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Hindu pilgrims visit Pakistan, Muslim delegation for India late January

Hindu pilgrims visit Pakistan, Muslim delegation for India late January

Jan 06, 2022 Articles, Editorial, Featured Top Stories, Milne Do, News, Top Stories 0

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...
“Growing up, growing together”: Activists across South Asia resolve to continue working for a better tomorrow

“Growing up, growing together”: Activists across South Asia resolve to continue working for a better tomorrow

Dec 31, 2021 Articles, Editorial, Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 0

 Commemorating Human Rights Day, the founding of SAARC, and 50 years of Bangladesh’s independence, Sapan discussion highlights the commonality of human rights issues across the region DECEMBER 30:...
Married across an intractable border: Rajput Sodhas plead for visas

Married across an intractable border: Rajput Sodhas plead for visas

Dec 12, 2021 Articles, Editorial, Featured Top Stories, In Humanity's Name, Milne Do, News, Top Stories 0

This is the story of Ganpat Singh from Pakistan’s Sodha Rajput community of less than half a million. Like him, each member of this community has matrimonial linkages across the border in...
Feminise to Humanise:

Feminise to Humanise:

Dec 04, 2021 Articles, Editorial, Featured Top Stories, Milne Do, News, Top Stories 0

The Universe of Violence against South Asia’s Women By Lubna Jerar and Priyanka Singh What South Asia needs is a feminisation of politics and polity. This is necessary to counter the “grand...
Pakistan repatriates 20 Indian fishermen, over 300 more remain in prison

Pakistan repatriates 20 Indian fishermen, over 300 more remain in prison

Nov 16, 2021 Articles, Editorial, Featured Top Stories, In Humanity's Name, News, Top Stories 0

On Monday Nov. 15, Pakistan released 20 Indian fisherfolk lodged in in Landhi jail, Karachi. From the coastal city, the released men were transported over 1000 km upcountry to Lahore and handed over...
How climate change is linked to the tragedy of a Bengali-Pakistani fisherman incarcerated in India

How climate change is linked to the tragedy of a Bengali-Pakistani fisherman incarcerated in India

Oct 29, 2021 Articles, Editorial, Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 0

The tragedy of a fisherman who died of Covid-19 while imprisoned in India, far from his family in Karachi, highlights the link between geopolitics and climate change – issues being deliberated at...
Three months after death, Pakistan fisherman’s body finally reaches home

Three months after death, Pakistan fisherman’s body finally reaches home

Sep 24, 2021 Articles, Editorial, Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 0

Amir Hamza, a Pakistani fisherman arrested in Indian waters by coast guards around four years ago, was lodged in a prison at Bhuj in Gujarat. While his family in Karachi hoped that one day he would...
Undaunted by temple attack, Pakistani Hindu stuck in India with three children yearns to return home

Undaunted by temple attack, Pakistani Hindu stuck in India with three children yearns to return home

Aug 09, 2021 Articles, Editorial, Featured Top Stories, In Humanity's Name, Milne Do, News, Top Stories 0

A Pakistani Hindu stuck in India with three children after his wife died in April is pleading with the authorities to let him return to before Independence Day, August 14. “Mein TooT gaya huN...
Two years of India-Pakistan trade suspension: The hidden human costs

Two years of India-Pakistan trade suspension: The hidden human costs

Aug 09, 2021 Articles, Editorial, Featured Top Stories, Milne Do, News, Top Stories 0

This day, 9 August, marks two years since Pakistan reduced diplomatic and economic ties with India, expelled the Indian envoy and suspended bilateral trade and postal services. The year 2019 in fact...
Dilip Kumar: A longing for peace

Dilip Kumar: A longing for peace

Jul 19, 2021 Articles, Editorial, Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 1

A photo shared recently in a family WhatsApp group shows Dilip Kumar in Sindhi topi and ajrak smiling next to the filmmaker Mushtaq Gazdar who had gifted him these traditional symbols of hospitality....