There was a nip in the air and Kolkata was still shrouded in grief. A little more than 24 hours ago, the city had paid its last respects to its dear departed leader. Lacs and lacs of people had waited patiently in serpentine queues and dotted every inch of space on the roads where Basu’s last journey had meandered through. It was an emotional connect that hadn’t resulted out of being shepherded by any diktat. In many ways, it was a similar kind of an emotional connect on Saraswati Puja that got a huge crowd to gather on the Nicco Park Big Lawns to witness yet another historic venture — the Aman Ki Asha project — a move towards peace between India and Pakistan that has been initiated by The Times of India and the Jang Group of Pakistan. As band members of Euphoria and Strings together took the stage, the frenzied crowd knew that their spontaneous turnout was an indication of being on the right side of history
Friday, January 22, 2010
by Muhammad Yasir Khan Dialogue has commenced once again between India and Pakistan, let us all hope and pray that these talks do not fall victim to any misch .....more
Wednesday, July 07, 2010By Talib Qizilbash
Three months sounded like enough time. Heck, it's a whole business quarter. It's also a trimester: a newly concei .....more
Visa restrictions should be relaxed to allow neighbours to live in peaceBy Beena Sarwar
India-Pakistan relations have Nazo Reshi vacillating between .....more
By Urvashi Butalia
A friend once told me a strange story about visas. Her uncle, an Indian married to a Pakistani and working in a .....more
The consulates snagI thoroughly enjoyed Babar Ayaz's piece "The consulates snag" (June 30). However, a correction is warranted. Mr Babar is of course cor .....more
LONDON: Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and India's Rohan Bopanna are aiming to play an extraordinary tennis match to promote peace between the two countries - using the
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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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