Stars behind the clouds: 20 OP Nayyar classics that never made it to the cinema
Although never seen, these ghost songs still shine bright, testifying to a musical genius who was born in Lahore, 16 January 1926, and died in...
Demands revived in India to rename Saadat Hasan Manto’s birth village after him
Both Pakistan and India claim the great Urdu short story writer Saadat Hasan Manto, born in undivided Punjab on 11 May 2012, in a village that...
Dying to live
Following the catastrophic floods in Pakistan, an Indian-origin volunteer physician based in America shares personal experiences of working with...
Music without borders: A journey of discovery and blissful immersion
As the year comes to a close, an Indian transplant to the Boston area reflects on connections with home through music from Pakistan I had long known...
Taangh, hockey Olympian Nandy Singh’s story delves into bittersweet nostalgia
By Neel Kamal Bathinda: Emotions run high when a daughter turns into filmmaker to document the moments of her father’s achievements as well as his...
From the Philippines to Dubai and beyond, a groundbreaking platform for educators provides new ways to collaborate
A three-year-old storytelling competition for teachers illustrates how education, like medicine, transcends borders and religious divides By Nadra...
On eve of 75th independence anniversary, peace pilgrims from Pune bring message of love to Pakistan
By Beena Sarwar and Priyanka Singh un ka jo farz hai wo ahl-e-siyasat jaanen mera paigham mohabbat hai jahan tak pahunche (Let politicians do what...
Over 30 organizations call for prompt repatriation of crossborder prisoners, including bodies of those who died in custody
Over 30 organizations around Southasia and beyond have endorsed a joint statement about cross-border prisoners initiated and coordinated by Southasia...
The years that were: Let lessons from the past inform the present
Several recent incidents highlight the strong yearning of ordinary Indians and Pakistanis to interact more frequently. For one, several members of...
A Southasian poetic giant tours North America
Gulzar. The name needs no introduction to any lover of Urdu or Hindi poetry — or films. Audiences across North America recently had the...
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