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Originally Posted by Agnostic Muslim
I am not suggesting that the GoP officially (or even clandestinely) wants to reunite India and Pakistan, though given that the leadership of India is reflective of the population of India, and that the overwhelming majority of the Indian diaspora in the States I encounter invariably start calling "partition" a mistake and criticizing Jinnah (quite rude honestly, knowing I am a Pakistani), I am left with the sense that for a lot of Indians, Pakistan is still a tough pill to swallow. I could be wrong, but that is the sense I get from those I meet.
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Your feelings are totally misplaced. I know most people refer to the partition as the greatest mistake ever to show how indifferent Indians and Pakistanis are; not as a future motive to absorb Pakistan! Like they say, to peacefully co-exist with each other, you must bring out your similarities, not your differences. You like it or not, truth is, there is little difference between the cultures and traditions on both sides. I agree that when I was in India, I always had this thought of Pakistan and its people being the contrast of India; but coming to Canada, my opinions have changed. I have Pakistani Punjabi friends who I can't even say are any different then me apart from their religion; I mean the music they listen to, the way they talk, the inbuilt Punjabi stereotypes, lol, everything is the bloody same! (Ofcourse not to say that Punjabi populations represent both the countries but just shows the artificial divide). Indian and Pakistani partition was indeed artificial, but now it has already happened and both nations have come too far to go down the road of unification. They have just got to learn to live together, as neither will just vanish into thin air!