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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

‘Pending a final settlement, we support autonomous Kashmir’
ASIF ALI ZARDARI, Co-chairman, Pakistan's People's Party

‘I believe the two countries should abolish the visa regime’
NAWAZ SHARIF, former Prime Minister, Pakistan

‘We need to move away from competitive contentions’
JASWANT SINGH, former Minister of External Affairs, India

‘Musharraf is causing the growth of extremism in Pakistan’
IMRAN KHAN, chairman, Tehreek-e-Insaf

‘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

‘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

‘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

‘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

‘I thought Pakistanis don’t speak their minds’
Prasoon Joshi, award-winning advertising professional and lyricist, discusses favourite moments with SHOMA CHAUDHURY

‘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

‘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

‘The LOC can be the solution to Kashmir’
Solutions to Kashmir must be gradual and holistic, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi tells HARINDER BAWEJA

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

‘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

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

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

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

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

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