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YOUTH CORNER: Celebrating Diwali in Dubai

YOUTH CORNER: Celebrating Diwali in Dubai

All of us hailing from unique and different background – Indians, Pakistanis, Algerians, Americans and an Egyptian – came together as human beings Diwali, or the festival of lights, is mainly...
Javed Bashir: My family would always recount their happy memories of India

Javed Bashir: My family would always recount their happy memories of India

At a time when concerts of Ghulam Ali are being cancelled or facing disruption threats, and a recent play in Gurgaon by a theatre troupe from Pakistan was disrupted, Pakistani singer Javed Bashir has...
Why adversarial Pakistani politicians are wooing Hindus

Why adversarial Pakistani politicians are wooing Hindus

Whether due to political expediency or an attempt to change the narrative, the Pakistani leaders’ Diwali statements and actions are a welcome move In an inherently adversarial political...
‘You speak Urdu but I hear Hindi’

‘You speak Urdu but I hear Hindi’

An Indian youth activist interacts with students in Lahore at a recent ‘Aman Chaupal’ Indian activist Devika Mittal, India convener of the cross-border youth group Aaghaz-e-Dosti,...
Pakistan and India must work out bilateral series: Shoaib Akhtar

Pakistan and India must work out bilateral series: Shoaib Akhtar

Rawalpindi Express Shoaib Akhtar requests Sachin to stage All-Stars event in Pakistan Khelne Do! Former speedster Shoaib Akhtar has requested Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar to hold the...
Exploring perceptions of Partition

Exploring perceptions of Partition

A first-time author writes about her attempt to document nuances that can serve as a lifeline amidst an ongoing barrage of hate mongering I was born in 1988, a year before the Kashmir conflict...
Farewell Ved Bhasin, a great peace warrior

Farewell Ved Bhasin, a great peace warrior

Indians and Pakistanis alike mourn the death of the great journalist and upholder of peace between India and Pakistan, Ved Bhasin, 86, who passed away at his residence on Thursday late night after a...
‘You can’t stop Pakistani artists from working in Bollywood’ – Salman Khan

‘You can’t stop Pakistani artists from working in Bollywood’ – Salman Khan

Art and entertainment have no boundaries, shouldn’t be mixed with politics, says Bollywood star Salman Khan, responding to attempts to ban Pakistani artists from working in India Reacting to...
Mahesh Bhatt ropes in Ghulam Ali for ‘Milne Do’

Mahesh Bhatt ropes in Ghulam Ali for ‘Milne Do’

The ghazal maestro will sing for an Indo-Pak play to be staged in April 2016 in India and Pakistan, with live music by the Laal Band Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt on Thursday said he has roped in Pakistani...
Haider Rizvi, my Pakistani brother

Haider Rizvi, my Pakistani brother

Haider Rizvi, a friend from Pakistan, suddenly passed away in Lahore. I knew Haider since our student days at Columbia University’s Journalism School. Haider was a poet, an award-winning...