अमन की आशा - A completely wasteful effort by the Times Group

Just yesterday I started seeing a lot of ads on Times Now (a Times Group affiliate new channel) about a new effort to promote peace among India and Pakistan. Aman Ki Asha. This, according to me, is a wasteful effort of time and money by the Times Group.

Its been a while now that we are trying to reconcile with Pakistan.
Every time we are the ones who take the first step with a Benevolent heart.
And every time we are the ones who take the blow.

Why don't people see the underlying differences between India and Pak and see that both have different purposes in life, different outlook and different fundamentals. Hence, they cannot be friends. Hence, peace cannot be established. Even if it does come into force, its going to be short lived.

India and Pak are fundamentally two different countries. It's been this way right from the start.

The basis of foundation of Pakistan was just territorial identity for Muslim people in India. It was not established on the grounds of any other fundamental.

It would be wrong to comment about the basis of establishment of India, since it always just existed.

India wants to progress. Its tired of hundreds of years of poverty and apathy. And its trying hard for it. Admist all the chaos it exists in, its efforts are still paying off. There are many problems, but its tackling it one by one.

Pak's fundamental agenda is unknown. Its foundation was based on religious grounds. After that, its fundamental reason to exist became opposition to India and a planned effort to weaken India by a number of covert operations.

Its unknown whether Pak wants to develop or Progress. Its unknown that industries are setting up and actually flourishing in Pak. We never hear of any development going on in Pak even in International Media.

Although, maybe, ethnically we shared a lot in common at one point and also still do. Our minds have changed. The language maybe the same. But thinking is not.

We have changed so much now that we cannot come back and shake hands.

Peace can be expected if the basic fundamental on which Pak is operating on changes. It seems to inherently believe in violence, than peace.

Why then, are we making such an effort to create peace.

I think for the time to come, its going to be a cat and mouse chase for us. Pak plots terror and Indian intelligence/Army/BSF tries to foil the plan. Most plots will fail some of them will be a success.

That's how I see the relationship. This is how its going to remain.