India Vs Pakistan - Is it a Proxy War?

Last week was full of News articles about How an Indian prisoner was beaten up at Pakistan High Security Prison, went into Coma and finally lost his Life..

The Indian prisoner in Question was Sarabjit Singh, a resident of Bhikiwind, a small village in Punjab, near Indo-Pak border. He was caught by Pakistani Authorities at the border and charged for Terrorist activities and branded as a Spy for the Indian Govt. As per his statement, he just wandered into porous Pakistan Territory in a drunken state..

Whatever may be the truth but he spent almost 23 years in Jail, supposed to be hanged, somehow got reprieve from Pakistan Govt.. Everyone tried hard but could not bring him back to India alive.. 

Everyone is raising question now that how a High Value prisoner can be beaten up easily without the involvement of Authorities.. no one will be able to find that truth..

If we look at the background, both India and Pakistan started at the same time, as these two nations were created by Britishers at the time of Independence. For many it was Independence but many remember the time as "Partition".. It was like division of property between two siblings when they don't want to live together. This is the usual practice, followed still today, in our part of the World.. Such divisions, happen to satisfy the demands of all the siblings involved, everyone wants a fair share of the property and wealth.. At the time, property was India and the siblings fighting to get the fair piece were Jawahar Lal Nehru and Mohd Ali Jinnah.. and so Britishers divided the nation in two parts - India for Jawahar Lal Nehru and Pakistan for Mohd Ali Jinnah. To justify the division, Religion was used as an excuse.. what followed was History..  India declared themselves as a nation with free choice to follow any Religion but Pakistan declared themselves as a Muslim nation. India declared that whosoever wants to live at India, can do so and whosoever wants to move to Pakistan can wish to do the same.. Pakistan declared that anyone wants to live at Pakistan must gets converted to Muslim Religion and that single announcement ruined the lives of millions of Hindus living at Punjab (portion which went to Pakistan). In fact, Punjab bore the maximum brunt of the partition as it got divided into two - one in India and other at Pakistan. Many Hindus have to rush to Indian territories, to save their lives, leaving behind all their wealth and businesses. Many lost their lives, during the transition, due to religious clashes.. In all, it was a setback for both the nations, citizens on both sides of the border got hurt, lost their lives, businesses n near n dear ones.. unforgettable moments..

Now, after 65 years of partition, if someone compares India and Pakistan, these two nations are absolutely poles apart in their standing on World Forum, in terms of Growth, Industrialization, Infrastructure, Education..almost everything.. India on one hand moved ahead with policies of Growth, with an eye on future but Pakistan stood firm on bitterness about what it could not get during Partition and tried to build a different nation than India. They somehow depended more on religion than on growth strategies, which pushed them more n more towards fundamentalism & hard-line aspects of religion.. In fact, the people in Power, used Religion as a medium to increase the hatred against India.. in almost all forums..

India and Pakistan went to war, many times, officially or unofficially, sometimes in direct confrontation or sometimes through other routes but Pakistan never succeeded in winning the War. So, Pakistan started Proxy war, by using other channels, like promoting terrorist activities and Jehadi elements n many other means.. Everyone understands that this Proxy War is between the Governments and not between the people of these two nations.. Somehow the people in heart remained as siblings of same parent. They still respect each other.. We love Pakistan's Sufi singers and they love all our Bollywood movies.. We do always love to fight on Cricket field but the competitiveness of both teams creates an atmosphere to be remembered, to be cherished.. we both love our Cricket and its icons.. Sachin Tendulkar, Imran Khan, Kapil Dev, Zaheer Abbas, Sunil Gavaskar, Wasim Akram, ... all looks part of the same team. Lahore and Karachi are known for their cuisines, mainly Mutton dishes.. In fact, I was at Singapore 10 days back and I found out a small Pakistani Restaurant in a Food Court in Tekka Market.. the Mutton Curry was so delicious.. that I visited that restaurant 3 times during my 5 days stay.. 

I had the opportunity of staying with Pakistani guys for almost one and a half years at Saudi Arabia. I used to work there at that time and I was the only Indian in a group of Pakistani Technicians.. no one can believe that I learnt Punjabi, which is my mother tongue while living at Saudi Arabia with Pakistani guys. I am born and brought up at Delhi, which is a cosmopolitan city and so was never exposed to Punjabi language except for a few days of the year when we used to go to our parental house at Punjab.. but at Saudi Arabia, with Pakistanis, I was speaking Punjabi most of the time. I realized that the language, the culture, the human Values are still the same at both ends of the borders but its the involvement of Government agencies which push us apart and try to create a state of War.. although a Proxy one..

In my opinion, people to people contact should increase and the agencies at both ends should try to somehow end this Proxy war, so that everyone can focus on growth rather than defeating the other party n live harmoniously like good siblings.. live n let others live.. n let others Enjoy the Life..