Sharing four recent offerings from Sapan News Network – the most recent one in full below, pegged on the Fourth Asma Jahangir Conference in Lahore, on the ‘ ‘Crisis of Constitutionalism in South Asia’, that I’m thrilled to have co-authored by aspiring young journalist Abdullah Zahid, published in The Friday Times/Naya Daur, South Asia Monitor and other media outlets. Plus three other recent syndicated features:
- We cannot be at peace when our neighbours suffer. The main discussants on Sri Lanka’s ongoing crisis were not the ‘usual suspects’. A cautionary tale: Lessons from Sri Lanka’s cascading, multiple crises – report by Pragya Narang on a complicated issue with lessons for Southasian nations.
- Cross-border workshop with 60 India, Pakistan journalists in Nepal breaks barriers – Report by Lubna J. Naqvi on a meeting held as part of a two-year long collaborative project by the East-West Center
- CURTAIN RAISER ahead of the UN International Day of Peace about a rally planned by young Bhutanese peacebuilders in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York, calling for a peace and reconciliation process in Bhutan: UN Peace Day: rally at UNGA calling for the human rights of Bhutanese refugees and diaspora. Includes link to an earlier oped by Suraj Budathoki about a potentially groundbreaking peace initiative: The world’s ‘happiest country’ needs a peace and reconciliation process.
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