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#PyarBorderPaar and a Dubai song for Aman ki Asha

#PyarBorderPaar and a Dubai song for Aman ki Asha

When Pakistani journalist Desiree Francis visited India for the first time in 2012 and wrote about her experiences for Aman ki Asha, it led to some unexpected outcomes. After Aman ki Asha published...
A Pakistani brings an Indian play to Singapore

A Pakistani brings an Indian play to Singapore

In the year of Shakespeare’s 400th death anniversary, Mahesh Bhatt’s Hindustani adaptation of ‘Two gentlemen of Verona’ brings Indians and Pakistanis together A Pakistani...
More cross-border solidarity

More cross-border solidarity

Pakistan-India peace group stands with Ramya’s statement “Pakistan is not hell. People are just like us” Pakistan India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy, the region’s largest...
Apply a soothing ointment to Kashmiri’s wounds

Apply a soothing ointment to Kashmiri’s wounds

The way our Indian parliament discussed the Kashmir issue proves that our democracy is vibrant and alive. It feels the grievances and pains of all its citizens as its own. Hats off to all the...
A reflection on Independence

A reflection on Independence

As both India and Pakistan celebrate the joyous occasion of Independence from the British Raj, let us reflect on the great ideals that our forefathers stood for. This should be a time of...
Edhi: touching hearts beyond borders

Edhi: touching hearts beyond borders

Eulogy to Edhi in Hindi newspaper, translated by retired Pakistani civil servant The following article, penned in Hindi by a senior Indian journalist Dr Ved Pratab Vaidik, has been translated into...
Mumbai Karachi Friendship Forum’s Gandhi-Edhi campaign for peace

Mumbai Karachi Friendship Forum’s Gandhi-Edhi campaign for peace

The campaign urges PMs of India and Pakistan to resume bilateral dialogue immediately; ensure success of SAARC Summit in Islamabad in Nov 2016 Over a dozen peace-promoting organisations in Mumbai on...
Fostering love through music

Fostering love through music

What started over a cup of coffee at a cafe in Dubai grew into a series of musical collaborations and interactions between Pakistanis and Indians that Pakistani journalist and DJ Desiree Francis...
What Bollywood taught me about India and Pakistan

What Bollywood taught me about India and Pakistan

A recent college graduate on personal interactions and Bollywood films that have the potential to blur or solidify the great divide This has been a difficult summer for the world. Terror attacks have...
India, Pakistan, must engage with each other using a different, open and democratic approach

India, Pakistan, must engage with each other using a different, open and democratic approach

Speakers at a India-Pakistan seminar in Pune last week called upon India and Pakistan to resolve all matters through dialogue and address prisoners and fishermen’s issues on a priority basis...