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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...
Celebrating the colours of life

Celebrating the colours of life

By coming together to celebrate happy occasions like Eid, Holi, Diwali, Christmas we accept and rejoice in the differences and lead the way to peace in our region By Huma Ahmar Last Thursday evening...
Gujarat fishermen in Pakistan for release of seized boats

Gujarat fishermen in Pakistan for release of seized boats

Following up on Pakistan’s decision to release boats seized from Indian fishermen, the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi has issued visas to eight Indian fishermen community leaders and an...
Pakistan India talks: let the process continue

Pakistan India talks: let the process continue

The Indian foreign secretary’s visit to Pakistan last week marked the first high-level meeting since talks broke down between the two countries last year Pakistan and India last week agreed to...
Briefs

Briefs

Indians donate blood for Pakistani patient ‘This is the best Holi gift to me,’ said Pakistani liver patient after life-saving surgery at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi enabled by...
Lit fest hopping: from JLF to LLF

Lit fest hopping: from JLF to LLF

Literature festivals on both sides of the border draw similar crowds. The best part is they bring at least some Indians and Pakistanis together By Sehyr Mirza When the bus from Delhi reaches the...
Briefs

Briefs

Mika Singh’s Pakistan yatra Indian singer Mika Singh, famous for “Mauja Hi Mauja”, performed live in concert in Lahore for the first time last week. The show, earlier scheduled for December...
A student “exchange for change”

A student “exchange for change”

 A long-running student exchange project facilitates interactions between Pakistani and Indian students In January, a 29-member delegation of Indian school students and teachers from Mumbai, New...
Just a stone’s throw away

Just a stone’s throw away

My view and experience of knowing my people across the border By Neil Mistry I am just a guy from a suburb in Bombay. Since early days, I have wondered what it is that keeps Pakistan and India at bay...