The keynote speaker at TCF Boston fundraiser this year was Indian – and it wasn’t ‘bad news’. On the contrary. Check out Shashi Buluswar‘s cricket documentary that I’ve included in the article. Plus a discussion with ‘peacemongers’ hosted by a center in Kolkata the same day. Why can’t our political leaders take a leaf from Mani Shankar Aiyar’s relationship with his old friend Javed Jabbar, a self-proclaimed “chauvinist and narrow-minded Pakistani” — they disagree on almost everything yet are “the closest of friends”. (Note: for more photos, go to the piece published on Sapan News)
PERSONAL POLITICAL
By Beena Sarwar
“By now you will have got the bad news,” said the keynote speaker after being introduced. “I’m Indian”.
There was laughter and warm applause from the largely Pakistani or Pakistani-origin audience.
Not only was it not ‘bad news’, but the speaker’s support for the cause he was advocating for, beyond borders and boundaries, was even more appreciated because of his Indian origin.
Going by the media – and social media – you’d think we all hate each other. Not true.
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