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Beauty behind borders

Beauty behind borders

  A student from Pakistan writes about her magical and transformative trip to India last year You may say I’m a dreamer, but some of you might join in and believe me when I say that that...
Pakistan needs peace

Pakistan needs peace

Recounting the Indo-Pak peace dividends and challenges in the wake of Modi’s ‘surprise’ visit to Lahore In 1994, as a twenty plus, I landed in Stadtschlaining province of Austria to attend a...
Contextualising the Pathankot attack

Contextualising the Pathankot attack

An Indian debator weighs in on the question being raised on whether India and Pakistan should suspend the forthcoming foreign secretary talks and diplomatic relations? On January 2, 2016, India faced...
From the shores of Mumbai to the mountains of Chitral: Let’s exchange peace on New Year

From the shores of Mumbai to the mountains of Chitral: Let’s exchange peace on New Year

As she entered the classroom, Zaibun Nisa Hussain, teacher at Langlands School & College, Chitral, Pakistan, waved an envelope in the air.  The students knew what it was, and the room...
Narendra Modi’s Pakistan visit vindicates Nawaz Sharif

Narendra Modi’s Pakistan visit vindicates Nawaz Sharif

It was a moment of vindication for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif when his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, held his hand after hugging him upon his arrival in Lahore. Sharif pulled off a diplomatic...
Third ‘cycle march’ for peace – Jan 1, 2016

Third ‘cycle march’ for peace – Jan 1, 2016

The Delhi University Students for Peace under their new avatar People for Peace, are all set for their third cycle march calling for a South Asian Union In 2013, a group of students in India embarked...
Students’ cross border New Year greetings

Students’ cross border New Year greetings

A youth organization facilitates greeting cards by schoolchildren in Chandigarh, India and Lahore, Pakistan Pooja lives in Chandigarh, India. Fatima lives in Lahore, Pakistan. Only five hours apart...
“You are our flesh and blood”

“You are our flesh and blood”

A conversation with an old friend about the Tiwanas of divided Punjab On my recent trip to India, one of the most memorable visits I had was with friends in Punjab, whom I have known from our student...
Cross-border religious tourism is lowest-hanging fruit

Cross-border religious tourism is lowest-hanging fruit

Singer Anup Jalota’s bhajan ‘prabhuji tum chandan hum pani‘ played in the background as a saffron-robed priest purified Krishna, Radha and Hanuman’s idols with milk for their...
From Karachi To Kolkata: exhibitors speak about love and peace

From Karachi To Kolkata: exhibitors speak about love and peace

It being Christmas, I decided to visit the annual India International Mega Trade Fair. Kolkata looked resplendent in all her glory, throwing open her loving arms to International merchants and...