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Our beyond-borders story and tea for peace initiative

Our beyond-borders story and tea for peace initiative

Two young women from Karachi and Kolkata tell the story of their friendship and the virtual tea shop they have launched in defiance of the tensions that bedevil their countries’ political...
Farewell Om Puri (October 18, 1950 – January 6, 2017)

Farewell Om Puri (October 18, 1950 – January 6, 2017)

The legendary Indian actor leaves a legacy of humanistic and compassionate values and peace aspirations Legendary actor Om Puri’s untimely death has saddened film and peace lovers not only in India...
Javed Bashir: My family would always recount their happy memories of India

Javed Bashir: My family would always recount their happy memories of India

At a time when concerts of Ghulam Ali are being cancelled or facing disruption threats, and a recent play in Gurgaon by a theatre troupe from Pakistan was disrupted, Pakistani singer Javed Bashir has...
Shiv Sena ‘neither represents the citizens of Mumbai nor is its conduct a sign of patriotism’

Shiv Sena ‘neither represents the citizens of Mumbai nor is its conduct a sign of patriotism’

Journalists from Mumbai and Karachi, who established a ‘sisterly relationship’ between their Press Clubs in 2011, protest the Shiv Sena’s attacks on Pakistanis in India Concerned journalists of...
Pakistan’s Mother Teresa with roots in Bapu’s Kathiawar sheltered Geeta

Pakistan’s Mother Teresa with roots in Bapu’s Kathiawar sheltered Geeta

Deaf and mute Indian woman Geeta is set to return home from Pakistan after 12 years thanks largely to Salman Khan-starrer Bollywood film Bajrangi Bhaijaan’s success. The reel life story of the...
Hope for Geeta, hope for humanity

Hope for Geeta, hope for humanity

DNA testing may help find the family of the deaf-mute Indian girl being looked after at the Edhi home in Karachi ISLAMABAD: Indian authorities on Saturday appeared optimistic that Geeta supposedly an...
Here’s a Salman in need of a ‘Bhaijaan’

Here’s a Salman in need of a ‘Bhaijaan’

By Eram Agha ALIGARH: As audiences in both Pakistan and India rave over Salman Khan starrer ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, the story of one little girl from Pakistan lost in India, here is the...
The kindness of strangers

The kindness of strangers

Citizens of Mumbai open up their arms and hearts, raise Rs 4.5 lakh for a sick Pakistani teen  “A 15 year old patient of Wilson’s Disease Saba is reaching Mumbai for life saving treatment...