Pakistan India Cultural Ties

Hitting out at Pakistan, India has said the country foments a "culture of violence" at home and across its borders and its "deplorable" human rights records and discriminatory treatment of religious minorities is a cause of "persistent concern" for the global community.

Pakistan has decided to ban all cultural exchanges with India, including all kinds of joint ventures between the entertainment industry of the two countries after India revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, a Pakistani media report said today.

Foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet on January 14-15 to prepare a schedule of meeting for the comprehensive dialogue, Pakistan's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said even as he cautioned against "unrealistic expectations" from the talks.

If public intellectuals are ostracized or vilified from speaking their minds, India risks becoming a "cultural dictatorship", world famous music conductor Zubin Mehta has said, calling the protest by writers, filmmakers and scientists returning honours "brave".

Famous Pakistani singer Ghulam Ali, turned away by the Shiv Sena in Mumbai, will sing in the national capital in December, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced this morning.

A day after renowned Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali's concert in Mumbai was cancelled following Shiv Sena's demand, the party -- which governs Maharashtra along with the BJP -- said terror and cultural ties cannot go hand in hand.

Renowned Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali's concert in Mumbai could be in trouble with the Shiv Sena, which co-governs Maharashtra, saying India cannot have cultural ties with Pakistan.

India is hesitant to implement all aspects of US and European Union sanctions against Iran, a Congressional report has said, attributing this to New Delhi's reliance on Tehran with regards to Afghanistan and the historic, cultural and economic ties between the two nations.

Hitting out at Pakistan, India has said the country foments a "culture of violence" at home and across its borders and its "deplorable" human rights records and discriminatory treatment of religious minorities is a cause of "persistent concern" for the global community.

Pakistan has decided to ban all cultural exchanges with India, including all kinds of joint ventures between the entertainment industry of the two countries after India revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, a Pakistani media report said today.

Foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet on January 14-15 to prepare a schedule of meeting for the comprehensive dialogue, Pakistan's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said even as he cautioned against "unrealistic expectations" from the talks.

If public intellectuals are ostracized or vilified from speaking their minds, India risks becoming a "cultural dictatorship", world famous music conductor Zubin Mehta has said, calling the protest by writers, filmmakers and scientists returning honours "brave".

Famous Pakistani singer Ghulam Ali, turned away by the Shiv Sena in Mumbai, will sing in the national capital in December, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced this morning.

A day after renowned Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali's concert in Mumbai was cancelled following Shiv Sena's demand, the party -- which governs Maharashtra along with the BJP -- said terror and cultural ties cannot go hand in hand.

Renowned Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali's concert in Mumbai could be in trouble with the Shiv Sena, which co-governs Maharashtra, saying India cannot have cultural ties with Pakistan.

India is hesitant to implement all aspects of US and European Union sanctions against Iran, a Congressional report has said, attributing this to New Delhi's reliance on Tehran with regards to Afghanistan and the historic, cultural and economic ties between the two nations.