tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post175890803168350569..comments2024-02-12T15:47:06.198+05:30Comments on Progressive Indians for Change: ‘Curry - Kebab Diplomacy’Progressive Indians For Changehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10756067502608323774noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-3713135429083685492012-05-12T23:42:33.172+05:302012-05-12T23:42:33.172+05:30Thank you so much for your awesome comments. I am ...Thank you so much for your awesome comments. I am so delighted that you liked the piece. I look forward to your comments on all the other posts as and when you do get the chance. Thank you so much once again. KatieProgressive Indians For Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756067502608323774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-5389104140398119902012-05-12T23:40:35.636+05:302012-05-12T23:40:35.636+05:30Hello Raghu, I appreciate your taking the time off...Hello Raghu, I appreciate your taking the time off to read the post and comment! Thank you! I would be delighted to have that little evening chat. If you do have some spare time please do write for Tharoorians For Change. You can email me at tharooriansforchange@yahoo.com. I look forward to hearing from you. KatieProgressive Indians For Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756067502608323774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-56907430509413348672012-05-12T23:36:25.945+05:302012-05-12T23:36:25.945+05:30Hello Leonard, Thank you for your comments. Its gr...Hello Leonard, Thank you for your comments. Its great that you were able to cherish the warmth of our neighbours from across the border. Someday I hope we all are that fortunate. In case you would like to share more on your experiences in Pakistan please do write in to tharooriansforchange@yahoo.com. KatieProgressive Indians For Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756067502608323774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-47130662194241826422012-05-12T23:34:01.066+05:302012-05-12T23:34:01.066+05:30Thank you so much!Thank you so much!Progressive Indians For Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756067502608323774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-63379532198914925622012-05-10T01:53:50.880+05:302012-05-10T01:53:50.880+05:30The author, a highly talented aspiring diplomat, h...The author, a highly talented aspiring diplomat, has written a brilliant and acutely perceptive article. She has the wherewithal to not only address these seemingly intractable and longstanding issues from an academic perspective, but also has the creative diplomatic prowess and fortitude to in many cases given the opportunity, genuinely solve some if not many of these protracted problems between two of the world's key neighboring nation-states. In fact, I am counting on her doing so in the years to come, and have every confidence that she can deliver worthwhile results. Indeed.Dr. Donald G. Boudreauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12713343476784878562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-60689482188501626322012-05-08T02:02:32.097+05:302012-05-08T02:02:32.097+05:30Its a subject that offers much (and rightly so) to...Its a subject that offers much (and rightly so) to write on. May I most sincerely compliment you for your eloquent and easy to read summary outlining your ideas and thoughts on the subject. <br /><br />Thanks to others already commenting, soem of my points have been made (Thank You) and acknowledged! <br /><br />The utopian mindset, should, in a perfect world be driving the outcomes of economic, political, social, scientific and spiritual activity. Knowledge should be gridlocked with sensitivity, sensibility and compassion. In certain real & complex situations, knowledge propells loathing amongst those forced into an abject condition just as it would in equal terms and nature affect those who are too sensitive to forgive / let-go. :) <br /><br />I did identify with certain factual and argumentative disagreements with some of the points made out in your article but those are natural and mean nothing personal. :) These, I am sure will not hinder your will to validate the complentary and counter points of discussion more-so because I gathered you are an aspiring diplomat. I wish you success and wellbeing.<br /> <br />Look forward to an evening's deliberation over chai on the ways and means to make curry-kebab dimplomacy work! That sure is the larger interest.Raghuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02654041393833877877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-16194548040223943282012-05-07T00:16:49.808+05:302012-05-07T00:16:49.808+05:30Hey Katie, good thoughts indeed. Although utopian ...Hey Katie, good thoughts indeed. Although utopian in essence, the wish and intent are rooted in a live context. I think the Generation-C (ie, our generation which is well integrated through social media and digital networking), is ideally posed to scale the walls and blur boundaries. As an Indian and having visited Pakistan several times (easier when one is based abroad, like I do), I found nothing except genuine warmth, camaraderie and good will from people in Lahore and Karachi. I am convinced that the Generation-C is capable of easing the monkey off its back and relate to each other across the border with minimum inhibitions. There are more elements in common than the opposites.<br /><br />- LeonardLeonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18110583487849777857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-24533303275043525492012-05-05T10:15:55.472+05:302012-05-05T10:15:55.472+05:30Good Article Kathy.Reflects the opinions of the ma...Good Article Kathy.Reflects the opinions of the majority.rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476232626917970981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-75619081929891559392012-05-04T20:44:52.977+05:302012-05-04T20:44:52.977+05:30Thank you for your comments. I too belong to the l...Thank you for your comments. I too belong to the late eighties.. That is precisely why I feel that it is high time that we need to break the monotony and continue to promote inter and intra - State Relations.Progressive Indians For Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756067502608323774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-64059235329097446472012-05-04T20:42:44.273+05:302012-05-04T20:42:44.273+05:30Thank you Nary! Yes we must solve internal issues,...Thank you Nary! Yes we must solve internal issues, but we must realise that no country lives in isolation, which means we are inter- dependent on each other so it is equally essential to build our Foreign Relations.Progressive Indians For Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756067502608323774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-54136376663423009592012-05-04T20:39:48.492+05:302012-05-04T20:39:48.492+05:30Shafi, Thank you for your views though I disagree ...Shafi, Thank you for your views though I disagree with a few. We must build our relationship on a Covenant of Similarities rather than differences and there is a lot in common between the two countries.Progressive Indians For Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756067502608323774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-25500793738323694812012-05-04T20:38:03.474+05:302012-05-04T20:38:03.474+05:30Thank you for your comments Mukund! Glad you conne...Thank you for your comments Mukund! Glad you connected with the Blog.Progressive Indians For Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756067502608323774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-9490496728330716332012-05-04T20:37:13.314+05:302012-05-04T20:37:13.314+05:30Thank you Sharanya. I am very pleased that our jun...Thank you Sharanya. I am very pleased that our juniors are thinking positively on the Indo- Pak relations. Yes! If conscious and continuous efforts are taken then it won be long when we will travel to Pakistan the way we do to Nepal or Sri- Lanka..Progressive Indians For Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756067502608323774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-71403568167430758082012-05-04T20:35:29.288+05:302012-05-04T20:35:29.288+05:30Thank you for your comments Anand although I choos...Thank you for your comments Anand although I choose to disagree with some of your points.Progressive Indians For Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756067502608323774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-86084919871418009252012-05-04T20:32:48.816+05:302012-05-04T20:32:48.816+05:30Thank you Sachin. I agree there is scope for impro...Thank you Sachin. I agree there is scope for improvements in the relations between the two countries. We must steer ourselves towards a shared positive future.Progressive Indians For Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756067502608323774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-67287274856190510972012-05-04T04:14:17.956+05:302012-05-04T04:14:17.956+05:30Intresting, but being born in 1980 in free india, ...Intresting, but being born in 1980 in free india, where the history teaches us that we has three wars with our neighbor, isn't it time to severe all ties and go alone. the culture develops with people not with rewriting the history. I personally think we(Aryans) should apoplogies to Dravidian FIRST and root out inter state animosity before shaking hands across the border. Keep up writing, its always intresting to know what is the view of friends of Pakistan.K Mudharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09560166679891303352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-92133876971465278792012-05-04T02:03:29.691+05:302012-05-04T02:03:29.691+05:30Dear friend India is not a Hindu nation.India is a...Dear friend India is not a Hindu nation.India is a secular nation.ANAND RMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01995193080720468945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-79189328857182297582012-05-03T17:56:47.639+05:302012-05-03T17:56:47.639+05:30Good article but now india and pakistan have nothi...Good article but now india and pakistan have nothing in common.India is a Hindu nation and pakistan is an islamic nation.peace should be maintained and relatives who migrated to pakistan shd be given visas.My observation is NO PEACE WILL TAKE PLACE UNLESS IT IS BASED ON ISLAMIC VALUES.iam @shafahmed1 on twitter.Shafi Ahmedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17720429771846585815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-55261771431281209572012-05-03T12:47:54.029+05:302012-05-03T12:47:54.029+05:30I think "comment" word should not be use...I think "comment" word should not be used for this article..<br />But I can't find any particular word too.. :(<br />This is the story.. Actually it's a real story.. Though the all Indo-Pak people know this very well, but no one wants to accept or implement it..<br />About this article.. (10/10)Mukund Viradiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04561212908217402324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-53307701988650394782012-05-03T10:51:56.232+05:302012-05-03T10:51:56.232+05:30When I started reading the article, I was very hap...When I started reading the article, I was very happy to read through it as if my own words are being expressed here so beautifully. Yes, Even I want to roam in the street of Lahore, try to see that historic "Seal" with the bull in it which covered most of my History Textbook.<br /><br />Yes, I support Pakistan while watching cricket matches, it is peaceful to listen to the Pakistan National Anthem, It feels like our own.<br />I remember the song from 'Veer Zara', "Aisa Desh hai mera". The magical voice of Lata ji made me very emotional. And till date it pours the similar magic in my life.<br /><br />I agree with you about our so called 'Diplomatic Talks' carried on between the countries. And I wish You be the one to bring the change, Katherine Di.<br /><br />And I am waiting for a day in future when I can actually look forward for a trip to 'Pakistan' and make friends there and cheer for "PAKISTAN".Sharanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15882907251521258151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-43732947993578836822012-05-03T00:30:43.183+05:302012-05-03T00:30:43.183+05:30Ministry of Unification
http://goo.gl/HjGrM .
He...Ministry of Unification <br /> http://goo.gl/HjGrM .<br />Here is a Korean model for India and Pakistan. Please go through the wiki link. <br />Thankyou:)ANAND RMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01995193080720468945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-53119007729371946102012-05-03T00:19:51.100+05:302012-05-03T00:19:51.100+05:30Excellent article. Great job.
Some facts about ind...Excellent article. Great job.<br />Some facts about india-pak relation.<br />1)Pakistan's foreign policy is influenced by pak military generals and ISI who are tuned to hate India.<br />2)Pak school children are taught to hate India.<br />3)Religion comes first in Pakistan.<br />4)Pak politicians and media iterate anti india comments.<br />5)But still there are intellectuals and politicians who dream a peaceful relationship with India.<br /> <br /> <br />....Yes there is a ray of light at the end of the tunnel. History should be re-written.ANAND RMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01995193080720468945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-25300650169794913612012-05-03T00:04:49.956+05:302012-05-03T00:04:49.956+05:30I remember reading an article on conflicts,in whic...I remember reading an article on conflicts,in which the author explained about the role of 'ego' as a reason of conflicts..he wrote "India and Pakistan are twin sisters as there is hardly any difference in the culture,religion,climatic conditions etc"<br />Even if we bring out the similarities and feel about the hidden umbilical relationship of the two nations,the fact remains that India and Pakistan have developed a sense of 'ego' which inevitably has become the wall..which blocks the vision to the solutions! Unless those walls crumble in the force of positive diplomacy..the fearless walk through the streets of Lahore will be a dream!<br />Hats off to you Ms.Katie Abraham for such a wonderful post! :)SACHIN DINESHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024189480912668022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-8213231176123860722012-05-02T22:04:15.641+05:302012-05-02T22:04:15.641+05:30Thank you So much Dani! I am so glad that you conn...Thank you So much Dani! I am so glad that you connected so well with the Blog!Progressive Indians For Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756067502608323774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-52366369449160172662012-05-02T20:35:44.182+05:302012-05-02T20:35:44.182+05:30Very well-written! Why should we not talk about is...Very well-written! Why should we not talk about issues that are "sensitive" or "controversial"? Those are the very issues that need to be discussed!<br /><br />Keep up the good work!Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889705859684816622noreply@blogger.com