From the ‘other’ side
Jul 01, 2018
Ajay Pinjani
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A Pakistani who has visited India several times revisited recently, now that hostilities between the neighbouring countries have spiked again. What changes did he notice? On March 30, 2018, I was one...
Sepoy Jaspal Singh: A glimmer of hope that must be followed up, not extinguished
Jun 21, 2018
N.N. Bhatia
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In 2012, Indian Army Sepoy Jaspal Singh of 15 Punjab, presumed dead in the 1971 Indo-Pak war was found alive at an air base prison in Oman. There has been no progress on this case since then While...
Art heart: Breaking barriers, repairing rifts
Jun 21, 2018
Aman Ki Asha
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A ground-breaking group exhibition of Pakistani and Indian artists opens in New York on June 28 Pale Sentinels: Metaphors for Dialogues A Tribute to Priya Ravish Mehra Curated by Salima Hashmi Aicon...
Five Pakistani students graduate from SAU
Jun 14, 2018
Aman Ki Asha
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Rising Kashmir News Srinagar Five Pakistani students have graduated from the South Asian University (SAU) in New Delhi. The students were awarded degrees during the 3rd Convocation of SAU held on 7...
With tram ride, Pakistan students enjoy old-world charm of Kolkata
Jun 13, 2018
Krishnendu Bandyopadhyay
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KOLKATA: It was a ride they had only read about in books. So, when 72 students and teachers from Pakistan reached the Kidderpore tram depot on a hot and humid Sunday afternoon, their joy knew no...
Off-track: A twenty-five year old peace story
Jun 04, 2018
Swarna Rajagopalan
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In the early 1990s I was privileged to attend one of the earliest unofficial track residential workshops and dialogues in South Asia, at a time when there was a proliferation of such efforts aimed at...
N.M. Rashid’s universal poem on life, light, and fear
Jun 04, 2018
Abhijit Bhadra
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Joy of Urdu Boston launch at MIT As a Bengali born and brought up in UP who loves Urdu literature, sadly I don’t know how to read and write the Urdu script. But since most Urdu literature has been...
Needed: A change of heart
Jun 04, 2018
Shabana Mahfooz
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Sixty to seventy thousand children in Pakistan are born with congenital heart disease every year. A shortage of doctors has pushed people to seek treatment across the border but the Indian embassy...
India, Pakistan DGMOs hold talks on ceasefire violation and terrorism
Jun 02, 2018
Rajat Pandit
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By Rajat Pandit NEW DELHI: In a significant breakthrough after months of cross-border hostilities and firing duels, India and Pakistan + on Tuesday agreed to restore peace along the Line of Control...
In Ramzan, an appeal to release Hamid Ansari from Pakistani prison
May 30, 2018
N. N. Bhatia
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By N. N. Bhatia I have been in touch with Fauzia N. Ansari, a lecturer at a junior college and her husband Nihal Ansari, a retired banker, both in Mumbai. Their elder son Khalid Ansari is a...
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