Pakistani journalists: standing tall – my article in EPW

Pakistani journalists: standing tall Journalists in Pakistan walk a tightrope between the military and the militants, risking their lives as never before to get the truth into the public domain. They have always had to tiptoe around directly challenging the concepts upheld by the security establishment. But as a Pakistani writer and filmmaker writes, the [...]

Indian pilot’s daughter writes a deeply touching reply to Pakistani pilot who shot her father’s plane down

Thanks to Naveed Riaz in Lahore for the email that formed the basis of my report on Qais Hussain’s condolence note to Farida Singh, daughter of the Indian pilot whose plane he shot down during the 1965 war. Here’s another note Mr Riaz just sent to his email list:  This profoundly humane episode continues to [...]

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