Press Statements… Call for collaboration on road safety across Southasia and request for UN intervention 8 Aug 202217 Aug 2022 In an unusual, historic and collaborative move, organisations across Southasia have sent a joint letter on road safety to the United Nations. Additionally, activists in different countries of the region…
Sapan Blog “Free them all!” A call of solidarity with political prisoners in India, America, and beyond 6 Aug 202217 Aug 2022 A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Padma B. and Beena Sarwar "MaiN bhi khaif nahīN takhta-e-dār se MaiN bhī Mansūr huuN, keh do aġhyār…
Sapan Blog The years that were: Let lessons from the past inform the present 6 Aug 20226 Aug 2022 A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Tridivesh Singh Maini Several recent incidents highlight the strong yearning of ordinary Indians and Pakistanis to interact…
Press Statements… Release prisoners on completion of jail term, decriminalise inadvertent border crossings, especially for fisherfolk and minors 4 Aug 20225 Aug 2022 Over 30 organisations have endorsed this Joint Statement initiated and coordinated by Sapan Kalu Vira, a fisherman from India incarcerated in Pakistan died at a hospital in Karachi on 6…
Sapan Blog A Southasian poetic giant tours North America 1 Aug 20221 Aug 2022 A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Siraj Khan Gulzar. The name needs no introduction to any lover of Urdu or Hindi poetry --…
Sapan Blog Read well. Write well. Play well. 15 Jun 202225 Jun 2022 A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News SAPAN NEWS: Two teen authors from India and Pakistan who recently published their first novels both began writing…
Sapan Blog Opinion: What’s sauce for the Nagas is sauce for the Kashmiris 14 Jun 202216 Jun 2022 New Delhi needs to engage with militant-turned-Gandhian, not imprison him A Sapan syndicated piece available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Sandeep Pandey Days after the Supreme Court…
Sapan Blog Lack of effective road safety programmes is a major public health concern 14 Jun 202222 Aug 2022 A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News Activists, road crash survivors and victims’ families have a message for the upcoming UN General Assembly meeting on…
Events… Kabir Festival 2022: Celebrating the humanistic values of an ancient mystic 10 Jun 202216 Jun 2022 UPDATE 11 June: Due to rain Kabir Festival postponed to Sunday June 19,2022. Please inform everyone CURTAIN RAISER BOSTON: A cultural event to commemorate the birth anniversary of Kabir Das,…
Press Statements… Collaborate to Recognise and Address Road and Highway Safety 8 Jun 20228 Jun 2022 Sapan Declaration: Collaborate across Southasian Region to Recognise and Address Road and Highway Safety Ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting on Global Road Safety, 30 June – 1 July…
Press Statements… Southasians express solidarity with Sri Lanka, concern about economic and humanitarian crises 2 Jun 20223 Jun 2022 The Southasia Peace Action Network, Sapan, expresses deep concern about the economic crisis in Sri Lanka and the resulting humanitarian emergency caused by prolonged shortages of food, fuel and medicine.…
Press Statements… The Sapan logo story 26 May 202231 May 2026 May 26, 2022: We are so excited and proud to introduce the new Sapan logo. Here’s how it happened. A few days after we launched South Asia Peace Action Network…
Events… Event, May 29- Streets for life: Southasians for road safety 18 May 202228 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 Blog Kamla Bhasin, the spirit of Southasia and the power of the four-letter word love 16 May 202216 Jun 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 Blog 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 202226 Dec 2023 A syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, Priyanka Singh, and Beena Sarwar April 30, 2022, Sapan News Service: The last Sunday of…
Events… 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…
Sapan Blog Evoking the madness of Manto, what we need is ‘one big roar of laughter across Southasia’ 11 Apr 202224 Jan 2023 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 Blog Let’s teach our kids about peace before someone else teaches them to hate 8 Apr 202216 Jun 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 Blog 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 202213 Sep 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 Blog 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…
Events Event, Feb 27: Mystics and Music – Southasia’s Legacy of Love 21 Feb 202231 May 2025 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 Blog 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,…
Sapan Blog Singing and inspiration in dark times: Art and resistance in South Asia 4 Feb 202224 Jan 2023 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…