Owais Mughal and Adil Najam
Today is August 15.
India’s Independence Day.
ATP sends all Indians sincere and heartfelt Independence Day greetings and the very best wishes. We pray for a peaceful and prosperous future for both countries. May our futures be defined by friendship, mutual respect, and prosperity.
Last year we had expressed similar sentiments by presenting some pictures from the past. This time we wish to share some images from the present. These pictures, we believe, are equally poignant and even more relevant to our shared futures. The first image is from Lahore, Pakistan. The second from Ahmedabad, India.
These young and pretty faces are the custodians of our shared dreams. May they always smile. May they always smile together.
People like peace and friendship its the govts that dont
Pakistan Zindabad. Jai Hind.
Let the bonhomie between Indian,Pakistani and Bangladesi ,which collectively call themselve Desi in USA or other places in abroad also permeates to the actual physical and mental divide between people of these countries back home.I feel as times pass the agony of partition will be wiped out from the collective memory of new generation and amicable relationship between us will be achieved.
ITS THE TIME TO MAKE UP FOR ALL DIFFERENCES THAT THE PREVIOUS GENERATIONS HAVE. A STEP FROM EACH ONE’S SIDE CAN SURELY LEAD TO A PEACEFUL HABITANCE IN BOTH THE COUNTRIES. FREEDOM IN THE TRUE SENSE. I WISH ALL A YEAR OF TRUE INDEPENDENCE. THESE SENSE SHALL SURELY LEAD TO A HAPPY AND WELCOMED ATTITUDE IN BOTH THE BORDERS. TO ALL OF PAKISTAN: THANK YOU FOR UR CONSIDERATIONS.. EVEN WE HAVE SIMILAR THOUGHTS IN OUR MINDS.. :-) A HAND OF CO-OPERATION FROM MY SIDE.
We are forgetting another anniversary. No, not another Independence Day but a Captivity Day. It’s Kashmir’s 60th anniversary of a death sentence as well.
To our Indian friends: Great, that you have had a country that is now 60 years old and democratic one too. Nice! Now, show some integrity and allow the people Kashmir the dignity to decide their own future (think democracy, right?). Set them free (don’t support your government) so that they can live as you have lived free for the last 60 years.
To all: In all this congratulatory talk, don’t forget the people of Kashmir, remember them?