I met up with a few friends from my old job today for lunch and it was great! I havent seen these guys in ages and we caught up on what is going with each other...good stuff.
One of these friends is a Pakistani guy. He is very sweet Mashallah and has always been nice to me. We were talking about how addicted I used to be to my coffee fix and the conversation went to tea and then chai and then Indian chai and then Indian products. For a guy who is so sweet and so nice, he stubbornly said that anyone and everyone he knows is boycotting Indian products now and he refuses to buy or have anything to do with Indians. Of course, this has something to do with the Mumbai attacks I can tell. I told him I dont think that is the answer to the problem and he turned on me! Says "how would you know anything about the disputes between India and Pakistan? You dont know anything. IM a proud Pakistani, not you!".
Say whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa????????? Back up BUDDY!!!
Then, we argued about it. His stance was that anyone born and raised outside of Pakistan has no idea what is happening there...to a certain extent that is true but how is that a FAULT?! If you're living outside of Pakistan, you're not a Pakistani. If you buy Indian products, you're not Pakistani. If you hang out with Indian people, you're not Pakistani. So, what do true Pakistanis do? Get angry with Indians, boycott their products, keep to themselves, live in Pakistan and thats it?
Im sorry, I dont agree with this concept of "Hating India/Anyone = Proud Pakistani". Where exactly will this take us? More bitterness amongst Indian Muslims and Pakistani Muslims? And how does not participating in this hate campaign make me less of a Pakistani?
I haven't read all posts only first 2 and answering.
You can't understand at all if you weren't born and live in Pakistani. How could you understand everything. What you learn or know here is not the real face of Indian and Pakistani relationship.
You can't be a proud Pakistani as you can't understand anything at all as living in totally different country.
Here comes another proud pakistani.... Ps i've met sooo many ppl with this thought. My only question to them is if ur soo proud about being a pakistani why don't u live in Pakistan then?
Is it important to live in our own country if we love our country. We live here for our maash or job or education as we can find here better then our country but that doesn't meant that we have to stop loving our country.
Mohabbat aur khuloos to dil main hota hai na kay door rehnay pay khatam ho jata hai.
That is so childish question to ask.