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The real cost of conflict in South Asia
Posted on October 17, 2015 by beenasarwar
My article on the symposium I attended last week at University of Texas, Dallas, published in Aman ki Asha
Peacetalks symposium: Raza Rumi, Pritpal Singh, Amitabh Pal, Nyla Ali Khan. Photo by Beena Sarwar
By Beena Sarwar
Born in the Rawalpindi area in 1943, Suresh Bakshi was about four years old when his family left their ancestral home after Partition in 1947. But he still remembers and has strong feelings for the place where he was born.
These feelings created a powerful conflict when, as an Indian Army soldier, he fought in the 1965 war against Pakistan. Continue reading
Filed under: Pakistan-India | Tagged: #ProjectPakistan, 1965, 1971, Amitabh Pal, Kashmir, Mona Kazim Shah, Nyla Ali Khan, Peace activism, Pritpal Singh, Raza Rumi, UT Dallas | Leave a comment »
Hamid Mir and Pakistan’s ideological security establishment
Posted on April 28, 2014 by beenasarwar
Geo TV journalist and host of Capital Talk @HamidMirGEO joined #VBMPLongMarch at Jehlum. #ReleaseAbductedBaloch pic.twitter.com/xLVBavoTGn
— #VBMPLongMarch (@IVBMP) February 22, 2014
Below, text of my interview with Viewpoint Online about the Hamid Mir saga, that began with the murderous attack on one of Pakistan’s top journalists and television talk show hosts, who has angered Pakistan’s ideological security establishment with his stands on 1971, regional peace (including with India), and most recently, Balochistan. Besides speaking openly about the distorted history we are taught about this issue in Pakistan, he even walked in support with the Baloch Long March activists. Also read these excellent analyses: Sahar Habib Ghazi on Pakistani spies, Mir, and the missing people of Balochistan, and Jugnu Mohsin – Rumi and Mir. The character assassination on Hamid Mir now reminds me of the campaigns that followed the attack on Raza Rumi that killed his driver, and even before that, against Malala Yusufzai when she was shot. And this measured speech by Shaheen Qureshi at a recent SAFMA meeting (video, Urdu). Continue reading
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A Southasian vision
Posted on October 2, 2013 by beenasarwar
Himal Southasian: Under the Bollywood Tree – latest issue, launched at the Bangalore Literature Festival recently
My article in The Friday Times last week (thanks to Raza Rumi for pushing me to write this, despite the tight deadline):
A Southasian vision
For regional peace, development and prosperity, it is imperative to improve India-Pakistan relations
Beena Sarwar
I like how the Nepali journalist Kanak Mani Dixit refers to the Indian sub-continent: Southasia. One word. Kanak explains why, in the respected magazine Himal Southasian that he edits, that I am proud to be editorially associated with since its launch in 1997. As a magazine “seeking to restore some of the historical unity of our common living space – without wishing any violence on the existing nation states – we believe that the aloof geographical term ‘South Asia’ needs to be injected with some feeling. ‘Southasia’ does the trick for us, albeit the word is limited to English-language discourse. Continue reading
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