#aaghaz-e-dosti

It's a long shot, but we desis are used to bargaining - sign and share this online petition, coordinated by the Southasia Peace Action Network or Sapan. As of today, over 36,000 signatures and counting. Help us reach 50,000.

It’s a dream, and aspiration. To quote Gulzar’s beautiful poem, “Ankhon ko visa nahi lagta, sapnoN ke sarhad koi nahiN” (Eyes don’t need a visa, dreams don’t have frontiers) So there’s this dream: Southasia is a region with soft borders, like the European Union, or like the Southasia region itself was, prior to 1965. We’ve long been calling for dialogue to be uninterrupted and uninterruptible.…

On Dec 2, 2017, a peace activist disappeared. Raza Khan is one of over 1,400 missing persons in Pakistan whose cases the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances is hearing.

Who is Raza Khan, why is he missing and why do I care? Raza Khan’s disappearance, like that of Zeenat Shehzadi earlier, is part of a new phase of such illegal abductions in Pakistan, violating due process and rule of…

Peace and gender rights activist goes "missing" in Pakistan after criticizing Faizabad deal

Raza Khan with a copy of the One Million Signature Campaign against violence against women, Pakistan

On Saturday, peace activist Raza Khan, 37, went “missing” in Lahore shortly after he had participated in a public discussion about the recent ‘dharna’ (sit-in) on the country’s capital that ended in ignominious surrenderto those seeking power in the guise of religion. He is law-abiding, passionate…

लम्हों ने खता की थी सदियों ने सज़ा पाई-मुज़फ़्फ़र रज्मी कैराना वाले

कैराना वाले मुज़फ़्फ़र रज्मी साहब की बात जनता भी समझे और याद रखे

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ये जब्र भी देखा है तारीख़ की नज़रों ने, लम्हों ने खता की थी सदियों ने सज़ा पाई।

-मुज़फ़्फ़र रज्मी कैराना वाले

यह अमर शेर कहने वाले रज्मी साहब कैराना के ही रहने वाले थे। 1999 में मैं कैराना की गलियों से गुजरते हुए उनके घर पहुंचा था। उनकी तबीयत नासाज़ थी पर वे मुझसे मुशायरों की कवरेज के दौरान के परिचय के नाते गर्मजोशी से मिले थे।…

Indo-Pak Peace Calendar launched in Toba Tek Singh

Indo-Pak Peace Calendar launched in Toba Tek Singh

On 26th January, Aaghaz-e-Dosti, a joint Indo-Pak Friendship initiative, launched its 4th Indo-Pak Peace Calendar in Gojra, Toba Tek Singh (Pakistan). The launch was followed by a discussion on Indo-Pak peace with eminent speakers.

The programme was organised in St. Johns High School Gojra. The annual initiative of the Indo-Pak Peace calendarthat…

Indo-Pak Peace Calendar launched in India & Special Screening of Ketan Mehta’s “Toba Tek Singh”

4th Indo-Pak Peace Calendar launched in India & Special Screening of Ketan Mehta’s “Toba Tek Singh”

New Delhi: On 10th January, Aaghaz-e-Dosti, a joint Indo-Pak Friendship initiative, launched its 4th Indo-Pak PeaceCalendar in India. The launch was followed by a discussion on Indo-Pak peace with eminent speakers including Mr. Kuldip Nayar (Journalist and Writer), Mr. T N Chaturvedi (Ex-Governor –…

Classrooms in India and Pakistan connected through video conferencing

Mumbai and Karachi: Aaghaz-e-Dosti, an Indo-Pak Friendship Initiative, are striving to counter stereotypes and misconceptions through their initiatives as they believe that it is the lack of communication as well as miscommunication that has sustained the conflict. To meet their objective, they have been organizing interactive sessions in schools and colleges called aman chaupal, seminars and…