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India and Pakistan: Searching for Humanity in South Asia
Relations between India and Pakistan have entered a period of darkness, as the Indian and Pakistani governments refuse to engage in any sort of dialogue. The South Asian giants continue to spar over a range of...August 15, 2020 1002 0 -
A sunset view from above the clouds
I took these photos during when I traveled this past weekend to a vantage spot above the clouds at Skyland Lodge in Shenandoah National Park. It was 15 degrees cooler than baking Washington with grand views from Stony Man...August 11, 2020 837 0 -
Where does hope lie in trying times?
In a time of misunderstanding among different communities, a rising pandemic, and adjustments in a new digital era, where can individuals find a beacon of light? On July 16th, Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, former Pakistani High Commissioner...August 5, 2020 1300 0 -
Any initiative for the struggling arts during the COVID-19 crisis?
The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of the nation, is close to the center of a nation’s purpose – and is a test to the quality of...July 8, 2020 945 0 -
Pakistani mangoes in the land of the rising sun
Japan has temporarily allowed import of Pakistani mangoes that is going to help the South Asian country to offset the effects of the Coronavirus-related restrictions on horticultural exports. According to the Ministry of National Food Security and...July 8, 2020 2229 0 -
Independence Day – Fostering hope among all Americans
In 2010, we wrote a blog titled Interdependence Day: Celebrating the “Us” in USA calling for establishing Interdependence Day as a new national holiday. That blog was precipitated by a reaction to a “the acrimonious climate...July 4, 2020 991 0 -
‘A Kashmiri child’s pain after his grandfather is shot dead exposes Indian barbarity’
The image of a Kashmiri child sitting on the body of his grandfather has once exposed the barbarity of security forces operating in the disputed territory with immunity. The three-year-old child told upon questioning that his...July 3, 2020 1513 1 -
When Nature paints in blue…
I happened to be at Alexandria Waterfront on the right time this week. But even as a photographer I could not fully know that the blue color will make such beautiful scene for pictures from Old...June 27, 2020 989 1 -
Plasma Transfusion Treatment for COVID-19 in Pakistan – Hope and Caution
Can transfusion of plasma from the body of a person who has recovered from COVID-19, be a magical cure for averting coronavirus infection? There is still very little empirical evidence to prove this proposition, one way...June 27, 2020 1123 0