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No cricketing magic for Pakistan-India peace diplomacy
Pakistan-India cricket contests are among the most exciting sport competitions with huge following in South Asia and beyond. In the last one year, the two countries have been locked in a diplomatic stalemate and repeated skirmishes along...Oct 27, 2015 1728 0 -
How space for secularism is shrinking in Modi’s India
Few South Asian watchers doubted emboldening of hardcore groups espousing Hindutva ideology when Narendra Modi assumed charge of “secular” India last year. What surprised them all is the pace of their ascendency and their ability to operate...Oct 22, 2015 1037 0 -
White House to host Pakistani leader for high-stakes talks
A reinvigorated push for Afghan stability and Islamabad-New Delhi tensions will be on the agenda, when President Barack Obama hosts Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Thursday for talks, which are also to figure bilateral cooperation towards economic growth,nuclear security...Oct 20, 2015 1063 0 -
Why the world lost humanity on Syria
As a passionate human being, Malala Yousafzai knows intimately the value of life since she literally escaped the icy stranglehold of death in 2012 after a Taliban attack. As a pragmatic rights activist, the teenaged Nobel...Oct 11, 2015 1584 1 -
Will Peace get a chance ?
Indian Prime Minister Narandera Modi was not in attendance when his Pakistani counterpart presented a four-point formula at the United Nations to reduce tension between the nuclear-armed neighbors, emphasizing the imperatives of addressing the core dispute of...Oct 1, 2015 1050 0 -
Art advances the cause of South Asian peace
India and Pakistan are bound together by geography, culture, and centuries of flowering of arts and many manifestations of human creativity. Since 1947, highly talented individuals from both sides of the border have excelled in music,...Sep 29, 2015 1606 0 -
Pakistan-India tensions trouble America’s South Asians
Over the past few months, the world has been following painful stories of Syrian refugees dying in their desperate rush for migration to Europe. But Americans of Pakistani and Indian descent have also been deeply troubled...Sep 15, 2015 1137 1 -
The unfolding future and America’s global role
The chaos enveloping the Middle East looms so largely on the international landscape that it appears to eclipse other challenges like Europe’s growing sense of home-grown insecurity, Afghan uncertainty, climate perils, and Africa’s widespread economic woes....Sep 11, 2015 1912 1 -
Pakistani Christians seek U.S. role in preventing South Asian conflict
By Augustine Anthony WASHINGTON– A Pakistani-American Christian organization voiced serious concern over the cross-border shelling into Pakistan by Indian troops, saying rising tension could spark a war between the nuclear-armed neighbors and put the...Sep 10, 2015 1087 0