Visa regime & national identity
Jul 15, 2010
Faiza Moatasim
Milne Do, News
By Faiza Moatasim One of the positive issues taken up by the Aman ki Asha initiative is the aggressive campaign to force revisions in the ridiculous visa regimes for citizens of India and Pakistan to...
Searching for Aftab Manzil
Jul 08, 2010
Sehar Tariq
Milne Do, News
By Sehar Tariq In 1947, Aftab Omar and his wife AshfaqJehan Begum packed a suitcase, locked the front door of their house in Meerut, got on a tonga for the railway station and left for Pakistan. They...
Cutting off a nose to spite a face?
Jul 07, 2010
Bilal Farooqi
Milne Do, News
By Murtaza Ali Shah in London Local economies would benefit hugely if India and Pakistan lifted the visa restrictions that prevent visits from foreign citizens with links to the other country The...
Praying for a visa-free zone
Jul 07, 2010
Rabia Ali
Milne Do, News
The hurdles faced by those wanting to visit holy sites in India By Rabia Ali When Sardar Ramesh Singh enters the awe-inspiring Golden Temple in Amristar, one of the prayers on his lips is for India...
What good is a dead body
Jul 04, 2010
Beena Sarwar
Milne Do, News
Visa restrictions should be relaxed to allow neighbours to live in peace India-Pakistan relations have Nazo Reshi vacillating between hope and despair. Hailing from Srinagar, she is married to a...
LETTERS
Jul 02, 2010
Aman Ki Asha
Milne Do, News
The consulates snag I thoroughly enjoyed Babar Ayaz’s piece “The consulates snag” (June 30). However, a correction is warranted. Mr Babar is of course correct that countless homes...
Side-effect Constant, for sure
Jul 02, 2010
Bilal Farooqi
Articles, Milne Do, News
By Harris Khalique Seasoned Indian diplomat and legislator Mani Shankar Aiyar, in his column titled “Constant or Composite?” has pleaded for an uninterrupted and uninterruptible...
Even in death
Jul 02, 2010
Aman Ki Asha
Articles, Milne Do, News
By Urvashi Butalia A friend once told me a strange story about visas. Her uncle, an Indian married to a Pakistani and working in a third country, died in a country he was visiting on business. The...
Letters
Jul 01, 2010
Aman Ki Asha
Milne Do, News
Dear Aman ki Asha, We and all our students had great fun, the idea of hankies peace chain, made by children was really awesome and distinctive. We wish you all the best for Aman ki Asha…...
Constant or composite?
Jul 01, 2010
Bilal Farooqi
Articles, Milne Do, News
By Mani Shankar Aiyar The quarrel between the two governments has had the most deleterious consequences for precisely those crores of Indians and Pakistanis who have never had anything but...
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