The most shocking thing was that the participants seem to have broken new ground. As opposed all the previous times such discussions took place this time the participants actually showed that they had the power to think and deliberate. They showed rare presence of brain powers so seriously scarce in the Sub-Continent. The biggest delightful shock was when they were ready to acknowledge that the Kashmiris might want to have a say the future of their land.
The Indian peace activist was Begum Nirmala Desh Pandey. During the show I converted to her ideals. She is a powerful activist for peace. When she was asked about who she was representing when she came as a peace activist to visit Pakistan. She said that she was representing the World Super Power ... International World Public Opinion.
It is people like these that India and Pakistan need. It is people like these that will pull us up from the mess that we have created. It is people like these who will tell us what is right and what is wrong and teach us again how to be human.
We are the heirs to a five thousand year old civilization. It is about time we started behaving like that.
'Let a thousand flowers bloom in the valleys of the Indus and the Ganges.'
Detente in the SubContinent!
posted by Jalal @ 13:38
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