Journeys to Democracy

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• Play for peace: Mahesh Bhatt’s ‘Milne Do’

    
  5 December, by beenasarwar
  My article in the Aman ki Asha page of The News, Dec 4, and in the TOI blog Play for peace: Mahesh Bhatt’s ‘Milne Do’ A behind-the-scenes look at what is driving a veteran film producer and peace activist’s fourth stage production, coming up By Beena Sarwar It was Google’s “Reunion” ad released on (...)

• ‘Chittagong’: ordinary people, extraordinary courage

      
  5 December, by beenasarwar
  My column ‘Personal Political’ in The News, Pakistan last week, also for monthly Hard News, India “Chitta… kya?” By Beena Sarwar I want to thank the Indian scientist-turned-filmmaker Bedabrata Pain for his powerful feature film about the 1930 uprising against the British in Chittagong in the part of (...)

• India /Pakistan – That elusive visa: You can’t just ‘Google it’

      
  20 November, by beenasarwar
  My article in The News’ weekly Aman ki Asha page today (also on the website and TOI blog) Google’s tearjerker “Reunion” ad released on the web has tapped into a rising groundswell for peace between the people of India and Pakistan By Beena Sarwar The internet search engine Google’s moving, (...)

• Google’s tearjerker ‘Reunion’ ad, and the ‘Milne Do’ campaign

   
  13 November, by beenasarwar
  “Reunion”, the moving, well made little video released by Google today is going viral. And it’s not just the one ad, there’s a playlist of five in the series – ‘fennel’, ‘cricket’, ‘Anarkali’, and ‘sugar-free’. If it doesn’t move you, you’ve got a heart of stone. And if oh, it was that easy. For Pakistanis (...)

• Beyond security issues: A ‘wow’ moment and an inspiring video

      
  12 November, by beenasarwar
  There are many positive initiatives taking place in the field of education in Pakistan, but The Citizens Foundation is the largest and most visible, and probably also the most professionally run. Even if you drop in on a school without prior notice, you’ll find the same quality and care. (...)

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