Relationships between indians and pakistanis

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those pakistanis that have indian friends/acquaintances…loves:-O

it’s easier when both were raised outside of south asia of course but how do you keep politics out of the relationship?

there’s a deep desire to build indo-pak personal friendships(i know there is for me)but when one or both love to talk politics, can the friendships be strong?

i bet it’s much tougher when there is an indo-pak marriage

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I have couple of friends, and they are nice and down to earth.

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Ive couple of friends as well ... they are pretty cool, we get along really well ... however, i do think Indians living abroad are more balanced and tolerant than the ones living in India!!

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the topic of south asian politics never comes up for you all?

my pakistani friend is really sweet, he's caring and looks out for me, chivalrous to the max but never ostentatious about how much of a caring person he is but i always fear that explosive topics will come up seeing how volatile and fragile indo-pak relations are, he just came from pakistan a few years back so misses it and is a staunch patriot, don't want to ever blurt out anything that would hurt him

the ones that just came from pakistan are quite different from the ones that are pakistani american.....most of my college friends were pakistani american

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Generally, I avoid discussing politics with Indian friends.

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My dad was Indian, my mom Pakistani (but born in India) still have extended family in both countries, family here in US is evenly split between Indian & Pakistani...hubby is Pak born, in-laws completely in Khi, politics/patriotism has never been an issue or thorn in anyone's side because we are all civilized people, but most importantly...MUSLIM first!!!

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Welcome back rani!. Well in my view i generally know that Indians who grew up here and have much more interaction with us Pakistanis in west are much more open minded. Also, they have less un-bias toward Muslim and Non-Muslim Pakistanis. And secondly, i avoid politics and focus on friendship more. Also in terms of manners Indians are much more nicer well versed.. that is just my point of view.
In conclusion, i think relationships between communities of Pakistanis and Indians in West is much better than in these two countries.

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Same can be said for Pakistanis.. Tends to be less of the extreme (and blind) nationalism..

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i joke about it with my indian friends. we often have contests dissing pakistan and india, but the jokes are EXTREMELY clever and funny and no one ever gets mad. That is one way we deal with things. Each person has their own take on specific issues, and we know what we all know that. It doesn't hinder our ability to converse or spend time together.

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nice, this has all the elements of a nice bollywood flick (just dont do the dance in the rain routine pls). Keep us posted.

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:k:that seems like the perfect friendship. I so want that.

ewww gross, you just had to bring up bollywood and that too for extra puking fun the rain dance sequences…why oh why did you do it:bummer:

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attitudes of a lot of my indian friends changed after the mumbai incident.

we graduated soon afterwards, most moved to other cities in the US, while some of us moved back to india & pakistan, so contact was limited in that sense also.

but right after the incident, they certainly took a lot of steps back from our very very friendly & happy ties built over the course of two years at university. there was such great camaraderie among us!

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was i that much of a diva before and that’s why you called me rani?

but awww you remembered me, cho chweet:biggthumb:…halal hug? what happened to the hug smiley:confused:

besides i do i have an ulterior motive, i’m hoping he’ll get me a pakistani designer lengha cheap allllll the way from pakistan…yippee

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here in the west the relationships must be different, but when you go to youtube and see some comments in videos...then im really not sure if the mutual rrelationships exist

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You just make it unimportant...because it isnt important in reality.

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Don’t think I’ve ever ahd any problems with Indians… :hmmm:

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during my uni days I single handedly took upon the huge task of improving the relationships between india and pakistan, and thus dated several indian girls to build bridges and confident measures etc.

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Maybe Pakistanis are mean to our Fellow Muslim Indians too, (I dont know) but from what I have seen and heard from those who have interaction with the indian Muslims, Indian brethren do look down upon us pakistanis. I dont know maybe this assumption is totally fallacious and of course there are exceptions. But I would repeat Indian Muslims ARE a little more tougher at heart than us emotional fools. Maybe living in a country where they know their religion is not appreciated and has rather been looked upon with disgust has taught them to be tougher to survive and move forward. Or maybe they are simply more direct and ambition oriented. We pakistanis will nonetheless remain emotional fools and would own our Indian brethren as always and like always.

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Oh and no it wasn't the part where you said that Indian Muslims have to struggle but that our religion is looked down with disgust. It isn't. And yes u have a right to your opinion, just not in Life1. He we talk about whether Indian MILs are more evil or Pakistani ones :D

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Atleast Indian and Pakistani MILS have great sense of unanimity and unity on this (evilness). They do give us a message of oneness on this :halo: :hinna: (now Im going to be bashed by the moderator of Allviews here for turing the thread into Life1 :vivo: :bummer: )