As Bangladesh struggles for stability, ‘peacemongers’ express solidarity and gear up to converge at the India-Pakistan border on Aug 14
Aug 14, 2024
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PERSONAL POLITICALBy Beena Sarwar / Sapan News At midnight on 14 August, several hundred Pakistani and Indian peace activists plan to converge at the Wagah-Attari border with candles, placards, and...
A journalist in India remembers a Pakistani peace activist who brought home her late grandfather’s ashes
Jul 11, 2024
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A personal tribute to Karamat Ali (19 August 1945 – 20 June 2024) Karamat Ali was many things but for me he was always the person who returned my grandfather Kuldip Nayar to the home he was...
A flute, a song, and a mango tree: Sharing seeds of positivity, one step at a time
Mar 13, 2024
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Through careful grafting, a Pakistani mango tree has bonded with an Indian one at the Peace Hill Garden in Pune, India. How it made its way over is a story worth telling. And the hope is that the...
Hindu contesting Pakistan provincial elections overwhelmed by support from Muslims
Feb 07, 2024
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Aims to work for upgrading health care facilities, girls’ education By Neel Kamal Whatever the outcome of Pakistan’s February 8 national assembly elections, Dr Saveera Parkash feels...
Celebrating the love and resilience of Amrita Pritam and Fahmida Riaz
Jan 25, 2024
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Upcoming event: An evening of dialogue, poetry and music dedicated to the late radical feminist poets Amrita Pritam of India and Fahmida Riaz of Pakistan. ‘Ishq, Siyasat, aur Awam’ (Love,...
The suffering continues: No relief in sight for Indian, Pakistani fishermen
Oct 04, 2023
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By Jatin Desai and Beena Sarwar The last rites of Indian fisherman Jagdish Mangal Bamaniya were performed in his native village in Gujarat, India, last week – 42 days after his death,...
Women authors, Partition stories, and shared histories
Aug 15, 2023
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As India and Pakistan mark 76 years of independence from British rule and simultaneous Partition, a look at the intertwined stories and work of three young women oral historians from the region By...
Pakistani woman and brother left behind in India meet for the first time, 76 years after Partition
Aug 15, 2023
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LUDHIANA: A Pakistani woman hugged her Indian brother and broke into tears after an agonising 74 years of separation on Sunday evening at the Kartarpur corridor — a 4km physical passage between...
Stars behind the clouds: 20 OP Nayyar classics that never made it to the cinema
Jan 27, 2023
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Although never seen, these ghost songs still shine bright, testifying to a musical genius who was born in Lahore, 16 January 1926, and died in Mumbai, 28 January 2007 The name of composer OP Nayyar...
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