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Talking
The Walk
As
long as people from both countries keep the conversation going, there is
always hope that old poisons will be diluted and healthier passions will
take root
TARUN J TEJPAL, Editor-in-chief, TEHELKA |
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‘Pending
a final settlement, we support autonomous Kashmir’
ASIF ALI ZARDARI, Co-chairman, Pakistan's
People's Party |
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‘I
believe the two countries should abolish the visa regime’
NAWAZ SHARIF, former Prime Minister, Pakistan |
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‘We
need to move away from competitive contentions’
JASWANT SINGH, former Minister of External
Affairs, India |
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‘Musharraf
is causing the growth of extremism in Pakistan’
IMRAN KHAN, chairman, Tehreek-e-Insaf
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‘Anti-Americanism
is neither in India nor Pakistan’s interests’
Increased
self-confidence; new priorities; new animosities. US diplomat Robin
Raphel analyses the decline of the Western
factor in the subcontinent with HARINDER
BAWEJA |
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‘The
ISI never acts against national interest’
Lt
General (Retd) Asad Durrani, suave former chief
of the ISI, spells out the reasons behind improved relations to HARINDER
BAWEJA |
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‘The
changed mood does not rule out another misadventure’
AK
Doval, former director, IB tells SHOMA
CHAUDHURY that strategy about India and Pakistan changes
constantly |
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‘President
Bush made Musharraf reasonable’
Former
Law Minister
Ram Jethmalani, explains
to SHOMA CHAUDHURY why
he thinks it is short-sighted to be anti-American |
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‘I
thought Pakistanis don’t speak their minds’
Prasoon
Joshi, award-winning advertising professional
and lyricist, discusses favourite moments with SHOMA
CHAUDHURY |
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‘The
constituency of peace is growing ’
What
has the people’s mood in India and Pakistan got to do with realpolitik?
Sartaj Aziz, former foreign
minister, Pakistan outlines a resolution of the Kashmir issue to HARINDER
BAWEJA |
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‘Abolish
visas, make borders irrelevant’
Mehbooba
Mufti, President, J&K People’s Democratic
Party tells HARINDER BAWEJA
that the solution to the Kashmir issue lies beyond Delhi and Srinagar |
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‘The
LOC can be the solution to Kashmir’
Solutions
to Kashmir must be gradual and holistic, Congress spokesperson Abhishek
Manu Singhvi tells HARINDER
BAWEJA |
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Three's
Bad Company
India
and Pakistan are finally attempting to resolve their problems bilaterally;
but it is still in the interest of both countries to continue engaging
the West, says the Congress politico
MANISH TEWARI |
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‘Culture
binds, bigotry divides’
Indians
and Pakistanis have to make sure that they build on ties that bind rather
than letting the rest of the world control what happens in their region,
says the RSS idealogue
TARUN VIJAY |
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A
Case Of Exploding Books
The
author of Broken Verses applauds a rising energy in the world of Pakistani
writing in English but reminds the world of those who first charted this
territory
KAMILA SHAMSIE |
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Beyond
The Chooridar Pajamas
The
director of Raat Chali Hay Jhoom Ke argues that a conversation about a
shared future cannot take place when India is ignorant of Pakistan’s present
HASAN ZAIDI |
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Country
Roads, Take Me Home
A
public policy consultant envisions three possible scenarios in the India-Pakistan
relationship saga and sees cause for dread, confusion and hope
ARSHED BHATTI |
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Looking
At Indo-Pak La Vien Rose
While
civil society in both countries wants to build a new future they will
first have to grapple with competing national interests says an expert
on Indo-Pakistan issues
SWAPAN DASGUPTA |