India and Pakistan were two nations separated inspite of common heritage, language and history. The theocratic separation has already cost a lot to the people of the oth sides of the border.Even today, family relations and reunion of families and matrimonial relations continue and thrive.
The frenzy of the war rhetorics perpetrated by sections of the society at the both sides have nothing to do with the people and the nations. As I always maintain, "India and Pakistan are not two warring nations; the wars are fought between the the India's democracy and the the Pakistan Army".The belligerance of the armies are only the depiction of their lust for authority and power.
Pakistan people, I'm sure, want democracy and best of relations with the neighbors and all! Some of my best friends are from Pakistan. I cannot ever consider them as a part of the actions by the politicians, army, hate groups or the terrorists!The concept of 'total war', that envisages people of nations also at war with the other country, should be deleted from the dictionary for all times everywhere.
Unfortunately, the nation of Pakistan thrives on the India bashing stance of the sections of the vested interests in the society.The events on the LOC and the barbaric measures by the Army or the Terrorist groups do not construe the estsarnged relations among the people.
Ideally there should be EU type arrangment in the SAARC region; but the hawks and the vested groups haven't yet allowed that to happen.The concept of geographical boundaries has been overtaken by the economic boundaries long back. Even the economic boundaries have been eroded by the regional and global economic zones and globalization that will remain irreversible.
The P2P contacts should remain unchanged and the problems should not be execerbated by bolstering measures against the P2P measures.At the end of the day, there is no love lost between the people of the two nations; and we are the 'birds from the same flock'.
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