Divanee Magazine

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Divanee Magazine was an online magazine founded in 2003 by Miral Sattar with the aim of bringing about a magazine in which issues and concerns unique to women of the South Asian diaspora could be addressed.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiapost.com/spotlight-on-south-asian-women-designers/|title=Spotlight on South Asian women designers|work=India Post|date=September 23, 2011|accessdate=December 28, 2011}}{{cite news|title=In the Name of Honor: A Review of Mukhtar Mai's Memoir|url=http://www.asiapacificforum.org/show-detail.php?show_id=51|accessdate=August 22, 2020|work=Asia Pacific Forum|date=December 12, 2006}} The word, divanee, means crazy or passionate in Hindi.{{cite news|author=Candy J. Cooper|title=For Muslim Women, Marriage's Delicate Dance|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/08/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/for-muslim-women-marriages-delicate-dance.html|accessdate=August 22, 2020|work=The New York Times|date=January 8, 2006 |location=Paterson}} The first issue appeared in November 2003. The magazine folded in August 2010.{{cite news|title=Miral Sattar|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/miral-sattar|accessdate=August 22, 2020|work=Linkedin}}

Concentrating on a young 16-33 audience, Divanee offered the usual combination of fashion, health, music and film reviews, but it also hoped to provide a liberal perspective to young Desi women, with an editorial stance that promotes free-thinking, pride in one's heritage and oneself, individuality and overcoming cultural expectations. It promoted South Indian involvement in higher Education and it dedicated a lot of its content to successful Desi men and women.