Journeys to Democracy

Articles

• Finding a retired fighter pilot and how his vision for peace links with Gulzar and Mehdi Hasan

       
  24 June, by beenasarwar
  In response to my thoughts, he shared an article with me that he had been working on. I loved his vision of identity and a homeland at peace with its neighbours, reflecting on a future for Southasia defined not by divisions, but by regional cooperation and shared opportunities.

• Peace, like democracy, is a process, not an event

              
  15 April, by beenasarwar
  My video interview with an Indian journalist about the Islamabad peace talks - before they collapsed - and a visit to ancient archaelogical sites in Sindh.

• Analysis without agenda: Creating spaces for understanding and empathy

          
  1 March, by beenasarwar
  Sapan is a cross-border, cross-regional, and cross-diaspora initiative that aims to create spaces for understanding and empathy. We provide analysis without agenda; the documentary is a testament to Sapan’s ability to represent local communities authentically.

• INDIA/PAKISTAN: Peaceful Pink Panties to Tame Right-Wing Goons – InterPress Service, 2009

    
  14 February, by beenasarwar
  Wrote this in 2009, at a time when rightwing groups in India had begun attacking people celebrating V-Day, while Saudi Arabia’s Ministry for the Protection of Virtue and Prevention of Vice had banned the sale of Valentine’s Day materials