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Intizar Husain: ‘Our culture is part of a great tradition as much Hindu as it is Muslim’

Intizar Husain: ‘Our culture is part of a great tradition as much Hindu as it is Muslim’

Intizar Husain (December 12, 1925-February 2, 2016) Speaking to a Delhi-based academic, the legendary writer’s words two decades ago remain relevant today The well-known Urdu writer, Intizar...
A Storify on #ModiInPakistan

A Storify on #ModiInPakistan

View the story “Indian PM Modi’s flash visit to Pakistan to meet PM Sharif” on Storify
A flavour of home

A flavour of home

When Indians and Pakistanis connect, ‘the possibilities are endless’, says writer and editor S. Abbas Raza who has just published his first book: ‘desi’ recipes for beginners The...
Pakistan welcomes Sikh pilgrims

Pakistan welcomes Sikh pilgrims

Hundreds of Sikh pilgrims have arrived in Pakistan on three special trains over the past few days to participate in the 547th birth anniversary celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak, the first of 10 Sikh...
Dear Prime Ministers, please keep your promise

Dear Prime Ministers, please keep your promise

Indian, Pakistani activists remind their Prime Ministers of their commitment at Ufa, Russia about release of fishermen, boats Fishermen’s organizations and peace activists of India and Pakistan in...
Exploring perceptions of Partition

Exploring perceptions of Partition

A first-time author writes about her attempt to document nuances that can serve as a lifeline amidst an ongoing barrage of hate mongering I was born in 1988, a year before the Kashmir conflict...
Farewell Ved Bhasin, a great peace warrior

Farewell Ved Bhasin, a great peace warrior

Indians and Pakistanis alike mourn the death of the great journalist and upholder of peace between India and Pakistan, Ved Bhasin, 86, who passed away at his residence on Thursday late night after a...
Haider Rizvi, my Pakistani brother

Haider Rizvi, my Pakistani brother

Haider Rizvi, a friend from Pakistan, suddenly passed away in Lahore. I knew Haider since our student days at Columbia University’s Journalism School. Haider was a poet, an award-winning...
India to send Ramzan home as a ‘return gift’ to Pakistan for Geeta

India to send Ramzan home as a ‘return gift’ to Pakistan for Geeta

India has decided to send Karachi’s runaway boy, Mohammad Ramzan, as a ‘return gift’ to Pakistan for returning Geeta nearly 15 years after she accidentally crossed over to their...
The need for an alternative India-Pakistan discourse

The need for an alternative India-Pakistan discourse

We must carry a resolve in our hearts. Those who seek to divide and break us will never rest – and neither should we India and Pakistan, more than two separate countries with their ups and...