The spirit of ‘sewa’ helps Indian, Pakistani students stranded in Ukraine
Mar 03, 2022
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Hardeep Singh could have easily crossed over to Poland last weekend. Instead, he has stationed himself at the border, trying to help as many students as possible to cross over before he will leave....
Chakwalians, Rotarians to meet for “a tsunami of peace” reunion at Kartarpur Corridor
Feb 22, 2022
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Dozens of Indians and Pakistanis with ancestral roots in Chakwal will meet up mid-week at Kartarpur Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, taking advantage of the visa-free corridor inaugurated in November 2019...
Lata Mangeshkar: I always thought you were immortal
Feb 11, 2022
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When I sat down to write about Lata Mangeshkar on a cold and frigid Sunday morning at home in Boston, I could not write a single word for at least two hours. I kept asking myself a question: When I...
Faiz family remembers Lata Mangeshkar
Feb 11, 2022
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Lata Mangeshkar gifted ring kept by Faiz family in bank at Lahore Many Pakistanis mourn her demise Celebrated poet and writer Faiz Ahmad Faiz have many memories with noted playback singer Lata...
Working Ghalib’s magic to interrogate universal questions and contemporary realities
Feb 07, 2022
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Anjum Altaf and Amit Basole share the story behind their book Thinking with Ghalib: Poetry for a New Generation, recently published in Lahore and Delhi Bookshelf Thinking with Ghalib: Poetry for a...
Pakistan grants visa to Sika Khan; brothers separated in 1947 to visit in Pakistan village
Jan 29, 2022
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Bathinda: The residents of village Phulewal in district Bathinda of Indian Punjab and Bogran in Faisalabad of Pakistan Punjab, are excited for the reunion of two siblings separated 74 years ago. The...
Intellectuals, activists launch book for India-Pakistan peace
Jan 16, 2022
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Bookshelf Pursuit of Peace – Indo-Pak Relations Anthology of essays Editor: O.P. Shah Published by the Centre For Peace & Progress Kolkatta, 2021 Price: INR 600; USD 11. Aiming for...
OP Nayyar and Geeta Dutt: The incomplete song
Jan 13, 2022
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Remembering OP Nayyar Born January 16, 1926, Lahore. Died January 28, 2007, Mumbai “Love is blind, but for me it had also become deaf,” confessed the legendary composer OP Nayyar, explaining why...
Hindu pilgrims visit Pakistan, Muslim delegation for India late January
Jan 06, 2022
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An international delegation of 200 Hindu pilgrims in Pakistan for a four-day religious tourism visit departed this week after performing religious rituals at a recently restored century-old shrine in...
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