Journeys to Democracy

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• In solidarity with Dr. Udayakumar, anti-nuclear activist targeted by “journalists”

     
  21 June, by beenasarwar
  Just heard from peace activist friend Lalita Ramdas in India that the well known anti-nuclear, village-based activist in India Dr. S P Udayakumaran, has filed a complaint with the press council of India against the harassment meted out to him and his family by Republic TV and its reporters (see (...)

• India Pakistan cricket #KhelneDo

      
  17 June, by beenasarwar
  “It’s just a game” doesn’t apply to any cricket match between India and Pakistan. But in recent years, fans have been stepping beyond national positions to support the other team even while rooting for their own, and to point out that yes, it is just a game. And that it’s better to fight on a (...)

• Why being a bystander is not an option

      
  8 June, by beenasarwar
  My column Personal Political published in the Cambridge Chronicle, June 8, 2017 Beena Sarwar “You don’t even speak English,” comes a male voice across the fading evening light. We glance past Cambridge Public Library’s main entrance. The man is bending close to someone sitting on a bench on the (...)

• A minute for peace with Pope Francis, June 8, 2017, 1:00 pm

     
  6 June, by beenasarwar
  Cross-posted from Aman ki Asha India Pakistan peace supporters have participated in several global prayer vigils in past years. What have these actions accomplished? We don’t know for sure but we believe that there is power in prayer, individual and collective, by persons of any faith or secular (...)

• My Princeton journalism class re-visited

   
  25 May, by beenasarwar
  Thrilled and touched to see my class listed among a student’s favorite classes at Princeton, where I was a visiting professor of journalism last fall. Here’s what he wrote: Kevin: I can’t stress it enough: Journalism (JRN 457): “Politics, Causes, and Culture in a Changing Media Landscape,” (...)

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