Partition: Borders of Blood

[dexter]

On August 14 and 15, 1947, the Partition of the Indian subcontinent created two nation states - India and Pakistan.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

We were all brothers and sisters. We even shared our wives. We even shared our food. We were rich, We were one country, one people, one culture, one language, one race from Khyber Pass to Burma and we were filthy rich but then came these whire devils called Angraiz.

They divide us, we made us speak differant, they made us look differant, they made us enemies and then put borders in middle of our land. Oh they also ran away with all the money. Hey India, my brotha by another motha lets get together again. We are one. Jinnah and Nehru were Angraiz stooges that divided us.

 

[Levina]

We even shared our wives.

Utter nonsense.
Is this humor to you?

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'Only colour of our passport differs, our hearts are united'
Saman Haziq/Dubai
Filed on August 13, 2017 | Last updated on August 13, 2017 at 03.56 pm

Imran (left) and Shahza
"We eat the same food, love the same movies, wear similar clothes."

'Love your neighbours as thyself' was the motto of Indian expat Imran's school when he was in India.

"I have grown up with this motto and I would often wonder that why do then people of both nations then harbour this rivalry as we are immediate neighbours. We have the same speech, love the same movies and songs, in fact we were one country just 70 years ago."

"All my inhibitions about Pakistanis were put to rest when I arrived in the UAE, more than a decade ago from New Delhi," said Imran, who works in a telecom company in Dubai.

Talking about his first-ever interaction with Pakistanis, Imran says: "I had never interacted with Pakistanis ever before until I came to the UAE, and therefore had no opinion as such about them. But when I came to the UAE, I got acquainted to many Pakistanis and found out how warm and hospitable they are. In fact my very close friend is a Pakistani. His name is Shahzad and hails from Lahore. After interacting with him, I realised that their language, food, clothes, humour everything was so similar to ours."

Imran says in India it was the excitement during the match between India and Pakistan that he remembers distinctly but after coming to the UAE it is the excitement of playing with them rather against them. "At office and at times outside office, me and my Pakistani and Indian friends play cricket over the weekend. There is no difference between Indians and Pakistanis then, we mix up and play in teams. So we have revived the excitement of cricket here differently and play together as a team and not as people of different nationalities, said Imran, who said he is also fascinated by Pakistani traditional outfits and even wears the traditional salwar kameez on occasions such as Eid."

Indo-Pak best friends

Indians and colleagues at work Amina Rafi, Afra Abdul Muqtadir, Shereen Sadique, adore their Pakistani colleague Saleha Ali. They call their bond 'unbreakable and unshakable'.

"I have grown up in the UAE and that has given me a chance to study and work with people of different nationalities including Pakistanis. In fact four of us (three Indians and a Pakistani) share such a special and close bond that we never even think about Saleha as someone from another nationality. Saleha has introduced us to amazing Pakistani food such as Peshawri kadayi, bun kababs, nihari and we love feasting together at various Pakistani restaurants,"Amina said.

Afra adds: "Living in the UAE has given us a platform to bridge the differences between the two countries and look over and above the political brush offs. Our Pakistani friends have also got us hooked to some awesome TV dramas. We Indians are absolutely in awe of the Pakistani hospitality and their excellent fashion sense. Living here in the UAE has given us an opportunity to know Pakistanis more closely and believe me what I have felt is that we share a lot more similarities between us than differences."

Indians Amina Rafi, Afra Abdul Muqtadir, Shereen Sadique, with their Pakistani colleague Saleha Ali.

Colleagues and like sisters

Swati Nihalani met her Pakistani friend Farwa Rehman Shaikh while at work in a bank in Dubai in 2012 and they clicked at once. "I was pleasantly surprised when I learnt that Farwa was a Pakistani because we were so similar in everything. We grow up with such a negative picture of Pakistanis but meet them and you will see how full of life, loving and positive they are. Farwa is so lively and talented and loves sharing and listening about other people's cultures, religion, tradition, food, etc so we never run out of things to talk about. She is like an elder sister and belongs to a loving family who treat me like their own daughter. Who says there is a difference between India and Pakistan? It is only the colour of our passports that is different. Our hearts are united. We even celebrate our festivals such as Diwali and Eid together.

Swati credits the UAE for this amiable feeling between the people of India and Pakistani. "UAE provides a multi-cultural environment where everyone can form a bond and connect with each other, whether it is at school, workplace, events, etc. wherever you go, you're sure to come across people you connect with regardless of where they are from."

Swati and Farwa

 

[El Sidd]

Qatar and Al Jazeera fueling pan Islamism and unrest again in the Muslim world.

Qatar needs to be liquidated

 

[Hamza913]

Qatar and Al Jazeera fueling pan Islamism and unrest again in the Muslim world.

Qatar needs to be liquidated

Nothing wrong with pan Islamism, if anything it would be a good thing.

Our neighbours have shown their true colours. They aren't our brothers. Maybe some of their people can be, but not the country itself.

 

[El Sidd]

Nothing wrong with pan Islamism, if anything it would be a good thing.

Our neighbours have shown their true colours. They aren't our brothers. Maybe some of their people can be, but not the country itself.

Qatar is a troublemaker.
We value peace but we do not support anarchy in the Muslim world.

Qatar needs to be mainstreamed or liquidated.
You can point to me why not?

I do not consider any other Muslim country to be worthy enough to chant pan Islamism.
That is only Pakistan's privilege and we shall use it when time calls for it.

 

[Sky lord]

As far as ordinary Indians are concerned, there are two different periods of Indo- Pak relations .

Pre-Kasab and Post-Kasab.

We now live in the post-Kasab era. No amount of seeing the same movies and eating similar food is going to get around that. That was the turning point in public perception.

 

[padamchen]

As far as ordinary Indians are concerned, there are two different periods of Indo- Pak relations .

Pre-Kasab and Post-Kasab.

We now live in the post-Kasab era. No amount of seeing the same movies and eating similar food is going to get around that. That was the turning point in public perception.

True in large part for the 20-30 year olds.

Cheers, Doc