Archive - Beena Sarwar - Personal Political

A trip to London, a young artists' exhibit and a documentary screening #Southasia #art #film

What do the creative arts and good journalism have in common? Both are rooted in being exploratory, observational, and non-judgmental, rather than…

Jun 19 •

April 2025

As war drums beat, remembering departed comrades who stood for peace

On 24 April 2015, a valiant peacemonger and social justice activist was killed in Karachi. A mother lost her only child, and many of us a dear friend…

Apr 24 •

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Owning Mashal Khan: Pakistan’s road to redemption

Remembering the journalism student Mashal Khan on his eighth death anniversary, and putting in context his brutal lynching at a university campus in…

Apr 13 •

March 2025

Back in the USA and the urgency of 'Southasia'

What’s happening in the U.S. now feels familiar to those of us from elsewhere who been fighting such fights for long, including in Southasia which is…

Mar 19 •

'I want India and Pakistan to make peace in my lifetime' - Zehra Nigah

Some thoughts emerging from a chance encounter with one of Pakistan's most respected and iconic progressive poets. Published as a Sapan News syndicated…

Mar 17 •

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January 2025

Dictatorships come and go but the music continues

Something I wrote after a call with Arshad Mahmud, one of Pakistan’s most versatile composers. "Why should I sell white shirts?" he asked. "I want to…

Jan 28 •

The dream that MLK articulated may seem distant, but we're moving towards it

I began writing this some months ago after Ava DuVernay's powerful, thoughtprovoking film that gave me new insights into issues I've long followed. I…

Jan 21 •

A compilation of some of my favourite pieces from Sapan News over the last few weeks - incuding my a couple of my own recent articles

Jan 20 •

December 2024

An awards ceremony in Delhi I will miss

The event in India this afternoon represents a significant moment for Southasian solidarity. It also underscores the challenges in the region, including…

Dec 16, 2024 •

After a journalists' reunion, 'Democracy in Debt' and 'Khamosh Pani' this weekend

In NY for a journalists' reunion which never fails to inspire. Sapan film screenings: My documentary on Sri Lanka, Brooklyn NY today, and acclaimed…

Dec 7, 2024 •

November 2024

This weekend in the 'hood and beyond

Faiz Sb in Framingham MA, Saturday. Sapan Country Focus webinar on Bangladesh Sunday morning, and my documentary film screening that afternoon at…

Nov 23, 2024 •

How can India and Pakistan 'win without fighting'?

Thoughts on The Citizens Foundation annual gala in Boston, a discussion on ‘Improving Indo-Pak Relations’ hosted from Kolkata, cricket, qawwali…

Published on Sapan News • Nov 19, 2024

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