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A little bit of India at KLF

A little bit of India at KLF

Feb 11, 2015 News, Top Stories 0

 The annual Karachil Literature Festival provides an opportunity for Pakistanis and Indians to interact The literary festivals that have started being organised in different cities of India and...
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Briefs

Feb 11, 2015 News, Top Stories 0

Reclaim love “When love becomes a stigma, all the vices are considered virtues. Let’s say no to parallel lives, no to hypocrisy. Love is not a stigma, intolerance is!” says...
No borders: Delhi, twenty-five years later

No borders: Delhi, twenty-five years later

Feb 04, 2015 News, Top Stories 3

Visiting Delhi as a Pakistani, despite the visa restrictions and police reporting, no one treats me as a foreigner and I feel free to roam… By Sehba Sarwar In the dim light before dawn, as the taxi...
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Briefs

Feb 04, 2015 News, Top Stories, Youth initiatives 0

Peace calendar launches The third Calendar for Peace and Love published by the cross-border youth group Aaghaz-e-Dosti has been launched at three more cities – Panipat, Karachi and Lahore —...
‘Milne Do’ and a visit to Lahore

‘Milne Do’ and a visit to Lahore

Jan 28, 2015 Milne Do, News, Top Stories 2

Our cross-border production is ambitious given the restrictive visa regime and tensions between India and Pakistan but we are ready to take on this daunting task By Imran Zahid We have been back in...
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Briefs

Jan 28, 2015 News, Top Stories 0

RIP Dr Rajni Kothari Pakistani activists paid tribute to prominent political scholar and peace activist Dr Rajni Kothari who passed away in Delhi on January 19, 2015, aged 86 years. Dr Kothari, born...
“We have to be secular. There is no choice”

“We have to be secular. There is no choice”

Jan 25, 2015 Articles, News, Top Stories 0

Romila Thapar on history and politics of India By Zaman Khan Professor Romila Thapar, 83, needs no introduction. She is known among intellectuals of the world for her path-breaking work on Indian...
Pakistan travels-3

Pakistan travels-3

Jan 22, 2015 News, Top Stories 1

A last minute gift, Katasraj and Khewra A retired banker in Haryana reminisces about a 2006 visit to his birthplace across the border By Yash Pal Sethi On our last evening in Rawalpindi, strolling in...
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Briefs

Jan 22, 2015 Top Stories 0

Indo Pak calendar Islamabad launch Youth groups from India and Pakistan have jointly launched a ‘Calendar for Peace and Love’ for the third consecutive year featuring selected paintings...
Pakistan travels-2

Pakistan travels-2

Jan 14, 2015 News, Top Stories 0

Ghosts of the past Visiting Murree after so many decades I found it had lost its past luster. Even so I felt that I was still ‘its child’ … By Yash Pal Sethi After visiting my ancestral...