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Brifes

Brifes

Cultural crossings At the South Asia Women’s Conference in Mumbai, Pakistani dancer Sheema Kermani performed to Indian singer Neela Bhagwat singing the poems of Faiz and Mukta Bai. The...
Mahesh Bhatt’s “Milne Do”

Mahesh Bhatt’s “Milne Do”

Mahesh Bhatt, in an attempt to find common ground between India and Pakistan,  is all set to produce and present a play titled “Milne Do”. The veteran filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, in his...
Resume dialogue, let people meet

Resume dialogue, let people meet

A young Indian researcher, met with open arms in Pakistan despite tensions at the official level, argues that India should resume dialogue process and that both countries should facilitate...
‘We owe it to our future generations’

‘We owe it to our future generations’

Inspired by the joint Nobel Peace Prize Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Sathyarthi, Pakistanis and Indians join hands for peace The Nobel Peace Prize being jointly awarded to a Pakistani and an Indian...
India, Pakistan and Filmistaan

India, Pakistan and Filmistaan

Nitin Kakkar’s recently released ‘Filmistaan’ is a refreshing and humorous take on the futility of the Indo-Pak conflict By Nidhi Shendurnikar Tere If you are expecting the recently...
‘It’s all about the couple’

‘It’s all about the couple’

Don’t compare differences between the two countries; focus on how much similarity remains. It’s all about the couple. People, society, even parents will acquiesce to your desires...
Nitu’s mission: Save Kiran

Nitu’s mission: Save Kiran

By Beena Sarwar PERSONAL POLITICAL “Didi, I want to live,” 16-year old Kiran Soomro in Karachi tells her friend Nitu Jiwnani in Mumbai. “I don’t want to die.”They are...
The founder of secularism in India

The founder of secularism in India

M.A. Jinnah was the chief architect of the ideals of secularism and communal harmony that modern India strives for. An Indian’s tribute to the Quaid on his 137th birth anniversary Growing up in...
Pakistan, India and Aman ki Asha: The year that was, and looking ahead

Pakistan, India and Aman ki Asha: The year that was, and looking ahead

 Something I wrote last week for The News year-end special supplement, published Jan 1, 2014. I later remembered many special moments I left out, like the Mumbai and Karachi Press Clubs exchanges,...
Ramesh Arora: The other Singh Saab

Ramesh Arora: The other Singh Saab

By Sameer Arshad Gopal Singh Arora’s brothers thought he was crazy to stay back in Pakistan during the post-Partition riots. But his closest friend, Hayat Khan Baloch, had left him with no...