Journeys to Democracy

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• “The Occupation kills us all”: Israelis in Tel Aviv protest Netanyahu’s attack on Gaza

       
  12 July, by beenasarwar
  I’m sharing below a slightly edited Facebook comment by Syed Farrukh Abbas, a blogger and a student of media studies, based in Pakistan, that he posted with the photo above. Farrukh is also one of the administrators of the Laal Facebook page, which is where I know him from. To his words below, I (...)

• Hamid Ansari: Mumbai man missing in Pakistan (we treat each other’s citizens differently)

   
  11 July, by beenasarwar
  My article on the case of the Indian national Hamid Ansari who has ‘disappeared’ in Pakistan, published in The News, July 11, 2014; an abbreviated version in Hardnews, India. See Hamid’s mother’s online petition appealing to the governments of India and Pakistan to find her son and my friend Indian (...)

• “I lay his poems on my lips and sip at leisure” – Gulzar on Naseer Ahmed Nasir

      
  10 July, by beenasarwar
  My piece for the weekly Aman ki Asha page on July 9 and on the TOI blog The iconic lyricist and poet Gulzar in his preface to Dr Bina Biswas’ translation of a collection of Urdu poetry pays rich tribute to Pakistani poet Naseer Ahmed Nasir ——— “A Man Outside History“ Poems of Naseer Ahmed Nasir (...)

• Pakistan’s media wars – my article for Himal Southasian

          
  6 July, by beenasarwar
  Himal Southasian, a publication I’m proud to have been associated with since its inception in 1996, has a new issue on the media. My piece Pakistan’s media wars (below) and Mass media and the Modi ‘wave’ by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta are web exclusives. Two additional points to my article: 1. Corporate (...)

• The North Waziristan military operation and appeal to help internal refugees

    
  4 July, by beenasarwar
  While supporting the much delayed military operation against the militants, we need to also support the democratic political process and strengthening accountability and the rule of law in Pakistan. See ‘Recapturing North Waziristan: A tragic necessity‘ – interview of Pervez Hoodbhoy in (...)

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