BRIEFS: Today in Mumbai, Sabeen Mahmud, dosti and democracy
May 15, 2015
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EVENT TODAY: Friday, 15 May 2015 Time: 7:30 pm (Registration: 7:00 pm) With: Anand Patwardhan, documentary filmmaker Danish Husain, poet, actor and theatre director Munizae Jahangir, journalist and...
BRIEFS: #KhelneDo! Resumption of cricketing ties?
May 15, 2015
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It is good news that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to break the ice with Pakistan through “cricket diplomacy”, as IANS reported recently. “We have taken the decision to start a...
Rahul Dravid bats for India-Pakistan series from cricketing angle
May 15, 2015
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Giving his support for the proposed revival of Indo-Pak cricket series, former skipper Rahul Dravid on Thursday said he welcomed it from a purely cricketing perspective, although there were many...
BOOKSHELF: Punjab ka Batwara
May 13, 2015
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Translating this book on the partition of the Punjab into Urdu, Hindi and Gurmukhi is part of an ongoing attempt to enable people to heal and move on “Punjab Ka Batwara: 1947 Eik Almia Hazar...
Briefs: Commemorating Manto in Kolkata
May 10, 2015
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Honouring the great short story writer Saadat Hasan Manto on his 103rd birth anniversary today: a free public event in Kolkata featuring poetry, theatre and film ‘Manto: A Retrospective’...
If cricket be the food of better ties, play on
May 07, 2015
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“Aman ki Asha, pyar ki bhasha!” shouts ‘Chacha Cricket’ in a new documentary on Indo-Pak cricket premiering on May 12 that examines the India-Pakistan relationship through the...
Salute to Sabeen from Delhi: love and hope
May 05, 2015
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A May Day event at a bookstore-café in Delhi honours the inspiring Pakistani activist Sabeen Mahmud On May 1, 2015, the slain Pakistani activist Sabeen Mahmud was honoured at a bookstore-café in a...
Learning about ‘my’ cultural heritage from Pakistani qawwals
May 05, 2015
Devika Mittal
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A young Indian shares her experience of hearing and interacting with Pakistani qawwals that not only stimulated the senses but also the mind Recently, a renowned Pakistani Qawwal group led by Farid...
Polio-free India vaccinates Pakistani visitors at Attari
May 04, 2015
Mariana Baabar
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Islamabad: Having completely eradicated polio, declared polio-free since the end of March 2014, India is taking no chances when it comes to Pakistani citizens crossing the border from Wagah into...
Myth and Mythology
May 04, 2015
Sehyr Mirza
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An erudite and delightful conversation with Devdutt Pattanaik on mythology and its connections and where else but in Mumbai After spending a few magical hours at the Crosswords bookstore from where I...
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