A dream road trip come true
An Indian road trip: My cousin Rashid Iqbal in background desperately wanting me to return to the car. Photo by Kashif Iqbal.


Part I
By Nusrat Amin


It is hard to believe that it actually happened. To me, as a Pakistani, driving through countless villages, towns and cities in north-eastern India - the Purabiya region -- was special, beyond just a thrilling road trip.... ..... more




BriefS At Karachi Press Club: Indo-Pak workshop delegates. Photo: Shujauddin Qureshi, Piler

A Lahori's take on Delhi


Pakistani journalist, development professional and blogger Raza Rumi's first book 'Delhi By Heart: Impressions of a Pakistani Traveller' (HarperCollins India, 2013) is his "humble effort to write on a complex city such as Delhi and i .....more

'In my eyes they are super heroes' Black: Celebrating 100 years of Bollywood with stunning concerts in Leicester and London

Philanthropist and music promoter Jayesh Kotak wants the all-blind Indian orchestra Black to perform in Pakistan, where there is huge musical talent - and potential for such a band
By Murtaza Ali Shah



Black, an all-blind orchestra from India recently .....more

A Pakistani in Delhi Farooq Sulehria

On January 6, I nervously landed at the Delhi airport. I say nervously because I wasn't there as a tourist. I had gone to India as a researcher - to spend six months conducting research on the Indian media. As a Pakistani, I was uncertain if I'd b .....more

Aman ki Asha on VOA Urdu Shahrukh Hasan, MD Jang Group Pakistan, and Rahul Kansal, Executive President, Times of India, at the Commonwealth Business Forum, Perth, Oct. 2011. Link to the Voice of America Urdu show 'Har Dum Rawan Hai Zindagi', June 7, 2013, featuring Aman ki Asha, with Shahrukh Hasan, MD Jang Group, Rahul Kansal, Executive President, TOI, and Beena Sarwar, editor Aman ki Asha, hosted by Yasmin Jamil - Listen to the show here .....more

BriefS Sheema Kermani: 'I, Dance'

A dance documentary



An upcoming documentary by a team of Indians and Pakistanis traces the journey of classical dance in Pakistan through the story of the activist dancer Sheema Kermani. Directed by Sonya Fatah and produced by Rajiv Rao, the film titled .....more

Testimonials 'We are all for peace'
"The enmity is all governments and media. We, the people love each other and why shouldn't we? We have shared the same lands for centuries. A mere line doesn't warrant hatred. Of course there are a few key problem areas that need to be address .....more


Joint statement by Editors of Jang Group & Times of India

Peace between India and Pakistan has been stubbornly elusive and yet tantalizingly inevitable. This vast subcontinent senses the bounties a peace dividend can deliver to its people yet it recoils from claiming a share. The natural impulse would be to break out of the straitjacket of stated positions and embrace an ideal that promises sustained prosperity to the region, yet there is hesitation. There is a collective paralysis of the will, induced by the trauma of birth, amplified by false starts, mistrust, periodic outbreaks of violence, suspicion, misplaced jingoism and diplomatic doublespeak. Hypnotized by their own mantra, the two states are reluctant to move towards normalization until certain terms and certain promises are kept.

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Articles

The world has seen worse cases of animosity

Thursday, July 12, 2012
by Ammar Shahbazi
Cultural and linguistic bonds of a civilization are stronger than its religious bonds, says professor Naeem ur Rehman Farooqi, former Pro Vice Chancellor of Allahabad University. "So the connection between India and Pakistan is inherent and intrinsic, something that no political and military power can ever erode" In an interview with Aman Ki Asha, he said that the history of a civilisation cann

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Special Edition

55_7-03-2011_1.jpgThe News on Sunday Special Report: India Pakistan prisoners
We probably didn't need to do this Special Report. Newspaper stories don't matter when it comes to Indians in Pakistani jails and vice versa. In fact, 'vice versa' sums it up. We do to them what they do to us.

Except when the two countries decide to begin talking, yet again! This time a little before the foreign secretary level talks, some Pakistani prisoners were released by India (and vice versa must have happened) and some more were released after the talks. ....read more

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