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 catagogues 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 "proprietory" internet services, available only through subscribing libraries.
More general online bibligographic 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 now 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. Readers should check with their libraries on availability.

"Indian Politics on the Internet: A Resource Guide" is from Robert L. Hardgrave, Jr., and Stanley A. Kochanek, India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation, 6th ed. (Ft. Worth: Harcourt, 2000). It was prepared with assistance from Kamal R. Adhikary, ASNIC Coordinator, Center for Asian Studies, and Merry Burlingham, South Asian Librarian, both at The University of Texas at Austin, and is here reproduced with permission from Harcourt College Publishers.

I. General sites for information and links on India; search engines.

Bibliography of Asian Studies: http://bas.umdl.umich.edu/b/bas/

South Asia Network/SAARC - South Asian Search Engine. Links to hundreds of Indian web sites http://southasia.net/.

Hindustan: Search India. Search engine for India on the web. http://www.hindustan.net/

South Asian Milan - search engine: http://www.samilan.com/

India World - daily news, features, links, and search engine: http://www.indiaworld.co.in/

Sanam's - extensive links to Indian newspapers and news groups and links to Indian search engines:
http://www.concentric.net/~sarves/indnews.htm

ASNIC "India" --Asian Studies Network Information Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Excellent links to major web sites. See especially "Government and Politics."
http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/india/index.html

Kennedy School of Government South Asian Caucus (Harvard) - data base, links, etc.: http://ksgwww.harvard.edu/~sasian/

Columbia University South Asia Resources Access on the Internet (SARAI): http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/sarai

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

India Informatics Centre: http://www.nic.in/

WWW Virtual Library: India: http://webhead.com/WWWVL/India/india207.html

India Network: http://www.indnet.org/

India on the Net - extensive information and links: http://www.allindia.com/

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

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

H-ASIA, Asia-Pacific Network: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~asia/

II. Government of India

Political structure (ASNIC): http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/india/InPoliticalstru.html

Government and politics (ASNIC): http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/india/index.html

Constitution of India - text and index; http://alfa.nic.in/const/a1.html

GOI, ministries and departments: http://www.nic.in/ug.htm

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

States and Union Territories: http:www.nic.in/staeut.htm

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

III. Parties, Politics, and Elections

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

Indian National Congress, official website: http://indiancongress.org/

India World, public opinion polls: http://indiavotes.com/

IV. Issues and Interests

Women: SAWNET (South Asian Women's NETwork)
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/index.html

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

Women: Manushi: A Journal about Women and Society: http://www.freespeech.org/manushi/

Human Rights: http://indianculture.miningco.com/msub4.htm

Kashmir: Kashmir Virtual Library: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/kashmir

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

V. Military and Security

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

Stimson Center, South Asia security "think tank": http://www.stimson.org/cbm/sa/saif.htm

South Asia Analysis Group (Chennai) http://www.saag.org/

VI. Media: Newpapers, News Magazines, and Radio-Television

Leading Newspapers in India:

The Times of India (Mumbai, New Delhi): http://www.timesofindia.com/
The Hindu (Chennai): http://www.hinduonline.com/
http://www.indiaserver.com/thehindu/thehindu.html
The Hindustan Times (New Delhi): http://www.hindustantimes.com/
The Indian Express (numerous editions): http://www.expressindia.com/
The Statesman (Calcutta): http://www.thestatesman.org/
The Telegraph (Calcutta): http://telegraphindia.com/
The Deccan Herald (Bangalore): http://www.deccanherald.com/
The Pioneer (New Delhi): http://www.the-pioneer.com/
The Asian Age (numberous editions): http:www.asianage.com/
The Economic Times (Mumbai): http://www.economictimes.com/


Newsmagazines and Periodicals:
India Abroad (New York, weekly): http://www.indiaabroad.com/
India Today (New Delhi, weekly): http://www.india-today.com/
Frontline (Chennai, biweekly, published by The Hindu): http://www.the-hindu.com/fline/index.htm
Outlook (New Delhi, weekly): http://www.outlookindia.com/
The Week (Kochi, Kerala): http://the-week.com/
Far Eastern Economic Review (Hong Kong, weekly): http://www.feer.com/

Other mass media and services:

Doordarshan, Indian television: http://www.ddindia.net/
Press Information Bureau, GOI: http://www.nic.in/India-Image/PIB/
Samachar, India news service: http://www.samachar.com/

VII. Journals on line

BASAS Bulletin, British Association for South Asian Studies: http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/ses/basasb26.html

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


NOTE: On Citation: There is no consensus on the best method for citing internet materials, but Andrew Harnack and Gene Kleppinger provide a useful guide in Beyond the MLA Handbook: Documenting Electronic Sources on the Internet:
http://falcon.eku.edu/honors/beyond-mla/

For a list of web sites on citation, see:

http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Linguistics_and_Human_Languages/Languages/Specific_Languages/English/Grammar__Usage__and_Style/Citation/Internet_Citation/

New Sites and Web Updates:

NOTE: Columbia University's SOUTH ASIA GOPHER (listed in the "Resource Guide" in the textbook) has gone to the web with a new URL. See above under "General Sites."

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

IndiaMap: India on the Net -- a valuable source for news and information on government, politics, business, and the economy, with extensive links: http://www.indiamap.com/

IndiaMap: Elections - extensive links to political parties, party manifestos, leaders, campaign reports, election results and analyses: http://www.indiamap.com/elections/ and http://www.indiamap.com/elections/webdir.htm

Media: The Economic and Political Weekly, India's foremost periodical of the social sciences http://www.south-asian-initiative.org/epw/

The Asia Society's Special Report on "Indian Elections": http://www.asiasource.org/news/special_reports/archive.cfm

Yahoo Indian News Coverage:http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/World/India/

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