Monday, March 10, 2008

Culturally we are same sir !!

At a recent business event at Singapore i came across two Pakistani folks who attended my workshop who were very much interested to know what an average indian thinks about pakistani's . Since it was an offline discussion and when it comes to cultural exchange of info i am always game to share my gyan :) I started off with the latest political turmoil, then to the incident where "humen maduri dey dhoo....." in cricket and movies and put across different perspectives about pakistani's in general. These guys kept on repeating its only the politicians who are creating such a chaotic situation otherwise the people in general are good. They love the bollywood movies, the saas-bahu serials (apparently their family members follow all the soaps of the prime time) and cricket. Culturally we are same excluding the few radicals/fundamentalists, after all we are separated brothers aren't we sir? said one of them? i was really moved with this piece of talk. As far as the discussion went on the Pakistanis feel that the media has always represented them on the wrong side of the coin. As the discussion went on we discussed about the taliban's , the terrorists and finally concluded its the "White" Guy who actually fueled the terrorism today in the world and burnt their own fingers in that process. They always want to visit india, have Indians visit their homes and promote lot of good will, trade and cultural exchange and better each other economies. Probably this is what an avg indian/pakistani wants harmony amongst the countries and also with in the country . But if this happens what happens to those people who always want to fuel hatred amongst communities ? But aren't these people one among us? Who makes such kind of people ? As we keep pondering there are many questions that keep crossing your mind for which we might take eternity to find the way out?

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