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Cricket: Pakistan and India to face off in the upcoming women’s ODI in England

Cricket: Pakistan and India to face off in the upcoming women’s ODI in England

An Indian cricket fan weighs the odds of the Pakistan women’s cricket team emerging victorious and shares a secret conflict With the 11th edition of the International Cricket Council (ICC)...
Namaste Pakistan!

Namaste Pakistan!

As an Indian well-wisher of Pakistan, I really hope that this is a turning point in our neighbour’s history As expected, conventional as well as social media was abuzz after the game. Gracious...
India Pakistan cricket #KhelneDo

India Pakistan cricket #KhelneDo

“It’s just a game” doesn’t apply to any cricket match between India and Pakistan. But in recent years, fans have been stepping beyond national positions to support the other...
Why pray for your neighbour’s peace and wellbeing?

Why pray for your neighbour’s peace and wellbeing?

Coming up: Global Online Meditation Event, June 21 at 8:45 p.m. IST — the largest global online meditation for world peace In this journey of working towards peace between Pakistan and India,...
Reporting with nuance, despite restrictions

Reporting with nuance, despite restrictions

Penguin and Mumbai Press Club to host ‘Reporting Pakistan’ by Meena Menon in Mumbai The recently published book ‘Reporting Pakistan’ by Meena Menon (Penguin, India) launches at the...
“The situation in Kashmir impacts all of us”

“The situation in Kashmir impacts all of us”

Dialogue with all stakeholders in Kashmir, including emerging youth leadership, is essential, stress speakers at seminar on ‘Kashmiri people’s perspective: myth and reality’ held recently in...
India releases Pakistani children who crossed border unintentionally

India releases Pakistani children who crossed border unintentionally

By Zahid Shirwani ISLAMABAD: Following diplomatic initiatives by High Commission of Pakistan in New Delhi, Indian authorities on Monday released two Pakistani children who unintentionally crossed...
Pebbles in the pond

Pebbles in the pond

Why India and Pakistan must continue dialogue By Lalita Ramdas A few weeks ago a small group of intrepid citizens from India and Pakistan, increasingly alarmed by the ratcheting up of tensions...
A minute for peace with Pope Francis, June 8, 2017, 1:00 pm

A minute for peace with Pope Francis, June 8, 2017, 1:00 pm

India Pakistan peace supporters have participated in several global prayer vigils in past years. What have these actions accomplished? We don’t know for sure but we do know that there is...
Why Indo-Pak peacemongers are true patriots

Why Indo-Pak peacemongers are true patriots

There’s a warlike spirit in the air. Prime-time warriors evoke a fantasy cartoon-strip machismo and call for India to “finish off” Pakistan. Well-heeled ‘nationalists’ and social media...