The World-Wide Web Virtual Library [Alphabetical || Category Subtree || WWW VL database|| WWW VL Global Search]

Edited by: Dr T.Matthew Ciolek

The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early Sep 2000
Vol. 7, No. 121

06 Sep 2000

Tibetan Buddhist Resources Center (TBRC)
Bodhi Foundation, Austin, TX, USA
Supplied note: "The TBRC database (archive of Tibetan biographical and bibliographical data) and search engine is now open on-line to the public at [the URL below]."
Self-description: "The TBRC catalog tracks two basic types of entity: Works and People. The collection of Works includes (but is not limited to) books and pecha. The collection of People includes the authors of the Works in the TBRC collection, and more: the TBRC database also tracks biographical information about many historical figures who did not write anything (or whose writings do not appear in the TBRC holdings). Thus, the TBRC catalog is more than just a simple library catalog. It also tracks a variety of important data related to biography, lineage, and history."
URL http://www.tbrc.org/
Link suggested by: Christopher J. Fynn (cfynn@dircon.co.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

06 Sep 2000

Snow Lion Publications
Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, NY, USA
Self-description: "A press [est. 1980] devoted to the preservation of Tibetan Buddhism and culture. The original idea was to present translations from all the schools of Tibetan Buddhism and to publish academic as well as popular titles. The editors were particularly interested in publishing monastic textbooks from the various traditions. The first manuscripts offered were primarily from Glenn Mullin, Jeffrey Hopkins, and his students at the University of Virginia, the foremost academic program in the West for Tibetan Buddhist studies. [Since then] Snow Lion has gone on to become the largest press devoted to Tibetan Buddhism, having published over 150 titles on Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism (printing over one million copies) and distributing over 500 titles published by other presses. In addition, Snow Lion distributes hundreds of video- and audio tapes of teachings by Tibetan lamas [and other materials] connected to Tibetan culture."
Site contents: News from and about Tibet; Snow Lion Tibet Library; Snow Lion Newsletter; Dharma Resources; Activism; Appeals; About Snow Lion; Searchable annotated catalog of books about Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism [an excellent research tool! - ed.]; Our Authors; Links.
[A commercial site - ed.]
URL http://www.snowlionpub.com/
Link suggested by: Erin Riddle (weblion1@lightlink.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

06 Sep 2000

Parabaas: Complete Bengali Webzine
www.parabaas.com, Howell, NJ, US
Supplied note: "From Samir Bhattacharya: a group of people from various places in the USA, Calcutta, and now the Netherlands, we have been publishing 'Parabaas', a Bengali webzine which has acquired quite a reputation as a quality web magazine focusing on Bengali culture. While right from the beginning we have been publishing Bengali translations of English articles (orginal and written specifically for Parabaas), so far, we have recently decided to add a translation section as well to introduce Bengali literature and culture to the wider readership. [it has links to Bangladesh culture resources too]."
URL http://www.parabaas.com/
Link suggested by: Joanna Kirkpatrick (jkirk@micron.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

05 Sep 2000

Bytes For All: A Voluntary Online Initiative from South Asia
bYtES For aLL, Goa, India
Supplied note: The e-magazine 'Bytes For All: Making Computing Relevant to the People of South Asia' "is a voluntary, unfunded venture [...] Contact us at bytes-admin@goacom.com [...]. Ezine volunteers team includes: Frederick in Goa, Partha in Dhaka, Zubair in Islamabad, Archana in Goa, Arun-Kumar in Dortmund, Zunaira in Karachi, Shivkumar in Mumbai, Rajib in Kathmandu, Daryl in Chicago and Sangeeta in Kathmandu. Partha Sarkar is webmaster [...]. To subscribe simply send a message to fred@bytesforall.org with [...] SUBSCRIBE B4A as the subject line."
Self-description: "Realities of the Third World = 'a modem can cost more than a cow' + access to telecommunication is a previledge + information by definition is a property of the government. Welcome to South Asia. This talent-rich, resource-poor, tragic-powerhouse of immense software skills, finds its abilities recognised across the globe. And yet millions here can't find the solutions that could make life a little less of a struggle. [...] bYtES For aLL is an attempt to swim against the tide. Through a website and an e-mail based mailing list, we hope to update interested readers about interesting ventures. Attempts that focus on people before profits."
[A source of unique, succinct and timely information and commentaries. In Aug 2000 the magazine celebrated its 6th issue and the first year of operations - ed.]
URL http://www.bytesforall.org/
Link suggested by: Frederick Noronha (fred@goa1.dot.net.in)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

03 Sep 2000

Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, The Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, USA
Self-description: "The Analyst is an English language global Web journal devoted to analysis of the current issues facing the Central Asia-Caucasus region. It serves to link the business, governmental, journalistic and scholarly communities [...]. The Analyst aims to provide our industrious and engaged audience with a singular and reliable assessment of events and trends in the region written in an analytical tone rather than a polemical one."
The Aug 30, 2000 issue of 'The Analyst' features four Analytical Articles, four Field Reports, and News Bites from the past fortnight. The Analytical Articles feature: 'Cigarette Companies Come Under Fire in Uzbekistan'; 'Abulfaz Elchibey's Death, Boycotts and Azerbaijan's Elections'; 'The 'Fundamentalist' Threat to Uzbekistan: Crisis or Chimera?'; 'Ukraine as a Major Player in the Caucasus'. The Field Reports include: 'Despite Show Trials, Hizb'e Tahrir is Still a Mystery'; 'IREX Provides Educational Link Between US, Central Asia and Caucasus'; 'Uzbek Youths Rummage Ravages of their Economy in Search of Jobs'; 'Central Asia's Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan Drug Route.'
URL http://www.cacianalyst.org/
Link suggested by: Justin Rudelson (jcbenadam@aol.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

01 Sep 2000

Third World Studies Center (TWSC)
TWSC, The University of the Philippines, Philippines
Self-description: "Since its establishment [in 1979], the Center completed 10 major research projects on different aspects of Philippine and Third World societies and states, including their political economies, social movements, local politics, education, foreign relations, laws, cultures, and ideologies."
Site content: Research; Publications; Training & Seminars; International Exchange; Resource collection.
URL http://www.upd.edu.ph/~twsc
Link suggested by: Josephine Dionisio (jdionisi@kssp.upd.edu.ph)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

01 Sep 2000

Musharraf: A Post Oct 12, 1999, Profile
South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, India
Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies, A-2/3, Bharathi Dasan Colony, K.K.Nagar, Chennai--600078, India, (Tele.Fax.No.44-4895235) on [Pakistan on eve of PM's visit To US] is now available at [the URL below]."
[The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt.of India, and, Director, Institute for Topical Studies, Chennai - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers2/paper141.html
Link suggested by: B. Raman (corde@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

01 Sep 2000

The Anthropology of the Mentawai Islands
Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Supplied note: "A collection of articles and list of resources from the disciplinary perspective of social/cultural anthropology, having the Mentawai Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia, as their focus. Includes detailed ethnographic data and interpretations of key cultural practices of the indigenous inhabitants of the southern region of Siberut, the largest island in the group."
URL http://www.mentawai.org/
Link suggested by: Glenn Reeves (mentawai@mentawai.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

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