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A poem for humanity

A poem for humanity

Manzar: 1947 aur ab Wo manzar kabhi na dekha maine Na dekhne ki koi gunjaaish hai Bohot suna, paRha hai uske mut’alliq Itna ke lagta hai, na dekhe huay bhi Wo manzar jiya hai maine Kaise koi...
Dedicated to Rekhta

Dedicated to Rekhta

Interview with Sanjiv Saraf — a crusader of Urdu in India Sanjiv Saraf is a leading businessman of India. Originally from Rajasthan, he was born in Nagpur, Maharashtra in a business family. He went...
Time to start a SAARC youth movement

Time to start a SAARC youth movement

The experiences of a Pakistani meeting an Indian… a follow up to the piece earlier published by the Indian meeting Pakistanis and singing national anthems together Sixty-nine years ago, India...
Kya Mumbai! Kya Karachi!

Kya Mumbai! Kya Karachi!

Musings from a meeting in Nepal “Out beyond ideas of right doings and wrong doings, there is a field. I will meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk...
In Humanity’s Name

In Humanity’s Name

Pakistan repatriates minor as a goodwill gesture In a welcome move, the Pakistani authorities on May 1 repatriated a minor schoolboy hailing from the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. Zulfikar...
Of love and hate in Pakistan

Of love and hate in Pakistan

What makes an event news? This somewhat unoriginal question came into sharp focus last week for me on my first trip to Pakistan. One of the co-speakers at a marketing conference I was speaking at in...
Getting noticed by Lataji is a dream come true for Pakistani autorickshaw driver Aslam

Getting noticed by Lataji is a dream come true for Pakistani autorickshaw driver Aslam

Pakistani autorickshaw driver Muhammad Aslam, whose video of singing Bade Ghulam Ali Khan’s thumri ‘Yaad piya ki aaey‘ went viral online, says being noticed by singing legend Lata...
Sufiism: glimmer of hope from a shared culture

Sufiism: glimmer of hope from a shared culture

‘Muslims in India bear the brunt when the two countries fight’ – Muzzafer Ali By Anil Datta The two-day Sufi conference that concluded in Karachi on Sunday provided more than a glimmer of...
“We need to inculcate sportsman spirit in our kids” – Sana Mir

“We need to inculcate sportsman spirit in our kids” – Sana Mir

Amidst ongoing hostilities between India and Pakistan at the official levels, members of the Pakistan Women’s National Cricket Team garnered huge support from Indian crowds during their recent...
In youth we hope

In youth we hope

Being the only Pakistani amidst a hall full of Indians when Pakistan loses a cricket match can be… interesting Over the last ten years, the one thing I have avoided most is watching a cricket match...