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Mahesh Bhatt’s “Daddy” opens to a packed hall in Karachi

Mahesh Bhatt’s “Daddy” opens to a packed hall in Karachi

This is the first time that Indian groups are participating in the Pakistan National Academy of Performing Arts International Theatre Festival in Karachi Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and his actor daughter...
Promoting people-to-people interaction, fighting religious intolerance and violence

Promoting people-to-people interaction, fighting religious intolerance and violence

Prominent Indian activists and scholars to participate in a forthcoming dialogue on peace and interfaith harmony in Karachi An interfaith and peace dialogue being held in Karachi this Saturday...
“Aman ki Asha is a platform which is doing good work and you must continue it”

“Aman ki Asha is a platform which is doing good work and you must continue it”

H.E. Abdul Basit, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India recently visited Kolkata and interacted with business people, journalists, students and politicians. An Aman ki Asha supporter shares her...
Peoples of Pakistan, India want peace

Peoples of Pakistan, India want peace

Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy which is the largest people to people organization of the two countries held a two day conference on ‘Understanding Pakistan...
Briefs

Briefs

Usha Ganguli’s tribute to Mukhtar Mai The true story of a heroic peasant woman in Pakistan was the narrative in one of the plays performed at Pratibimb, Reflections of Women in Theatre. The...
Pakistan releases 57 Indian fishing boats in goodwill gesture

Pakistan releases 57 Indian fishing boats in goodwill gesture

Handsome is as handsome does By Mariana Baabar Islamabad, March 22, 2015: India on Sunday welcomed Pakistan’s unilateral goodwill gesture which sees 57 Indian fishing boats in its custody in...
For Indians and Pakistanis, on-going visa woes

For Indians and Pakistanis, on-going visa woes

The uncertainty around visas for Indian groups attending a theatre festival in Pakistan again highlights the bureaucratic restrictions that prevent people-to-people meetings India and Pakistan...
Running for a cause

Running for a cause

A group of Indian and Pakistani runners at a marathon honor the Peshawar Army Public School children martyred in the attack of Dec 16, 2014 When a group of Pakistani Americans announced that they...
Steve Alter’s Himlayan journey

Steve Alter’s Himlayan journey

At a reading in New York recently to launch his new book Becoming a Mountain: Himalayan Journeys in Search of the Sacred and the Sublime, Indian-born American Stephen Alter said that he was looking...
Briefs

Briefs

Aman ki Asha Nagpur MUN The Nagpur Model United Nations (MUN) including a special committee on Aman ki Asha is set to take place on May 30-31, 2015 in India. The other committees are General...