Breaking the Silence: Domestic Violence in the South Asian-American Community Book

	Introduction	9
	Acknowledgements	21
Part 1	Tributes and testimonies: Putting a Face on Domestic Violence
1.	Broken Promises: Domestic Violence Murders and Attempted Murders in the U.S. and Canadian South Asian Communities	27
2.	The I Say: Do not Deny Domestic Violence	47
3.	Violence on the College Campus: A Second-Generation South Asian Survivor Speaks Out	52
4.	Writings on the Forehead: Meena	56
Part 2	Combatting Domestic Violence: Community Responses
5.	Social, Legal, and Community Challenges Facing South Asian Immigrant Women	89
6.	Domestic Violence and Domestic Harmony in the Name of Religion	98
7.	How Religious Institutions Can Help Combat Domestic Violence: Interfaith Perspectives	120
8.	Ending Violence against Women: The Role of South Asian Men	144
9.	Who Goes There, Friend or Foe? Finding Comrades in Domestic Violence Work	161
10.	Negotiating the Institutional Maze: How Professional Clinicians Can Help Battered Immigrant Women Apply for Green Cards	172
Part 3	My Art is my Activism
11.	Releasing my Fear	191
12.	Domestic/Drastic Violence: Dancing Roop Kanwar	195
13.	Tales Enunciate!	204
14.	Past Present, Present Past	208
15.	Maya	211
16.	Nostalgia	225
17.	Making It Home Safely	226
Part 4	Resources
18.	Directory of Organizations	234
19.	Further Reading	249
	Endnotes	255