“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...
Geeta’s return
Oct 26, 2015
As Geeta, the deaf-mute woman being looked after in Pakistan for 15 years returns home, activists appeal to governments to look into other cases and to continue the dialogue Geeta, the Indian woman...
Noise in Mumbai… but Pakistan wrestlers win hearts in Pune
Oct 22, 2015
Jatin Desai, a peace activist and journalist in Mumbai, draws attention to an interesting front page recently. “It is about how a team of four wrestlers from Pakistan came to Pune, participated...
The real cost of conflict in South Asia
Oct 16, 2015
Born in the Rawalpindi area in 1943, Suresh Bakshi was about four years old when his family left their ancestral home after Partition in 1947. But he still remembers and has strong feelings for the...
HAPPENINGS…Promoting dialogue, one event at a time
Oct 03, 2015
Prominent activists, academics and journalists will address a seminar on “Pakistan, India and Kashmir – Peace Talks: Why War Is Not An Option” at UT Dallas on Oct 10, 2015...
Re-shaping identity across borders… Not what the media led us to expect
Sep 26, 2015
Some unexpected discoveries by a group of 45 Pakistani students on a six-week long visit to India to experience the arts and culture and meet ordinary people… Beyond ideas of national...
An Indo-Pak mushaira evoking tears, laughter, seriousness
Sep 20, 2015
Aligarh alum in New England pay tribute to Sir Syed Ahmed Khan with an Indo-Pak mushaira Pakistanis and Indians from the greater Boston area flocked in large numbers to an event at a high school...
Remembering 1965: War has no winners
Sep 06, 2015
Claims of victory on either side of the border notwithstanding, the 1965 war ended with a ceasefire and a stalemate – but it damaged the India-Pakistan relationship horribly As India and...
India, Pakistan – stop firing, start talking, urges PIPFPD
Sep 05, 2015
The largest and oldest people-to-people lobby group in the region demands an immediate end to Pakistan and India’s Ceasefire violations on the LoC and the International Border Is it really...
REFLECTIONS: Independence shouldn’t come with restrictions
Aug 21, 2015
Thoughts triggered by a joint celebration of India and Pakistan’s Independence Days at an event where Haider Ali from Karachi made a presentation about ‘truck art’ This year marks...
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