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Nergis Mavalvala to be keynote for TCF Boston fundraiser

Nergis Mavalvala: “The key to my success is the education I got as a girl in Pakistan” Mavalvala to be keynote speaker at fundraiser for high-quality, low-income schools in Pakistan BOSTON, May 04:...

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RIP Amjad Sabri, symbol of a syncretic Sufi culture increasingly under attack

A sad, sad day. Rest in peace, Amjad Sabri, qawwal, shot dead in a target killing in Karachi today. Shortly afterwards, the young naat-khwan, Farhan Ali Waris escaped a murderous attack on his way home...

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A Battle for the Soul of Pakistan

Sehwan: Women and children in the courtyard. Photo: Beena Sarwar Wrote this in one go about the suicide attack at Sehwan Sharif that claimed over 80 lives. Sick at heart but not giving up. Thanks to...

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Once spy vs spy, former chiefs of RAW and ISI co-author a book

Former RAW chief A.S. Dulat on arrival at Karachi airport for the Aman Ki Asha seminar “Re-engagement for Peace”, March 2011. A short preview published in Aman Ki Asha the other day about the just...

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India, Pakistan #SayNoToWar: Global StandOut for Peace in South Asia

Lahore, 28 Feb: Salima Hashmi holds up a placard demanding that Pakistan return the captured Indian Air Force pilot – a step that Pakistan announced that day. As tensions between India and Pakistan...

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Pakistan Hazara genocide and NotreDame: Waiting for Jacinda?

The Hazara community’s sit-in, Quetta, protesting their target killing. Photo: IRNA Had the Hazaras who were killed in a bomb blast in Quetta died in the Notre Dame fire instead, there might be more...

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Chomsky among speakers at discussion on “9/11” and aftermath: Impact on...

Event banner Marking two decades of the September 2001 attacks on New York City, global thought leaders and activists from across South Asia and the diaspora will meet across time zones this Sunday to...

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Commemorating ‘the second 9/11’ and the way ahead

The United States and India should join with other regional powers to deal with the Taliban and help the Afghan people – Noam Chomsky BOSTON, 27 September: Prominent academic Noam Chomsky has urged...

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Re-visiting Eqbal Ahmad’s book launch at Harvard with Noam Chomsky

A message from the journalist Amitabh Pal about a mutual friend, David Barsamian of Alternative Radio in Colorado reminded me of this piece originally published in The News on Sunday, 8 Oct. 2006,...

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What I’ve learned from Noam Chomsky

As news of Noam Chomsky’s failing health makes the rounds, I share some learnings from my interactions with a trailblazing public intellectual whose moral compass has impacted the world PERSONAL...

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