Working Ghalib’s magic to interrogate universal questions and contemporary realities
Feb 07, 2022
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Anjum Altaf and Amit Basole share the story behind their book Thinking with Ghalib: Poetry for a New Generation, recently published in Lahore and Delhi Bookshelf Thinking with Ghalib: Poetry for a...
Pakistan grants visa to Sika Khan; brothers separated in 1947 to visit in Pakistan village
Jan 29, 2022
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Bathinda: The residents of village Phulewal in district Bathinda of Indian Punjab and Bogran in Faisalabad of Pakistan Punjab, are excited for the reunion of two siblings separated 74 years ago. The...
Intellectuals, activists launch book for India-Pakistan peace
Jan 16, 2022
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Bookshelf Pursuit of Peace – Indo-Pak Relations Anthology of essays Editor: O.P. Shah Published by the Centre For Peace & Progress Kolkatta, 2021 Price: INR 600; USD 11. Aiming for...
OP Nayyar and Geeta Dutt: The incomplete song
Jan 13, 2022
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Remembering OP Nayyar Born January 16, 1926, Lahore. Died January 28, 2007, Mumbai “Love is blind, but for me it had also become deaf,” confessed the legendary composer OP Nayyar, explaining why...
Hindu pilgrims visit Pakistan, Muslim delegation for India late January
Jan 06, 2022
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An international delegation of 200 Hindu pilgrims in Pakistan for a four-day religious tourism visit departed this week after performing religious rituals at a recently restored century-old shrine in...
“Growing up, growing together”: Activists across South Asia resolve to continue working for a better tomorrow
Dec 31, 2021
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Commemorating Human Rights Day, the founding of SAARC, and 50 years of Bangladesh’s independence, Sapan discussion highlights the commonality of human rights issues across the region DECEMBER 30:...
Married across an intractable border: Rajput Sodhas plead for visas
Dec 12, 2021
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This is the story of Ganpat Singh from Pakistan’s Sodha Rajput community of less than half a million. Like him, each member of this community has matrimonial linkages across the border in...
Pakistan repatriates 20 Indian fishermen, over 300 more remain in prison
Nov 16, 2021
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On Monday Nov. 15, Pakistan released 20 Indian fisherfolk lodged in in Landhi jail, Karachi. From the coastal city, the released men were transported over 1000 km upcountry to Lahore and handed over...
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