Experience of an Indian to karachi

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Hi guppies

Following is the mail which i recieved from a friend who went to karachi to watch Ind-pak ODI

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Subject: Pakistan

Folks,

This mail has nothing to do with work. just wanted to share
certain very overwhelming experiences. Had been to karachi for the
1st one dayer on saturday.

  1. Imagine 39,990 Pakistanis & 50 of us Indians cheering lustily
    ‘for’ each other, throwing chocolates at us !!. Quite a few
    were carrying the flags of both countries imaginatively stitched
    together. Then they all stood to give a standing ovation to the
    Indian
    cricket team !

  2. Guy on the street selling ‘bhuttas’ refused to accept money
    saying that
    we were ‘mehmaan’ in their country !!

  3. people rushing to shake our hands on the streets & asking us to
    come to their home for dinner

  4. Restaurant owners refusing to accept the bill payment after
    coming to know that we were from India

  5. Everybody we met & we met quite a few, had some relative staying
    in India.

  6. Star plus is the most favourite channel in Karachi

  7. There was a TV star called Heena ?? who was sitting in the
    stadium, one pakistani put up a impromptu banner saying “heena,
    will u marry me ?”!!

  8. Shops gave us 40 to 50% discount …India again

  9. Taxis, autos, army guys…the list is
    endless…everywhere loads of courtesy, respect…
    more than we would get in our own country !!!

    It is really sad that we have an IMPRESSION of that country that
    is
    so NEGATIVE. It’s sad but
    true , this
    experience teaches one that…“PERCEPTION IS NOT REALITY”.

    Thank u for sparing your time.
    Have a lovely day.

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It was great to see how crowd reacted after the ODI in karachi. Fantastic!!! you people are wonderful host

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nice

well we expect the same when we go to india

whos in for a free vaccation ;). who knows a girl mite propose us 2 for bein pakis.:)

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I don't know how authentic this is. Could be a work.

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even if it a figment, it sounds er, nice :D

*egotistical khanzada :p

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Nice:k:

itni izzat mil rai hai to there mit b sum pakiz woh wanna b indians:D

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I better get Indian Passport next time i am going home :)

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*Originally posted by Decent 6Chora: *
I better get Indian Passport next time i am going home :)
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You have to perform a reverse surgery too.

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[quote]
It is really sad that we have an IMPRESSION of that country that
is so NEGATIVE. It's sad but true , this experience teaches one that......"PERCEPTION IS NOT REALITY".
[/quote]

so whose fault is that, who is flamming this so called negative image of pakistan, i dont see pakistani's thinking bad about india, after reading a couple of articles like this one, and browsing through some indian newspapers one really wonders about the indian media, or is it just a case of obsession with anything pakistan. Media of both countries need a reality check and should portray more realistic view of each other, pakistani media isnt doing such a good job of portraying a positive image either.

i know it might be a bit off topic, but i am sick of these "oh pakistan isnt what i had in mind" sort of writings.

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Whenever Indian Muslims celebrate Pakistan’s victory, other Indians dont like it. Be it Bombay, Ahmedabad, Kashmir or any other city.

http://www.cricmania.com/cricket/afpNews/index/user/us03/ref/040317080256.lhg6c1ne.html

Cricket-Pakistan supporters celebrate win with firecrackers in Kashmir

03-17-2004 , 08:02© 2004 AFP

Jewel Samad - (AFP)
SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - Cricket fans exploded firecrackers overnight in Indian Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar to celebrate Pakistan’s win over rival India in the second one-day international at Rawalpindi.

The bangs were heard in uptown Srinagar, home to about one million Kashmiris, mostly Muslims, minutes after Pakistani pacer Mohammed Sami bowled out Indian tailender Ashish Nehra to give his side a 12-run victory.

The win levelled the five match series, with India having won the opening one-day cliffhanger in Karachi on Saturday by five runs.

Witnesses said supporters of the Pakistani cricketers lit firecrackers late at night when the streets in Srinagar are normally empty, save for members of the security forces.

“On any other day we would have taken the bursting of crackers as another suicide attack by militants,” said Ghulam Ahmed, 68, in the Abi Guzar area of Srinagar, where two Muslim rebels last week launched a suicide attack on India’s main information center.

“It was a well-deserved victory,” said Imtiaz Ahmed, a self-confessed diehard fan of the Pakistani cricket team but at the same time also of India’s batting sensation Sachin Tendulkar.

The Pakistani win disappointed those Kashmiris supporting India’s cricketers.

“This is poised to be a close series,” said Ruksana Jabeen. “The Indian bowlers have to click if we want to win the series.”

“I am sure we will win the series,” Jabeen added, while divulging that half her eight-member family supports the Pakistani cricketers.

Some of the Indian troops battling a 15 year anti-Indian insurgency in Kashmir, meanwhile, praised Tendulkar for his knock of 141, but said other batsmen did not click when it mattered.

“Had someone played a knock like Tendulkar we would have won,” said Rakesh Kumar, a paramilitary soldier who watched the match in his camp.

“Both sides are playing tremendous cricket and that is good,” he said.

Residents of Jammu, the Hindu-majority winter capital of Kashmir, were also disappointed at India’s defeat, maintaining a sombre silence after the loss – in contrast to Saturday when they poured onto the streets to celebrate their team’s victory by dancing and distributing sweets.

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Shehzada: *
i am sick of these "oh pakistan isnt what i had in mind" sort of writings.
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so am I.

But things will change for the better Inshallah. the fans of Karachi and Pindi have portrayed a good image thus far and fans in other cities will hopefully continue the good work.

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It was heartening to see a banner, displayed by fans from both countries, which said ‘‘India will not win; Pakistan will not win; we will win’’

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by imran dhanji: *
It was heartening to see a banner, displayed by fans from both countries, which said ‘‘India will not win; Pakistan will not win; we will win’’
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link, please.

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by imran dhanji: *
Whenever Indian Muslims celebrate Pakistan's victory, other Indians dont like it. Be it Bombay, Ahmedabad, Kashmir or any other city.

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Imran it's obvious. Would u like the celebration of Indian team victory by Pak Hindus?
These are misconceptions. Indian muslims also pray for the victory of Indian team. Look at the interview of Jaheer khan in this regard few days ago.

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Good to see that there are people who think positively and then are not afraid of sharing their good experience with others.

BUT

Look at this column nd look at what writer is trying to feed people in India in this Column, The worst thing is that its not a Tabloid, or some cheap news website this was on a very famous cricket site.

Partition: Counting the cost

Kadambari Murali
Peshawar, 18 March

As we walked into Islamabad airport at half past five on Wednesday morning, a baggage-handler approached us with a tentative smile. His name was Abdul Hamid and he recounted a story that told us a lot about the human cost of Partition.

In other circumstances, Abdul Hamid told us, he might have been Hindu. Hamid’s parents were from Rajouri. They moved to Pakistan in 1947 and later converted to Islam. He isn’t sure why.

Hamid, who was born in 1950, says that after his father died, his mother told him about a brother he had never seen. Thirteen years older, he was left behind in India in the midst of the carnage. “He was young then and got lost when they moved,” he said.

Just before his mother died, she gave him an address and Hamid promised he would find his brother. “In 1980, I finally managed to get a visa,” Hamid said.

He found his brother Jai Pal in Rajouri. “What can I say about the meeting,” he says, as I ask him how it went.

They promised to visit each other frequently but the “madness since has ensured that we have been unable to”, says Hamid.

Now finally, Hamid is hoping that the progress of the peace process will mean that he can visit his brother again. “He is old now, it is better that I go if I can get permission from my employers,” he says.

Hamid is one of many. Md Shamim, a taxi driver in Karachi, has a grandmother in Saharanpur, the PIA clerk across the counter in Lahore says he has cousins in Jalandhar he’s never seen, and a fellow journalist says he is from Pune and his wife from Lucknow, where she has family.

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*Originally posted by jaguar: *

Look at the interview of Jaheer khan in this regard few days ago.
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Who's Jaheer Khan?