it's about the arena bug that scares me the most about this steadiness enough to rise is that someday we won't even see the really seminar. but what will become of those who stay behind and say boy my husband went to peru because of the crisis. if he hadn't gone there we would have died of hunger. that sentiment only down the. just list this week trying to. make. relations between india and pakistan are somewhat in the prayer rather like at 1st glance the turban gone by sikh men. i'm indeed saying it's curious to know what happens when an indian sikh like himself travel to pakistan. he's decided to embark on a pilgrimage and for the 1st time in his life crossed the border to be the new far

top 4 corridor. i have a big of a bar. so busy doing my little plays he did like a muslim it is a big come back up. for a monday the journey is also a sentimental one visiting the homeland of his ancestors and to the other half of his culture split in 2 by the partition of india pakistan in 1947. a former indian consul general to pakistan explains. what is very very are called stress it all very very very important to them don't forget that it is probably the sikhs who suffered the most at partition the sikhs who lost the most at partition and the sikhs also who retaliated there was a partition. how did the tiny minority of seats become such an important political

issue for the 2 powerful nations. we could talk for change anything for the seat. could it be a testing ground for peace between india and pakistan more than 70 years after their partition actually travel through india and pakistan when john we come across new hopes and fears. that. the new border crossing is located just a few hours drive south of kashmir the region india and pakistan have fought 2 wars over since their foundation and where they remain on a hostile footing with each other. but here on the ground in punjab at the entrance to the car talk or corridor the mood is currently a peaceful even relaxed one. of. the indian

subcontinent is home to over one and a half 1000000000 people 20000000 of them receives most of them like a monday live in the punjab a region that was torn apart by the partition of india and pakistan. for more than 70 years there was only one border crossing but now there's a new one the talk of. a monday makes his final preparations for a journey that he expects will change as we're. getting the snow to. the top as a body builder is bringing peace and it's always yeah it'll definitely be for the lawyers. i'm seeing has seen a lot of the world he spent a number of years in birmingham england and it's also travelled extensively across india and to dubai but this is his 1st trip politically conscious place. but this purchase the dentist has transformed the small. the kind of passengers. he's joined

on this expedition that are unfamiliar and larger neighbor by his wife he. conducts one last online check before setting off a video on the top card off. the card top. 4 kilometers of freshly paved road for indian seeks a new highway to a holy site at least to park in pakistan the world's largest sikh temple. it's where the founder of the religion not spent the last years of his life in the 16th century and is now buried it's a place that every sikh wants to visit once in their life. the 1st group of pilgrims set out for her also known as. the november 29th. the date on which the order was inaugurated was no coincidence november 9th the anniversary of the fall of the for little. it was opened on the indian side by prime minister noda ended

i'm old. and almost at the same time but not in the same place by his pakistani counterpart he went on fine. it had been almost 20 years since plans for such accord or reversal holds hide-n. indian premier a caused b. honeybunch life. and it's in that spirit of peace that i monday and keyed out to are now making their trip. they were both born in punjab not far from where they now live and with. their making the trip on behalf of their respective families and are among the 1st to have been granted permission to go to talk a. little. i'm excited i am. just living the moment i saw many video of the many big jazz many people

going across about me visiting that place and it would be a feeling physically and money to live. on in the region and i just think that it didn't think that me and linda muslims on. their journey takes them through the indian part of the punjab the bread basket of india and the only indian state where sikhs comprise the majority population the rule even romantic region is home to 18 of the 20000000 people and see. it as well as on monday can keep programs from within pakistan are also under way on sikh holidays believers are required to visit a temple or cold water ideally one of the especially holy places like one kind of sufi the birthplace of the religions founder. of. the you.

know i'm kind of sucky plies a good 3 hour drive away from kentucky this is where we've been seeing lives of works. man was. a little bit of i'm going along with the 1st secretly who migrated here after 947. my grandfather and his 2 brothers are the 1st ones to come of it all. families had moved from here to india during the partition $947.00 which partitioned it. and at that time it was difficult for the pakistanis see it with a target to live here. today pakistan has an estimated 6 population of just 20000 in a country of 220000000 muslims 28 year old put in there has strong thoughts about the country's partition over 70 years ago. i could see our indian seeing brothers on the other side they would look at the great water through binoculars that was

their way of paying respect and homage to the shrine for just a single glimpse of the temple these people traveled thousands of kilometers across india. we a company saying for the pakistani to one kind of psyche where a sense of tradition meets a more future oriented outlook as typified by seeing the tools of his trade or laptop and camera he's a youtube video grapher with a very specific target audience. being the team behind the punch on the left journal are trying to increase their love between pakistan and india because they have so much in common. and we don't understand the reasons for the hate between the 2 nations on the other hand. the temple movement kind of sucky he sings favorite filming location his videos provide an insight into the sikh religious or. on feast days

a ceremonial read or work on t.v. carries the holy book into the temple on his head an expression of respect together with the ceremonial family. sick. sick sick mean someone who learns. in sikhism there is one god he is the almighty and the creator and lord over everything. he is infinite and the supreme god is the god of to. truth and he takes care of all living things got to work. women have equal rights in the sikh religion and there is no caste system as a hindu is a belief in one god and one book of faith is a concept also familiar to muslims while hindus recognise the notion of groups have been the sacred trees. who do not adopted a range of ideas from the great religions he was surrounded by but also added his own notably the 3 basic principles praying and thinking of god earning

a living by honest means and sharing the fruits of one's labor with others. that's why sikh temples offer free food and drink to visitors regardless of their religious affiliation those who work hard are eager to share tend to make friends this is perhaps another reason for the growing social presence of sikhs in pakistan . over the last 20 years we seek scrounger least started to become more prominent in society as you can see in my own family. some of us are in the army some are professors doctors engineers. and one of our boys is in the rangers range of images i don't want to have so this created a sense of pride amongst us and now you can see sikhs represented in every field here and even though we're a modest smallest minorities in the country. that. the temple next door has been

draped in a special show of lights to celebrate good or not birthday. here we meet one of the biggest relatives was also enjoyed professional success. by hendon policy. with a proud member of the provincial assembly of punjab. that stunned the met government of i had 6 but i am the sole sikh parliamentarian in pakistan. there is nothing better than being born in. same place where sikhism was born and already legend began oddly beginning. religion just said was i'm so proud of that. for my hand at the cut out for corridor is the fruit of joint efforts at a political and religious level. and i had daddy qatar poor card or is not a recent idea it's the result of many decades of prayers by

a sikhs. in the islamic republic of pakistan well it just tolerance is far from a given. 100 looks to the good example set by his fellow believers. the artistic known sikhs from all over the world are kind of ambassadors for pakistan to me and when they see the love and respect they receive from us they will then know that we are a loving and peaceful nation. like all sikh temples this one is funded primarily via donations. the money increasingly comes from the us canada and britain where the majority of sikhs outside the indian subcontinent live. but it's the stance of indian sikhs that is decisive for the region. well that is to them when our indian visitors go back they will take away the message enough violence or fighting resolves nothing

we have to sit together and talk and for that reason the car top 4 corridor will become the country for peace corridor. in new delhi veteran foreign policy expert money shankar aiyar attributes this primarily to the sikhs in pakistan this is a symbol of the importance. to reconciling the community with them. and don't forget that it is probably the sikhs who suffered the most a partition the sikhs who lost the most at partition and the sikhs also who retaliated there was a partition. the history of the sikhs is one of glory and misery triumphs and defeats of suffering and inflicting pain and nowhere is this legacy more visible or tangible than in. the cradle of sea culture in indian punjab. among deep in his

wife stopped up to visit his brother who lives nearby and now have their niece with her to visit the 1st and only partition museum on the indian subcontinent. the museum was opened in 2017 and the town hall of the meets up to mark the 70th anniversary of partition most of the collection comprises photos and memorabilia of people directly affected by the partition ruins and life size replicas bear witness to the victims and give visitors a very physical and emotional impression of the suffering. 40 percent of the population you know operative completely ignored the side. people lost their lives there are names. used it's been 70 years then that not to be. in june 1907 the british had agreed to separate muslim pakistan from the predominantly hindu india and grant the 2 nations independence barely 3 months later. british

wanted to rule here so it was their policy to do why do why does it is one of the you know blackest step in the colonial rule. you know you know we need people whole with the white bed and you know. even expecting the apology from british parliament up until the very last minute the british left open exactly where the border with. the radcliffe named after the british chairman of the boundary committee was drawn in an arbitrary manner with dramatic consequences to the independence that was like a disease in punjab it was like a like a plague immediately started losing people. there and then it would independence day i pleased to be. you know i cannot relate myself with a fairly brief and because i cannot ignore this i can not ignore the suffering. the

enforced population transfers in the provinces of 20 jobs and vanguard were unprecedented with up to 20000000 displaced persons and 1000000 dead. there are no exact figures only bitter memories of the past and fears for the future. visiting this museum bringing fear in my heart and i'm comparing that 947 moment of it today and same thing is happening today as of we should try to do something so they could not think that it would happen again. but someone deep is referring to is the other element in the pakistani division. the region has a predominantly muslim population with a large hindu minority and both countries continue to press claims to the entire territory. a visit to the museum provides an alternative perspective of the present what they would have already gone into their daily war and done that it is on the history from their point of view i read the

history but everything but good venom coming to a museum in this age i am watching many new things and best that ever generation should be told about the mistakes. at the earliest stage. in the partition museum the thorny tree representing relations between india and pakistan has leeds very friendly wishes. but cuba has also experienced a less promising state of affairs. but history is being changed i am a teacher and each year courses and the syllabus is being changed to especially history books by replacing chapters in them. just a 10 minute walk away from the sobering partition museum is a truly resplendent site and one intimately connected to the history of the sikhs the golden temple of. their holiest site and indian soil it dates from the 16th and

17th centuries. i in modern times it was the site of a traumatic event but spent etched into the memory it seeks. only thought that i see david 19 eighty-four there was a massacre of genocide a killing of an entire generation of sikhs in delhi after that even to this day we were advised not to talk about to move forward to move on. in 19846 wanted to create their own state of college that independent of india with as its capital. fearing further independence movements that then indian prime minister and you know gandhi ordered the army to storm the temple to dislodge sikh extremists who had been using it as a refuge around 500 sikhs died in the ensuing gunfire. a few weeks later

indeed a gandhi was murdered by to seek bodyguards and he broke out and hundreds of innocent civilians were killed those responsible for eventually sentence over 30 years after the crime. we used to look at the ruins left by the massacre and think did this actually happen in an independent and free india or we're not part of india why did it have to come to that later on we gradually try to take some more information but we did not find any answers. for sikhs the golden temple in amman it's our will always be associated with mixed feelings and bitter memories of the storming by the indian army. that was certainly the most dogs steam in the bin in india and on the congress party and on that as you got the government programs despite apologies that have been don't do

it subsequent it will be difficult for the new store here to see this steve has been wiped out. after taking some valuable history lessons on board for the journey to potentially brighter future a monday now has become part of and finds time to. never comes easy it never does not matter how much effort you put. dimes you know you can demand it but in today's political scenario but given these donations it on account of a very bold step. and. thanks to him that it is happening and we believe it is going to be a wonderful or step between board the nation then thought about egypt. this part of the indian punjab has benefited from recent developments the equivalent of several 1000000 euros were invested in building a few kilometers of new roads across the sandy plain in the approach to come talk to the road was years in the planning but even after the opening of still resembles

a building site as does the futuristic looking visitor center. barely visible in the games as the much awaited destination. for sahiba now just 2 passport checkpoints away. it's. a monday and cannot have almost reached their final goal visitor numbers are limited to 5000 a day now a few weeks after the opening the initial rush has subsided. and filming is not officially permitted beyond the gates but the indian authorities have provided an online computer animation of its passenger terminal. the passport checks like at an airport but nobody's requirements and. it's hard to describe how i feel i'm on the pakistani side of the punjab. h a i just gone through immigration from the indian side and then i'll do the same on the pakistani side you can see the past behind it i'm about to get on it and i'll

go to the top or psyche i have a lot of mixed emotions right now. thank. you know it would have been a time generation has prayed to make it very easy for us to be here today is the all we had to do is get out of foam at the border and officials from both countries welcome don. and now i would like to thank all of those who made this possible for us on what you know needs are they lay eggs to bubble but i doubt. if this was the end result he could not revive the security. steps here shortly in sync with each day the daughter of. the. day. finally the pogroms dream becomes reality.

followed by the wild but good up to you. unfortunately film cameras are not allowed inside the complex but to thoughts photos and i'm a personal account do give us an impression of high. well preserved the historical interiors and of the other many visitors they met people of all ages and social classes. the visitors are not only sikhs they also include people from all religions and regions of the subcontinent curious to see the site. you know i appreciate how people have showered us with love we spent the 1st quarter of an hour just hugging and meeting everyone else and i see you will be treated but everyone here is really passionate and full of life on your. plate strangers come up to say hello to you and don't forget they tell us about their own village and they ask us about

ours a few. encounters with an impact lasting longer than the one day visit. but we all have to be stakeholders in as we have to put more effort into this initiative this project needs to for violin we need more initiatives to be taken and if it. is open to visitors for just 8 hours a day indian citizens are not allowed to visit other temples of pakistani soil so the seams are now at the end of the pilgrimage. back to india for amandeep family are waiting in their village for a full report on this journey. to get it is one thing i know one day i was trying to take the credit or saying they want to hire the initiative all of them said are saying the thing that i see is growing on our. banks it is your right to come here and right as on everyone

says oh i found no one who said otherwise. i'm excited and looking forward to telling everyone about my experience and encouraging them to go to i know what there are sins. well where you're going to hear going to pakistan but i would have to read them to go and experience it. up until now the qatar 4 corridor is only open to indians traveling to pakistan but not vice versa. among deep would like to see pakistani sikhs benefiting to. look at that and we need to reciprocate this is trying to do on that very site at the top or they're already immigration counters on each side so extending the opening in both directions or is possible that there are also a lot of places in india see it as the friendship has to be from both sides your friend you know responds positively to our initiative we will give them an even better response than. money a friend got

a yacht from the opposition congress party in india does not share his optimism especially when it comes to a commitment from prime minister more. i think he is. he's against this kind of a thing it doesn't suit his party and it doesn't suit his. for the support. of things between the 2 countries involved who wants peace then he has one of the candidates for the nobel peace prize as well but what is true is that. they run khan not so obvious thought he did this and i would say. most in the media has has an eye on the nobel peace prize which would be the automatic praise that will be given for if it did reconciliation between the 2 countries. as a seek among peoples definitely eager to promote reconciliation between the 2 nation it's only through dialogue that is both an interrupted and goes up to

boot they'd be even be able to write letters with some of these issues including. clear that the cutoff point corridor has raised hopes for a more harmonious future in both parts of. this was a lifetime opportunity for me and i'm really happy i made the decision to have it davis and i live.

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