Positive vision can bring about Indo-Pak peaceEver since independence, India and Pakistan have remained in perpetual conflict. Sixty-four years after that great divide, it is time to contemplate the possibility of a better future for the people of India, Pakistan and other South Asian countries. What the two countries should do is indulge in serious, sustained dialogue to bring about normalisation and peace.
Both the countries are indeed witnessing a new era in their bilateral relations but yet we find that trade and travel inter-actions remain marginal.
India and Pakistan will soon celebrate their 65th Independence Day anniversaries. At such a time, the two need to ponder how they can transform the ideals of peace and development into reality. One-third of the world's poor and half of its illiterate people live in South Asia. The two should work towards turning this backward region into a secure, stable and prosperous one.
At least three generations of Indians and Pakistanis have suffered since Partition, seeing armed conflict. Moreover, terrorism and extremism have raised their heads in big way only because both India and Pakistan neglected the socio-economic needs of their masses. When poverty, illiteracy and lack of development loomed large, the main beneficiaries were hawks or militants who poisoned minds with their message of hate. But after over six decades of confrontation, these two neighbours are now talking about reconciliation.
For peace to prevail the forces of hate should give up their role as propagators of aggression. Ideas based on reason and pragmatism should prevail. Sanity should also prevail. Indian leadership should continue with normalisation process with Pakistan. The forces that propagate hate and sow paranoia in both nations should be defeated. Millions of people in both India and Pakistan suffer because of terrorism. Without meaningful cooperation in counterterrorism, neither country can effectively deal with the menace.
It is high time for both the countries to put an end to hostility and confrontation. Both the countries need to address the main issues that nag them. These issues are bad governance, corruption, terrorism, poverty, illiteracy, lack of basic necessities and environmental degradation.
Both India and Pakistan should focus on welfare rather than conflict and warmongering. To bring about stability and security the leaders of both the countries need to have positive vision and a desire to improve the quality of life of their people. The culture of tolerance, coexistence and peace should be reclaimed, so that the world can have a positive image of the two countries. What is important for both the countries is to earn respect on the international stage.
Both the countries are indeed witnessing a new era in their bilateral relations but yet we find that trade and travel inter-actions remain marginal.
India and Pakistan will soon celebrate their 65th Independence Day anniversaries. At such a time, the two need to ponder how they can transform the ideals of peace and development into reality. One-third of the world's poor and half of its illiterate people live in South Asia. The two should work towards turning this backward region into a secure, stable and prosperous one.
At least three generations of Indians and Pakistanis have suffered since Partition, seeing armed conflict. Moreover, terrorism and extremism have raised their heads in big way only because both India and Pakistan neglected the socio-economic needs of their masses. When poverty, illiteracy and lack of development loomed large, the main beneficiaries were hawks or militants who poisoned minds with their message of hate. But after over six decades of confrontation, these two neighbours are now talking about reconciliation.
For peace to prevail the forces of hate should give up their role as propagators of aggression. Ideas based on reason and pragmatism should prevail. Sanity should also prevail. Indian leadership should continue with normalisation process with Pakistan. The forces that propagate hate and sow paranoia in both nations should be defeated. Millions of people in both India and Pakistan suffer because of terrorism. Without meaningful cooperation in counterterrorism, neither country can effectively deal with the menace.
It is high time for both the countries to put an end to hostility and confrontation. Both the countries need to address the main issues that nag them. These issues are bad governance, corruption, terrorism, poverty, illiteracy, lack of basic necessities and environmental degradation.
Both India and Pakistan should focus on welfare rather than conflict and warmongering. To bring about stability and security the leaders of both the countries need to have positive vision and a desire to improve the quality of life of their people. The culture of tolerance, coexistence and peace should be reclaimed, so that the world can have a positive image of the two countries. What is important for both the countries is to earn respect on the international stage.
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