Good joke of an article and people to people contact is an equally stupid slogan. I have traveled to the country on our east still have many relatives there.
We don't share the same language on a country basis, punjab yes Urdu and Hindi are not the same the later is tilted towards sanskrit mix. Our cultures share some traits but they are not the same closer to our culture may be are punjab/haryana and U.P.
Our own relatives don't resemble us anymore perhaps it is due to oppression or living under a continued suspicion which has changed them. Our people appear very different, even the gait and postures are different. There are similarities in the food but they too vary significantly.
We are more hospitable than them, Sikhs and some Muslims there are welcoming (sikhs specially my experience may be due to the fact that my family shares the exact same language as most of them) hindus not only avoid but look down somehow (I fail to understand what makes them superior language, food, appearance???) I think its more like jealousy, their public servants police/BSF/army treats Pakistanis in a bad manner comparatively speaking. The hospitality if any is only extended by Sikhs and Muslims.
People of Indian Punjab/Haryana/U.P share much with people of Pakistan but freedom has its own manifestations we are much open, onion is part of our salad but for them the use is excessive to the extent of stink. Our hygiene standards are much better even at the village level, hell even our dresses are different. The stink you experience in the morning something they burn is disgusting.
Cow meat is a rarity, monkey is a God so is dog, fish, snake, sun, moon, i don't know, despite the fact that many of us share the same genetic root stock as them last 7-8 centuries and particularly last 70 years have separated us significantly so much that in a joking way I would say that we may even have started to develop our own unique genetic markers.
On a lighter note even most of their women are an eye-sore one look and you don't want to look back, unlike 3 inches makeup-ed versions of their females they show in bollywood movies.
@war&peace there is this ignore option you may want to ignore some people like me.