Hopes are grim but the stakes mighty with the Indo-Pak venture…
'Aman Ki Asha'
By Cassandra Serpes

At a time when scorn about the media is at a high with fire balls flying between India and Pakistan on various issues, be it terrorism, the border, cricket or any other issues, the two media giants from both sides of the border - The Times of India and the Jung Group - have come together to take a small step towards attaining peace between the two countries.

While there always have been initiatives on the India-Pakistan peace front, this initiative, in comparison seems to be much bigger than the others. Of late, post the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, it is seen that there is a lot of fire fuelling between the two countries and a quick look on the internet with anything that is related to India and Pakistan have its fair share of love and hate comments. The governments may have their way of putting down each other, but at the end it does have a rub off on the common man, leading to a lot of hatred towards the other half. This is the issue that has been taken up by the two newspaper groups and this is precisely what the objective of the campaign is.


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It’s Pakistan’s Asha too

By Khaver Siddiqi

Aman Ki Asha; The campaign that seeks to bring some sort of peace to the ever volatile India-Pakistani relationship was launched around the New Year and hopes to bring that relationship out of the shadow of the past, most recently like the events of 26/11. Here are a few comments and opinions from Pakistanis who aren’t bloggers or users of twitter. Like their individual walks of life, each share their own opinions about the campaign, their hopes and fears for what they think will happen in the times to come.

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A Bridge Too Far?

By Sidharth Bhatia

Anyone who has watched the channel Times Now will know that it takes an aggressive stance on many issues. Not for its journalistic sobriety or even balance. It has a point of view, a finger wagging point of view which it ensures the audiences gets. Anchors don’t just ask questions, they hector and even accuse. If the issue is remotely contentious, then the anchor will snarl at the squirming subject in the hotseat. Times Now is certainly not your average, garden variety TV news channel. And no subject gets the Times Now gang all worked up as terrorism and Pakistan, two words that often go together.

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