Pehchaan

03/26/2020

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11/10/2018

Come through to our first event of the year tonight from 7PM - 10PM at A71 Louis Simpson International Building!! Dress up desi (although not required) and enjoy the snacks!

12/17/2015

Thank you everyone for coming to tonight's vigil. Nothing can fill the irreparable void left in the lives of the affected but our thoughts and prayers will forever remain with the 144

04/07/2015

Please join us in welcoming a Pakistani activist, Jibran Nasir, on April 22nd, 2015 at 6 pm! Register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/taking-on-the-terrorists-a-discussion-with-jibran-nasir-tickets-16310370758

03/22/2015

Home sweet home!

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11/11/2013

This Wednesday night!!

11/01/2013

Dinner Talk on Development Work in Pakistan, Nov 13, 7 pm, Rocky Private Dining Room.
All welcome!! There are about 15 dinner swipes for people without a meal plan - first come, first serve!

07/14/2013

One of our Pehchaan members who is a PhD student at Princeton has moved to Yuhanabad, a poor suburb of Lahore to volunteer at a home for disabled people. Read more about Maria's experiences under http://inthehouseofwonders.wordpress.com

Caring for people with disabilities in Pakistan

05/01/2013

Khamosh Pani by Pakistani director Sabiha Sumar will be screened on Friday, May 3, 7 pm at 100 Jones Hall!

1979. A village in Pakistan. Ayesha, a middle-aged widow lives a quiet life with her 17-year old son Saleem who is in love with Zubeida, the neighbor's daughter. When Islamist militants arrive at their village to recruit young men for the holy war against the Soviets in Afghanistan, Saleem is attracted to their message. As the events unfold, a well-kept secret emerges from Ayesha's past and changes her life and that of Saleem and Zubeida forever.

05/01/2013

Check out this fascinating project!

'The 1947 Partition Archive is a citizen-powered non-profit organization dedicated to documenting, preserving and sharing eye witness accounts from all ethnic, religious and economic communities affected by the Partition of British India in 1947. We provide a platform for our fellow citizens to collect, archive and display oral histories that document not only Partition, but pre-Partition life and culture as well as post-Partition migrations and life changes.'

Join us in uncovering the people's history of Partition, one story at a time. Together, we are discovering our shared histories and preserving the last remaining memories of Partition before they are forever lost.

04/29/2013

Our photo exhibition "A House of Wonders" did not just offer an alternative perspective on Pakistan, but also helped to support a home for disabled adults in Lahore. We were able to raise $804 in support of the home!
A big THANK YOU to everyone who contributed!!!
All donations will go directly and without any deductions to the home. To find out more about this charity project which is run by two Princeton students, visit their webseite at http://omidepunjab.com/home/

Welcome to Omid-e Punjab!We support a home for disabled adults, located in an underdeveloped suburb of Lahore, the capital of Pakistan’s most populous province, the Punjab. The home lacks washing machines, water filters and other basic equipment, a reliable energy supply and properly-trained medical...

04/13/2013

One week left to see our photo exhibition featuring work by Myra Iqbal, a young journalist from Islamabad! If you are in the New York/Philly area, hop on the train and come down to Princeton to see the exhibition! The campus is beautiful in spring, too, all the trees are blossoming!

I'm an Islamabad based photographer. I use my lens to see, educate and inspire.

04/12/2013

Tomorrow night we'll be screening "Garam Hava"! Based on an Urdu short story by Ismat Chughtai, the movie deals with the fate of a North Indian Muslim family as they have to decide whether to move to Pakistan in 1947 or stay back. Take a break from work and come watch a great movie at 7 pm in 100 Jones Hall!

04/07/2013

Help Pakistanis who are not in Pakistan on May 11 vote in this election; please sign this petition:

1. A historic election awaits Pakistan, a country of hardworking and loyal people, wherever in the world they may be. If they are Pakistani, they have...

03/28/2013

Tomorrow, March 29, 9 pm at 100 Jones Hall!! We will screen "Partition" (Ken McMullen/Tariq Ali), the third movie in our film series. The film is based on the short story Toba Tek Singh by Saadat Hasan Manto. Set in an asylum located in Lahore, it tells how the governments of Pakistan and India decide to exchange Muslim, Sikh, and Hindu inmates after the events of 1947. The narrative strips bare the absurd realities surrounding this decision and turns into a powerful metaphor for the breakage caused by the Partition of India. See this link for a review: http://www.moviemail.com/scripts/article.pl?articleID=306

03/27/2013

Some impressions from last night's opening of our photo exhibition A House of Wonders. The pictures will be up until April 18, so just stop by at the Carl Fields Center if you haven't seen them yet!