'What I understand about Faisal Shahzad' - I enjoyed this piece by Pakistani American Wajahat Ali on the Faisal Shehzad issue in Salon.com. Excerpt: Pakistanis...
1. Why I hate Mother's Day: "Mothering has been the richest experience of my life, but I am still opposed to Mother's Day. It perpetuates the dangerous idea...
Published in The News on Sunday, Political Economy section, Aman ki Asha page today, May 2, 2010 - http://tinyurl.com/33yze2n April 22 2010 Dear Beena, I know...
In this post: 1. Aman ki Asha calling school students: Peace chain hanky ad 2. Balochistan: murder of a university teacher, Opendemocracy essay and more 3....
Beautiful, thought-provoking piece by Majid Sheikh in Dawn, Apr 25, 2010 Jindan Kaur of Cheechon-ke-Malian - http://tinyurl.com/3a8jx7h And my stranded in Doha...
Posted to my blog today - www.beenasarwar.wordpress.com with images Hard to believe it's five years already since we lost Saneeya to asthma and a traffic jam...
Greetings from one of the 'volcanic ash zadgaan' (affectees). Returned to Pakistan this morning after volcanic ash over Europe foiled our attempts to travel to...
I'm really behind on my postings. Below, Dilip & my Conversations (7th installment), published in The News on Sunday's Aman ki Asha page in the Political...
Again, so much has happened since my last posting about the Aman ki Asha (AKA) mushaira. Had barely recovered from that when the AKA Talking Peace, the editors...
Free and open to the public - but you will need invitation cards. Available at Arts Council, T2F, or contact me. Two evenings of poetry in the best literary...
Published in The News on Sunday (still the best weekly English language paper in Pakistan) Political Economy section, Aman ki Asha page, March 21, 2010 -...
Just realised I never got around to posting Dilip & my fourth installment of Conversations, published in The News on Sunday Aman ki Asha page, Political...
Obituary for the veteran Southasian activist, academic, visionary Prof Hari Sharma (1934-2010) who passed away in Canada recently, sent by various friends: ...
Just got back from Sheema Kermani's hour long dance drama 'the Song of Mohenjodaro' (that she first conceived and performed in 1992... Good production and...
Below, details of two exciting and significant cultural events taking place in Karachi, starting this weekend. 1. TEHRIK E NISWAN'S 2ND TLISM THEATRE AND...
Hello everyone, I've been caught up in a new job since end Jan (joined the 'aman ki asha' initiative of the Jang Group and Times of India). Several items...
Printed in the aman ki asha page of Political Economy, The News on Sunday, March 7, 2010 Dilip D'Souza and Beena Sarwar continue their email exchange,...
Below - an introduction to our the 'aman ki asha' page in The News on Wed, March 4, and thoughts from S. Balakrishnan, Times of India's chief of bureau in...
Hope for young Ateeq, a real life `Ramchand Pakistani' http://beenasarwar.wordpress.com - posted Feb 28, 2010 Below, a report I wrote on Feb 23, published in...
Published in The News on Sunday, Political Economy section, aman ki asha page, Feb 21, 2010 CONVERSATIONS: Peace is hard work A Pakistani and an Indian begin...
Dear friends, Please sign the statement in support of widely respected longtime human rights activist Gita Sahgal in London who was head of Amnesty's Gender...
Posted to my blog with photos - http;://www.beenasarwar.wordpress.com "To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that...
Posted to my blog this morning - www.beenasarwar.wordpress.com Recently there was a report about the horrific murder of a Turkish girl, whose family buried her...
Sad day. Woke up this morning to the news that Gul Hameed Bhatti had passed away last night. I knew he was not keeping well, but didn't realise how ill he was....
This is a post I started compiling over a week ago. I think I should just send it out now or it will never get sent. It initially included links to some...
