SAF News

Testimony 5th June 2008

Acknowledgement by Rony James Martin, a Madanjeet Singh Group Scholarship (India) from the School of Visual Arts, BNU, Lahore

In the media 2nd June 2008

India's outlook on junoon in kashmir

Despite staying in the same hotel, it proved hard to pin down Salman Ahmed-the lead singer and guitarist of the Pakistani Sufi rock group Junoon-for an interview.

In the media The Tribune - 1st June 2008

Building cross-cultural bridges between SAARC nations

He did not become the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador by sheer chance. It was the trauma of India’s Partition and the images of violence engraved in his mind that forced Madanjeet Singh to promote cross-cultural ties among SAARC nations.

In the media Dawn - 28th May 2008

Junoon: Breaking down barriers

MUSIC knows no boundaries, allowing its universality to transcendage-old divisions and bring strangers — even rivals — closer to one another. Which is why one should appreciate, rather than condemn, concerts such as the one staged by Pakistan's Junoon band in Srinagaron Sunday.

News 27th May 2008

Visit to one of the SAF-PPERA schools in Gandharbal, Kashmir

In the media The Asian Age - 27th May 2008

Sound track diplomacy

Everything is not politics in Kashmir, but everything tends to be

In the media The Asian Age - 27th May 2008

Pratibha says Kashmir is embodiment of compassion

Invoking Kashmir's revolutionary poet Gulam Ahmed Mehjoor, President Pratibha Patil on Monday asked its "gardeners (people) to create the glory of spring and make the flowers bloom and the birds sing again". She said Kashmir was rightly called rishiwaer or the abode of rishis as it embodies love, tolerance and compassion.

News Srinagar, India - 27th May 2008