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Working towards freedom of trade, travel and tourism in South Asia, people-to-people contact, and for soft borders or visa on arrival for South Asians in each other’s countries.

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Founding Charter

Sapan is a coalition of individuals and representatives of various organisations joining hands for a minimum common agenda: Reclaiming Southasia.  In doing so, we reiterate our commitment to take forward the principles and ideals of peace, justice, democracy and human rights articulated by visionaries like Dr Mubashir Hasan, Nikhil Chakravartty,…Continue reading “Founding Charter”

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Event, May 29- Streets for life: Southasians for road safety

18 May 202219 May 2022
Ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting on Global Road Safety, 30 June - 1 July, and following UN Global Road Safety Week May 13-17, we invite you to join…
Sapan News

Kamla Bhasin, the spirit of Southasia and the power of the four-letter word love

16 May 202216 May 2022
Note: This syndicated feature published in November 2021 has been belatedly posted to the Sapan website. A syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News Commemorating 16 Days…
Sapan News

Let people meet – before it’s too late

6 May 20229 May 2022
A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Tridivesh Singh Maini May 6, 2022, Sapan News Service: The past few months have seen several instances…
Press Statements…

Ahead of May Day, a call for worker unity, solidarity and a visa-free Southasia

30 Apr 202215 May 2022
A syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, Priyanka Singh, Beena Sarwar April 30, 2022, Sapan News Service: The last Sunday of April…
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Event, Apr 24: Labour rights and democracy in Southasia

19 Apr 202223 Apr 2022
On the last Sunday of April, ahead of International Workers’ Day or May Day, activists and experts from across the region will discuss Labour rights and democracy in Southasia at…
Press Statements…

Evoking the madness of Manto, what we need is ‘one big roar of laughter across Southasia’

11 Apr 202216 May 2022
A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News Artists, journalists, sportspersons, healthcare workers, educators, businesspersons, students, gather for the first anniversary of a Southasian peace coalition.…
Sapan News

Let’s teach our kids about peace before someone else teaches them to hate

8 Apr 20226 May 2022
A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Rahul Mukherji and Beena Sarwar April 7, 2022, Sapan News Service: On 6 April 2022, an 11-year-old…
Sapan News

Sara Suleri: Beyond borders

27 Mar 202231 Mar 2022
PERSONAL-POLITICAL By Beena Sarwar March 25, 2022, Sapan News Service: “Aur bataiye” – tell me more, a polite invitation to keep talking. I can hear her voice, perhaps naturally husky,…
Events…

Event, Mar 27: Sapan completes a year

24 Mar 202225 Mar 2022
“How do we go beyond the ideological divide? How do we move the needle on regional peace and socio-economic and gender justice in Southasia?” Fired by the need for a…
Press Statements…

The power of love and a Southasian resolution on the Ukraine crisis

12 Mar 202218 Mar 2022
By Priyanka Singh and Beena Sarwar March 9, 2022 “It is the power of love that’s most important, not the love of power”, said Dhaka-based feminist Khushi Kabir, quoting her…
Press Statements

Sapan Logo competition: Submit your logos for a good cause and win a cash prize!

9 Mar 202211 Mar 2022
Deadline for submissions: March 25, 2022 Announcing a design contest to create a novel, catchy logo for Southasia Peace Action Network (Sapan). The competition winner will receive a certificate and…
Sapan News

Opinion: Pakistan’s ‘Aurat March’ 2022: To be or not to be

7 Mar 202216 Apr 2022
By Nadra Huma Quraishi March 7, 2022, Sapan News Service: On March 8, women around the world mark a day they call their own -- International Women’s Day, highlighting achievements…
Resolutions

South Asia Peace Action Network’s Statement on Ukraine Crisis

28 Feb 2022
Photo credit HRW.org: People attend an anti-war protest, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 24, 2022, after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a military operation in Ukraine. © 2022 REUTERS/Anton Vaganov 27 Feb…
Sapan News

Chakwalians, Rotarians gather for “a tsunami of peace” reunion at Kartarpur Corridor

23 Feb 202223 Feb 2022
February 23, 2022: Dozens of Indians and Pakistanis with ancestral roots in Chakwal will meet today at Kartarpur Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, taking advantage of the visa-free corridor inaugurated in…
Events

Event, Feb 27: Mystics and Music – Southasia’s Legacy of Love

21 Feb 202227 Feb 2022
Prominent artists from across Southasia will meet online to share perspectives on "Mystics and Music: Southasia’s Legacy of Love", Sunday, 27 February 2022, organised by Southasia Peace Action Network, or…
Sapan News

Working Ghalib’s magic to interrogate universal questions and contemporary realities

11 Feb 202216 Apr 2022
Thinking with Ghalib: Poetry for a New GenerationBy Anjum Altaf and Amit BasoleEnglish, with Urdu and Devnagri scriptsFolio Books, Lahore 2021 (108 pages, PKR 500)Roli Books, Delhi 2021 (124 pages,…
Press Statements…

Singing and inspiration in dark times: Art and resistance in South Asia

4 Feb 202211 Feb 2022
NOTE: This feature report produced by Sapan News Service is free for publication  with credit to Sapan, www.southasiapeace.com. Editors may trim content to their own needs. By Sushmita Preetha and…
Events

Event, Jan 30: Resisting Together – Art and the Artist in South Asia

24 Jan 202229 Jan 2022
Prominent artists across South Asia will meet virtually to share perspectives on art and the culture of resistance in South Asia. Titled “Resisting Together: Art and the Artist in South…
Press Statements…

Hindu pilgrims visit Pakistan, Muslim delegation for India late January

6 Jan 20226 Jan 2022
By Beena Sarwar / Sapan News Service January 5, 2022: An international delegation of 200 Hindu pilgrims in Pakistan for a four-day religious tourism visit departed this week after performing…
Resolutions

Sapan Declaration on Human Rights and Equality

31 Dec 202131 Dec 2021
We, the participants at the session on ‘Human Rights and Equality in South Asia: Growing Up, Growing Together’, organised by South Asia Peace Action Network or Sapan, on December 26,…
Press Statements…

“Growing up, growing together”: Activists across South Asia resolve to continue working for a better tomorrow

31 Dec 20218 Jan 2022
DECEMBER 30: Activists from across South Asia have expressed concern at the deteriorating human rights situation in the region, amidst growing majoritarian authoritarianism and a rise in discrimination on basis…
Events

Event, Dec 26: Human Rights and Equality in South Asia – Growing Up, Growing Together

19 Dec 202120 Dec 2021
South Asia Peace Action Network, Sapan, invites you to a discussion meeting on human rights and equality in South Asia, and why we must 'grow up' to grow together. At…
Sapan News

Married across an intractable border, Rajput Sodhas suffer due to India-Pakistan visa issues

11 Dec 202114 May 2022
This is the story of Ganpat Singh from Pakistan’s Sodha Rajput community of less than half a million. Like him, each member of this community has matrimonial linkages across the…
Press Statements…

Feminise to Humanise: The universe of violence against South Asia’s women

3 Dec 20218 Jan 2022
By Lubna Jerar and Priyanka Singh 2 December 2021: What South Asia needs is a feminisation of politics and polity. This is necessary to counter the “grand celebration of the triumph…
Press Statements

Sapan webinar to mark 16 days of activism against gender-based violence

27 Nov 202127 Nov 2021
27 November, 2021: South Asia Peace Action Network (SAPAN) is organising a webinar on 28 November 2021, Sunday, at 18:30 PKT/19:00 IST titled, “Gender Violence in South Asia: Feminise to…
Events

Event, Nov 28: Gender Violence in South Asia – Feminise to Humanise

19 Nov 202127 Nov 2021
South Asia Peace Action Network (Sapan) invites you to a discussion meeting on the subject of gender violence in South Asia, and why we need to 'feminise to humanise'. The…
Events…

South Asia Peace Action Network – Sapan: Resolution on Climate Change Ahead of COP26

2 Nov 202122 Apr 2022
Can South Asia combat climate change? We believe yes. And we suggest how. Resolution:   Read out by Disha Ravi, India, and Durlabh Ashok, Pakistan at the South Asia Peace Action…
Sapan News

How climate change is linked to the tragedy of a Bengali-Pakistani fisherman incarcerated in India

31 Oct 20212 Dec 2021
By Beena Sarwar Lead photo: Amir Hamza's coffin exchanged at Wagah border, Sept. 14, 2021. Photo: Obtained from source. The tragedy of a fisherman who died of Covid-19 while imprisoned…
Events

Event, Oct 31: Can South Asia combat the climate crisis?

19 Oct 202121 Nov 2021
South Asia Peace Action Network (Sapan) is organising a brainstorming discussion online around the climate crisis in South Asia and how the region can come together to solve these pressing…
Events

Call for entries: Essays on the climate crisis in South Asia

18 Oct 20215 Nov 2021
South Asia Peace Action Network (Sapan) is inviting articles on various angles of the climate crisis in South Asia, pertaining to countries in the region - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,…

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