The unusual Indian-Pakistani pairing have been going around the All England Club wearing tracksuit tops reading "Stop War, Start Tennis" on the back.
Reaching the quarter-finals is the best-ever Grand Slam performance for either Bopanna or Qureshi.
"When we started out in tennis the tension between India and Pakistan wasn't something I cared about, I was playing with my friend," Qureshi told the BBC.
"Over the passage of time, we've seen a bigger picture apart from tennis, and it's about changing people's views. If we can change even one person's view, we'll take it as a positive.
"It's really nice to see Indians and Pakistanis sitting together supporting one team. You don't see that anywhere else, in any sport. Our on-court and off-court relationship proves that Indians and Pakistanis can get on fine."
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
A young Pakistani journalist bonds with the Indians she meets on an exchange programme
at the CNN headquarters in Atlanta
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ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has endorsed the liberalized visa agreement between Pakistan and India, Geo News reported Tuesday.The two nations had alread .....more
LAHORE: Batting for peace, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said India and Pakistan should jointly combat hunger and poverty rather than fighting each other.more
"South Asia 2020": Call for applications
The New America Foundation is accepting applications for participants for the "South Asia 2020" conference .....more
'Understanding each other changes mindsets'
" We tend to fear what we don't understand and this is exactly the case with Indians and Pakistanis. Our hi .....more
Long-term projects emerge from "From Pieces to Peace",
a two-hour long video conference between the youth of India and Pakistan
Rotaract Clubs .....more
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The 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 release....read more
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For the past 2 years the Jang Group and Geo have been working on a project of great national interest; one that we hope will help usher in an era of peace and prosperity in the country and indeed, in the region. And one that hopefully all Pakistanis can be proud of.
The Jang Group has entered into an agreement with the Times of India Group, the largest media group of India, to campaign for peace betw
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