Source: The Hindu Afghan women’s rights campaigner Anarkali Honaryar and Palestinian peace activist Khaled Abu Awwad have been conferred the 2011 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence, an award instituted in memory of Mahatma Gandhi. The $1,00,000 award will be divided equally between the two laureates, who were selected by an… Continue reading Afghan, Palestine activists get UNESCO award
Month: November 2011
Afghan Hindus, Sikhs Seek To Reclaim Their ‘House Of Love’
By Abubakar Siddique November 11, 2011 Source (Radio Free Europe) Shankar Lal, at age 63, wants to reclaim his native “House of Love” after living in exile in India for 20 years. The Hindu patriarch is from Prem Nagar, Hindi for House of Love, a once-prosperous Hindu village in southeastern Afghanistan that over the years… Continue reading Afghan Hindus, Sikhs Seek To Reclaim Their ‘House Of Love’