Haider Rizvi, my Pakistani brother
Oct 31, 2015
Haider Rizvi, a friend from Pakistan, suddenly passed away in Lahore. I knew Haider since our student days at Columbia University’s Journalism School. Haider was a poet, an award-winning...
India to send Ramzan home as a ‘return gift’ to Pakistan for Geeta
Oct 30, 2015
India has decided to send Karachi’s runaway boy, Mohammad Ramzan, as a ‘return gift’ to Pakistan for returning Geeta nearly 15 years after she accidentally crossed over to their...
Being Indian doesn’t mean that we should hate Pakistan – Kailash Satyarthi
Oct 30, 2015
MUMBAI: Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Friday said intolerance is on the rise and there is a “dialogue deficit” between the government and its people. “There is significant...
Narratives 67 years on
Oct 30, 2015
The partition generation represented in Anam Zakaria’s book appears to be asking a singular question: how does one choose one home over the other? What role do oral histories play in the collective...
The city of the Taj welcomes Pakistani guests, fetes peace activists
Oct 30, 2015
A recent two-day event in Agra in memory of the late peace activist Nirmala Deshpande honours a Pakistani peace activist and welcomes Pakistani delegates At a time of growing intolerance in India...
Three old friends return to their land of birth – Geo TV report
Oct 29, 2015
Whatever the governments of India and Pakistan do, the people of both countries share an emotional bond that is hard to break. A report by Geo TV’s Saeedullah Marwat with cameraman Qais Javed, on...
Partition generation is less bitter than younger Pakistanis, Indians: Anam Zakaria
Oct 29, 2015
Development professional Anam Zakaria led the Oral History Project of the non-profit Citizens Archive of Pakistan. Her book, The Footprints of Partition, explores attitudes across four generations of...
The need for an alternative India-Pakistan discourse
Oct 29, 2015
We must carry a resolve in our hearts. Those who seek to divide and break us will never rest – and neither should we India and Pakistan, more than two separate countries with their ups and...
Collaboration and conviviality in Dubai
Oct 28, 2015
Bangalore filmmaker Mir Imran’s documentary ‘Beyond Boundaries’ features stories of friendship between Pakistanis and Indians — a welcome respite from the divisive narrative...
“After the play, audience members hugged us and apologised for the incident”
Oct 27, 2015
GURGAON CHOOSES THEATRE OVER THEATRICS When some protestors in Gurgaon interrupted a play by a Pakistani group on Saturday, the audience stood up for the artistes and ensured that the show went on On...
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