After reading my earlier note about the Pakistani woman, many
people have asked, 'do you really think India is a completely safe place'?
people have asked, 'do you really think India is a completely safe place'?
No. I don't. No place in the world is completely safe. But, the India that we live in today is a vibrant, pulsating land brimming with optimism. Yes, we have a bright future and we know it.
Whereas, every sensible Pakistani I have met in Dubai, believes that their country's future is bleak. Very bleak.
I have spoken to Pakistani taxi drivers, plumbers, carpenters, boutique owners, mothers, professionals..and all of them think their country is set to implode. Many of them would like to move back, but all of them know that they cannot. EVER!
Whereas, for Indians settled abroad, returning back home is an achievable dream.
India and Pakistan started on their journey at the same time. Look where we are, and where they are!
A few years ago, some American newspapers carried two headlines side by side, on the same page, on the same day. One of them said, an Indian American was appointed the dean of the Harvard Business School. The other headline said, a Pakistani American man was arrested for the attempted Times Square car bombing!
That for me is the MOST telling commentary on the respective journeys of India and Pakistan over the last 67 years!
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