Re: Feeling genuinely sorry for Pakistani fans…
or the smajotha express train gets attacked.!!!
And by mentioning the samjotha train, I am absolutely not trying to even the score rather trying to point out that the stakeholders on both sides of borders that thrive on animosity, fear and hatred are still strong enough to derail the whole peace process…call me pessimistic but I absolutely don’t see any hope of normalized relationship between both countries in my lifetime…it is just matter of time before a new incident would stir the relationship once more and we will back to square one…even if terrorism issues get resolved by strock of luck, the level of mistrust is so high that the establishment on both sides will find new ways to continue the clash…..Indians don’t realize how sensitive the water scarcity issue has become in Pakistan (for right or wrong reasons) and I can totally see a major clash emerging from it in near future……
there is one more subtle point that I keep reminding to my Indian friends over here in Usa…..when Indians say that “we are all one people, we have same background. We should become one or we are one….border means nothing”, I totally understand that they are saying it with sincerity to show common points between both countries but it actually works against them as pakistani generations have been raised learning the significance of the two-nation theory, which in fact was the cornerstone of Pakistan movement… Pakistani are very sensitive to this “exclusivity based syndrome’ as compromising it would undermine the very foundation of the country…also since we are much smaller, we tend to be more aggressive, unsecure, sensitive and hostile which is inline with historical precedents…smaller countries such as Israel tend to be me more hostile/sensitive against their bigger neighbors…anyway thanks for kind wishes some1…