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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...
A Storify on #ModiInPakistan

A Storify on #ModiInPakistan

View the story “Indian PM Modi’s flash visit to Pakistan to meet PM Sharif” on Storify
PM Modi makes surprise stopover in Pakistan, meets Nawaz Sharif

PM Modi makes surprise stopover in Pakistan, meets Nawaz Sharif

Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Pakistan on Friday afternoon, to meet his counterpart Nawaz Sharif on his way back from Kabul. “Looking forward to meeting PM Nawaz Sharif in Lahore today...
‘Let us tear down wall of distrust’

‘Let us tear down wall of distrust’

In a thundering speech at Mumbai’s Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Hameed Haroon, the CEO of Pakistan’s Dawn Media Group, exhorted the people of India and Pakistan to bring down the...