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The years that were: Let lessons from the past inform the present

The years that were: Let lessons from the past inform the present

Aug 01, 2022 Articles, Editorial, Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 0

Several recent incidents highlight the strong yearning of ordinary Indians and Pakistanis to interact more frequently. For one, several members of separated families have been reuniting after decades...
A Southasian poetic giant tours North America

A Southasian poetic giant tours North America

Aug 01, 2022 Articles, Editorial, Featured Top Stories, News, Poet Corner, Top Stories 0

Gulzar. The name needs no introduction to any lover of Urdu or Hindi poetry — or films. Audiences across North America recently had the opportunity to see the legendary poet, writer and...
Read well. Write well. Play well

Read well. Write well. Play well

Jun 15, 2022 Articles, Editorial, News, Top Stories 0

Two teen authors from India and Pakistan who recently published their first novels both began writing during the Covid-19 lockdowns. Meeting for the first time at an online discussion, they...
Kabir Festival 2022: Celebrating the humanistic values of an ancient mystic

Kabir Festival 2022: Celebrating the humanistic values of an ancient mystic

Jun 08, 2022 Articles, Editorial, Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 0

BOSTON: A cultural event to commemorate the birth anniversary of Kabir Das, an ancient South Asian mystic and social reformer will take place Sunday, 12 June 2022, at Danehy Park, Cambridge MA. The...
“Hostility between India and Pakistan can be ended…” – Dr. Sandeep Pandey

“Hostility between India and Pakistan can be ended…” – Dr. Sandeep Pandey

Jun 08, 2022 Articles, Editorial, Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 0

By Dr Qaisar Abbas A simple man, who refuses to own a mobile phone, Dr Sandeep Pandey is a known social activist from India. He looks like a down-to-earth sufi whose lifestyle speaks for his empathy...
Time for a new beginning?

Time for a new beginning?

Jun 08, 2022 Articles, Editorial, Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 0

By Zahra Khalid & Purushendra Singh In order to achieve high economic growth, India and Pakistan have to work towards economic interdependence Now that Pakistan has appointed a trade minister...
Let people meet – before it’s too late

Let people meet – before it’s too late

May 06, 2022 Articles, Editorial, Featured Top Stories, In Humanity's Name, Milne Do, News, Pyaar Border Paar, Top Stories 0

The past few months have seen several instances of tearful reunions with members of divided families from either side of the Punjab in Pakistan and India meeting, after years of enforced separation....
Ahead of May Day, a call for worker unity, solidarity and a visa-free Southasia

Ahead of May Day, a call for worker unity, solidarity and a visa-free Southasia

May 01, 2022 Articles, Editorial, Featured Top Stories, In Humanity's Name, News, Top Stories 0

By Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, Priyanka Singh, Beena Sarwar The last Sunday of April this year marked the ninth anniversary of the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Dhaka. It was also the birthday of...
Let’s teach our children about peace before someone else teaches them about hate

Let’s teach our children about peace before someone else teaches them about hate

Apr 08, 2022 Articles, Editorial, Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 0

Two little boys, one in Islamabad and one in Kolkatta, raise #WhiteCards for each other in a symbolic gesture that also supports sports for peace By Rahul Mukherji and Beena Sarwar On 6 April 2022,...
Pakistani citizen’s Indian wife emails Modi, Shah for help on Holi

Pakistani citizen’s Indian wife emails Modi, Shah for help on Holi

Mar 18, 2022 Articles, Editorial, Featured Top Stories, In Humanity's Name, News, Top Stories 0

It’s Holi on Saturday, but Ganpat Singh Sodha in Umerkot town in Tharparkar, Sindh, has to spend it without his family. He is alone in Pakistan. His wife and children are in Jodhpur, Rajasthan,...