Re: Indian: Hey are you Indian?
Me: Nah man I'm Pakistani. Indian: Oh yea same thing. =)
NO, crackerjack. It's not the same thing.
There's a lot of Indians in the area that I live in. I'm not prejudiced against them or any of that nonsense - I have a handful of Indian pals. But on countless occasions when I have come across an Indian and they feel inclined to ask me if I'm Indian, and I've responded that I'm Pakistani, some will say "oh yea same thing". I appreciate the effort they are making to mend the broken relationship between Indians in Pakistanis, but I think that for having our forefathers fight and die for our country and eventually winning our independence and becoming a seperate nation, the least they could do is acknowledge the fact that Pakistan is not the "same thing" as India. Our culture is nearly the same but our principles (Pakistani's being based on Islamic teachings) are very different and it is that what truly defines a person.
So, no. It's not the same thing.
I can understand that u may feel offended being called an indian. But the reason that you give are very childish. YouR forefathers did not get independence from India, rather they got it from British. Indians fought among themselves to divide it. Pakistan got independence 1 day earlier than India, so actually it is India who is independent of Pakistan.
And there are as many muslims in India as in Pakistan. Hence ur muslim thing is a little far fetched.