I was at a Rotaract event for the felicitation of my friend Veena who has been elected the DRR (chief) of the Bombay Dist, met a few Pakistanis who came on an exchange visit. As part of an on going process between the clubs in India & Pakistan.
There were 5 Pakistani in the team, Drawn from different professions one businessman, one lawyer, one ad man, one shahid afridi look alike and last one I don't remember, all were really cool and very much at ease with us. Absolutely no negative vibes about any of them, I guess its da first time I hugged any Pakistani and also smoked a Pakistani Cigarette (Gold Leaves) taste very much like our Gold Flake.
Their crib was we send only our Software Programmers who I agree are not the best people to talk to. Maybe we should send our DJ's, yoga n reiki gurus, entrepreneurs, Item Bombs, Investments Managers, NEAT/BOLT dealers, Dabbawallahs etc.. our spectrum of Indians crazy yet lovable :))
There is an air of cautious optimism on both sides, lets do our bit for people to people contact.. I'm gonna write to them, create some online groups,shares ideas, views and crazy forwards on a regular basis....
I guess its a nice thing when the Governments on both sides realize the peace dividend.
My simple equation would be 1 Army tank = 10,000 schools , tell me which is better in the long run for south Asia.
links about Rotaract in Bombay
www.rcmithibai.org
www.rotaract3140.org
Hey cool! this excites me the analogy you shared..like it "1 Army tank = 10,000 schools "
ReplyDeleteSeems I would enjoy working there & meeting people from across!
Liked this post...thanx for sharing
so, u hugged your first pakistani. :)
ReplyDeleteiv been seeing many indians here too, these days. just today I came across a group of indian ladies in liberty market. a few days back my bro was hosting a lawyers delegation from india , after returning from a trip to delhi , himself. :)
btw, im also working on a similar project, but of course architecturally for my thesis. its a peace memeorial n a war museum on the kasur-ferozpur border. the whole intension of the project is to bring down the people of the two nations to one point, that is peace, by memorizing the past, n the bloody paths weve been following for the last half century.
personally, im not even in favour of having armies, n sacrificing the whole nations development for nourishing them.
the world just wants us to keep fighting together, for thier manipulative power games. n weve been toyed for quite a very long time. better move on now.
Hey flick! Good to know about ur work...am amazed! I wish I could do something..as when cricket took place last year I want to be there but these projects..aah!
ReplyDeleteBut hey good work..all the best..so far I liked your thoughts and ideology!
keep up the good work;)