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (Australian National University): Major resource for India links. http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html


Asian Studies Search Engines (Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library). http://www.ciolek.com/SearchEngines.html

India Virtual Library.  http://www.southasianist.info/india/index.html

ASNIC "India" --Asian Studies Network Information Center at the University of Texas at Austin. 
http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/india/index.html


South Asia Resources, University of Virginia.  
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/southAsia.html



Indian Studies in the United States. Links to major university programs. http://ias.berkeley.edu/iasasp/southasia/indiastudies/

Title VI South Asia Nation Resource Centers: http://www.ncsu.edu/tsac/nrc/

Center for Research Libraries: South Asia: http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=1&l2=4&l3=141

Portal to Asian Internet Resources (PAIR), organized by topic. http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/PAIR/

AsiaSource, a major on-line resource from the Asia Society: http://www.asiasource.org/

South Asia Network: http://southasia.net/

Hindustan Network: http://www.hindustan.net/

India Network.  Links to various Indian sites.  http://www.indnet.org/



South Asia Web Links (Lubin): http://home.wlu.edu/~lubint/Links.htm

Access Asia: clearing house for information on Asian affairs: http://www.accessasia.org/

H-ASIA, Asian history and studies scholarly discussion site: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~asia/

Bibliography of Asian Studies (by subscription): http://bas.umdl.umich.edu/b/bas/

South Asia Foundation (New Delhi), documentation and information center. http://www.southasiafoundation.org/saf/safdic/docinfo.asp

International Directory of South Asia Scholars: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/cuvl/directory.html

II. Research Institutes and “Think Tanks” (Also see VII.  Foreign Affairs, Military & Security)

Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (Delhi). http://www.csdsdelhi.org/

Lokniti, Programme for Comparative Democracy (CSDS, Delhi): http://www.lokniti.org/

Centre for Policy Research (New Delhi). http://www.cprindia.org/

Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania.  Analyses of issues in contemporary India. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/casi/



Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (New Delhi). http://www.icrier.org/about/about_icrier.html

National Council of Applied Economic Research (New Delhi).   http://www.ncaer.org/reachNCAER.html

Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies: South Asia. http://www.sais-jhu.edu/programs/asia/southasia/

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: South Asia. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/regions/index.cfm?fa=viewRegions&region=1000095

National Bureau of Asian Research.  Focus on strategic issues of

 Asia-Pacific region. http://www.nbr.org/




III. Government of India



Government of India, directory of government websites. http://goidirectory.nic.in/

India Image: Gateway to Government of India information on the web.  http://indiaimage.nic.in/

Governments on the WWW: India (national and state). http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/in.html


Constitution of India. http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/welcome.html,            http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/coifiles/part.htm

Prime Minister’s Office: http://pmindia.nic.in/

Indian Parliament: http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/

Election Commission of India: http://www.eci.gov.in/



Planning Commission. http://planningcommission.nic.in/

Reserve Bank of India (India’s Central Bank). http://www.rbi.org.in/home.aspx

Ministry of Finance.  http://finmin.nic.in/

Ministry of Commerce and Industry. http://commin.nic.in/

Embassy of India, Washington, D.C. http://www.indianembassy.org/newsite/default.asp

IV. Parties, Politics, and Elections



Indian National Congress, official website: http://www.congress.org.in/

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), official website: http://www.bjp.org/



RSS, official website: http://www.rss.org/

Vishva Hindu Parishad, official website: http://www.vhp.org/

Bajrang Dal [Hindu nationalist], official website: http://www.hinduunity.org/bajrangdal.html

Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPM], official website: http://www.cpim.org/

Communist Party of India (CPI), official website: http://www.cpindia.org/

Election Commission of India: http://www.eci.gov.in/



Indian Elections: http://www.indian-elections.com/

V. Indian Economy and Society (also see III. Government of India)

Census of India. http://www.censusindia.net/

IndiaStat: statistical information.   http://indiastat.com

India Statistics (Colorado State University): http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/india.html

Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy.  A reliable and comprehensive source for economic data. http://www.cmie.com/

Budget of India, Economic Survey, Ministry of Finance. http://indiabudget.nic.in/

Confederation of Indian Industry. http://www.ciionline.org/

Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). http://www.ficci.com/

Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India. (ASSOCHAM). http://www.assocham.org/

Economy Watch (Infobase, New Delhi):  http://www.economywatch.com/

VI. Issues and Interests



Women:

SAWNET (South Asian Women's NETwork):  http://www.sawnet.org/

Centre for Women’s Development Studies: http://www.cwds.org/

Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA).  http://www.sewa.org/

India Together (women’s issues): http://www.indiatogether.org/women/

Journal of South Asian Women Studies: http://www.asiatica.org/publications/jsaws/



Manushi  http://free.freespeech.org/manushi/

South Asia Bibliographies: Women Studies: India. http://www.lib.washington.edu/Southasia/women/india.html

Human Rights:

South Asia Watch. http://www.zmag.org/southasia/southasia1.cfm

Human Rights Watch-Asia. http://www.hrw.org/doc/?t=asia

People’s Union for Civil Liberties (Delhi). http://www.pucl.org/

National Campaign on Dalit Human Right. s http://www.dalits.org/

http://www.hri.ca/partners/sahrdc/index.htm

Kashmir:

Kashmir Virtual Library: http://www.southasianist.info/kashmir/index.html

Kashmir Study Group: http://www.kashmirstudygroup.org/

Jammu-Kashmir.com, website of overseas Kashmiris seeking an end to violence: http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/index.html

South Asian Diaspora:

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SouthAsia/diaspora.html

VII. Foreign Affairs, Military and Security, Terrorism



South Asia Analysis Group (Chennai), with focus on strategic issues and terrorism.  http://www.saag.org/

South Asia Terrorism Portal, site of the Institute of Conflict Management (New Delhi). http://www.satp.org/

Bharat Rakshak, Consortium of Indian Military Websites: 
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/



Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (New Delhi). http://www.idsa.in/

Observer Research Foundation (New Delhi). http://www.observerindia.com/

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (New Delhi). http://www.ipcs.org/

Strategic Foresight Group (Mumbai): http://www.strategicforesight.com/

Henry L. Stimson Center (Washington), South Asia security think tank: http://www.stimson.org/home.cfm

Center for Strategic  & International Studies (Washington, DC), South Asia Program. http://www.csis.org/saprog/

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington, DC).  South Asia program. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/programs/global/index.cfm?fa=proj&id=106

International Crisis Group-South Asia: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=1263&l=1

Security Research Review, publication of Bharat-Rakshak. http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/SRR/

US-India Friendship. Promoting closer ties between the U.S. and India.  http://www.usindiafriendship.net/

VIII. Media: Newspapers, News Magazines, and Radio-Television



Internet Public Library (University of Michigan): India. Links to Indian newspapers in English and other languages: http://www.ipl.org/div/news/browse/IN/

South Asia Electronic Journals and Newspapers.  Links: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/saSerials.html

India Server. Links to Indian newspapers. http://www.indiaserver.com/news/thehindu/thehindu.html

Leading Newspapers in India:



The Times of India (Mumbai, New Delhi): http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/

The Hindu (Chennai): http://www.thehindu.com/

The Hindustan Times (New Delhi): http://www.hindustantimes.com/


The Indian Express (numerous editions): http://www.indianexpress.com/

The Statesman (Kolkata, Calcutta): http://www.thestatesman.org/


The Telegraph (Kolkata, Calcutta): http://telegraphindia.com/


The Deccan Herald (Bangalore): http://www.deccanherald.com/


The Economic Times (Times of India group, Mumbai): http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/

Business-Standard (Mumbai and other editions). http://www.business-standard.com/

Financial Express (Indian Express group, Mumbai). http://www.financialexpress.com/

Business Line (The Hindu group, Chennai). http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/

Newsmagazines and Periodicals:


Frontline (Chennai, biweekly, published by The Hindu): http://www.flonnet.com/

India Today (New Delhi, weekly): http://www.indiatoday.com/itoday/index.html

Outlook (New Delhi, weekly): http://www.outlookindia.com/


India Abroad (New York, weekly): http://www.indiaabroad.com/


The Economic and Political Weekly (Mumbai), India's foremost periodical of the social sciences. http://www.epw.org.in/showIndex.php

Seminar, monthly symposium on a specific issue (New Delhi). http://www.india-seminar.com/

Business Today (New Delhi). http://www.business-today.com/btoday/index.html 

Other mass media and services: 



Doordarshan, Government of India television network news: http://www.ddinews.gov.in/

Press Information Bureau, GOI:  http://pib.nic.in/

Samachar, India news service: http://www.samachar.com/



Rediff India Abroad: http://www.rediff.com/

Google News India: http://news.google.com/news?ned=in&hl=en

Yahoo! India News: http://in.news.yahoo.com/

Sify News.  Online India news. http://sify.com/news/

IX. Journals 



India Review, scholarly research quarterly on issues central to Indian politics, economics, and society.  http://indiareview.org/

SAGAR: South Asia Graduate Research Journal: http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/pages/sagar/index.html

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