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May 7, 2024 | law.asia | John Church |Katherine Abraham |Ian Thomas |Sandra Lowe

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Mar 22, 2024 | scroll.in | Katherine Abraham

At the Peace Hill Garden on the outskirts of Pune city in Maharashtra is a five-feet tall kesar mango sapling. The sapling, planted just beyond a bust of Kasturba Gandhi, MK Gandhi’s wife, is no ordinary kesar mango plant. On 30 January, the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination, the kesar mango plant was grafted with a Pakistani “chaunsa”.

Mar 14, 2024 | theprint.in | Katherine Abraham

Twelve years ago, Yogesh dropped his family surname on noticing people tended to align him with a particular community. He later took on the name Vishwamitra, or friend of the universe. After moving to PuneThe land at the edge of Hidden Oasis became the site of an ashram named after Yogesh’ father Ravindra and mother Kusum. They moved in with him and his two daughters on the first day of 2022, living in two rooms, reserving the other three for visitors. His father passed away here last year.

Mar 12, 2024 | southasiamonitor.org | Katherine Abraham

A flute, a song, and a mango tree: Planting the seeds of harmony in a Pune 'peace garden' Their vision includes a plan to graft mangoes from Bangladesh this year. These mango trees will bear ‘the fruit of unity’ with three distinct varieties in a few years - from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. They will be more than just a horticultural marvel - they will be a testament to the subcontinental people’s aspirations for peace and unity.