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
Pakistani students who visited India as part of the Rotary-Aman ki Asha Youth Exchange Programme share their views about the trip
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A four-member team from India aims to start a journey to honour and connect withpeacemakers working to bring positive change in eight nations. First stop: Pakistan .....more
The dream of three ailing Pakistani children was to meet their Salman Khan... and now, Make-A-Wish is bringing two Indian children meet Shahid Afridi
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Many people were moved to tears when I ran the video of the Aman ki Asha 'anthem' during my speech
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Indian, Pakistani students participate in "Exchange for Change"
"Exchange for Change", a project launched with the aim of bridging the gap between Indi .....more
Pakistani student Mujtaba Sohail Raja provides a peek into a recent trip to India under the Rotary-Aman ki Asha Youth Exchange programme, following up on the visit .....more
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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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