When Shabana Ji met Sameer
Jun 04, 2014
Sameer from India narrates his cross-border love story. Congratulations to the couple on their tenth wedding anniversary coming up, June 14, 2014 It all started in the year 1998. I was 16 years old...
Why India needs to engage with Pakistan
May 14, 2014
Instead of summit meetings offering photo ops, we need co-operation on the ground By Samir Gupta or 66 years India and Pakistan have tried to outmaneuver each other in the great game of geopolitics....
Asha ki Kiran
Feb 05, 2014
By Beena Sarwar On January 20, 2014, her seventeenth birthday, Kiran Soomro flew from Karachi to Bangalore on with her parents. They left with hope in their hearts and a prayer on their lips,...
Best option may be to continue current medicines
Jan 28, 2014
Kiran Soomro Update By Saswati Mukherjee B. Young Kiran Soomro, who flew from Karachi to Bangalore with a lot of hope, is coming to terms with the fact that doctors at Narayana Health can’t...
The founder of secularism in India
Jan 15, 2014
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
Jan 02, 2014
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,...
Connecting through trade
Nov 27, 2013
A visit to the Pakistani stalls at the international trade fair in New Delhi yields some interesting – and unexpected – responses It is thanks to Vikash Sharma, a student from Yamuna...
“Why are India and Pakistan at war?” asks 14-year old Kshitij…
Nov 07, 2013
“Why are India and Pakistan at war?” By Beena Sarwar Some days ago I got a call from my friend Samir Gupta, on his way home after picking up his son, 14-year old Kshitij, from a Delhi train...
India, Pakistan: Peace Now – Global Vigil
Jan 23, 2013
Concerned citizens in dozens of cities across the world will observe a global vigil on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013 to urge India and Pakistan to ensure that the dialogue process continues to be...
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