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Pakistan offers India help on Pulwama probe; warns Modi against militarism
A 2018 photo shows Indian forces and Kashmiri protestors Credit: Screenshot/VOA video Prime Minister Imran Khan posed a raft of questions to India in the wake of New Delhi’s saber-rattling over allegations that Pakistan was behind...February 19, 2019 990 1 -
Kuldip Nayar – A powerful voice for South Asian peace
Kuldip Nayar, a fearless proponent of peace between Pakistan and India, left the world Thursday as an intellectual who defended human rights indiscriminately, looked inwardly and often rose above narrow nationalistic fervor to voice candid opinions....August 23, 2018 918 0 -
India refuses to comply with U.S. sanctions against Iran
India, a major oil importer of Iranian oil, has ruled out implementing the U.S. sanction against Tehran as New Delhi fortifies its relations with Russia and works out a rapprochement with China, the two regional powers....May 28, 2018 1546 0 -
Oil gulping China and India may sustain Iranian exports after U.S. re-imposes sanctions
As the second largest and the sixth largest world economies respectively, China and India are oil gulping countries. Will they be able to offset any impact of the U.S. re-imposed sanctions against Iran after President Trump...May 15, 2018 952 0 -
Rivalry hangs over China-India cooperation talk
A map showing China-India geography, Credit: CIA Factbook Asian giants China and India discussed cooperation in the central Chinese town of Wuhan Saturday in the backdrop of recent border tensions and differences over regional security issues. Solid...April 29, 2018 1606 0 -
South Asians must build a peace paradigm
Flag ceremony at Wagah border crossing, Photo: Daniel Hauptstein via Wikimedia Commons Of late I have recurring dreams, ominous and disturbing, which involve trains. They appear in the early hours when I am neither fully asleep...April 28, 2018 912 0 -
U.S. and the South Asian flux of new strategic developments
A map zooming on Pakistan and its neighbors sourced from a larger : CIA world map While China is investing billions of dollars to stimulate Pakistan’s economic development through mutually beneficial corridor to the Gulf region,...April 25, 2018 2254 1 -
Indian, Pakistani growth momentum makes South Asia the fastest growing region
A view of Lahore Ring Road, Photo: Faisal7714014/Wikimedia Commons South Asia has regained its lead as the fastest growing region in the world, the World Bank says in its latest report on the region, which shows...April 18, 2018 1559 0 -
Kareena Kapoor trolled for ‘marrying a Muslim’ as Indian star demands justice for Asifa Bano
Photo: Film stars Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan at their registry marriage ceremony, Credit: Bollywood Hungama/Wikimedia Bollywood superstar Kareena Kapoor is once again being trolled on the social media for her marriage to a Muslim actor after...April 15, 2018 1843 0 -
A tribute to Ghalib’s beautiful mind
A visual projection of Ghalib, Credit: Anwaraj/Wikimedia Commons In the preface to his book, Dr. Gopi Chand Narang says: “Ghalib’s poetical construct supports unqualified freedom of the human spirit. His dialectical discourse is an indication of...April 11, 2018 2523 1