Afghanistan, Pakistan, India

• This blogpost is to highlight the deep relationship between India, Pakistan and India.
• It has more to do with culture, history and race then physical boundaries.
• Remember each of the country has a 5000 year old history.
• We may say how this is possible. When Pakistan and India were formed in 1947.
• And Afghanistan in 1920's.
• Thing is we have to go deeper into the soul of the countries.
• These three countries have more in common than we would like to admit.
• US invaded Afghanistan in the hope to "change the country".
• But tell me USA is only about 300 years old.
• While these countries have 5000 year old history.
• If we deeply look at the history it was the birthplace of civilisation along with ancient civilastions like Mesopotamia and Egypt.
• Ancient religions flourished the area much of which is now lost.
• Then Buddhism emerged and almost all region was under Buddhism.
• Then began Islam and "Hinduism revival".
• But this Hinduism was different than what existed earlier to Buddhism.
• No one really knows what happened.
• This "new Hindusim" was like "militant Hinduism" and eliminated Buddhism in India though then Buddhism had already spread to East and South East Asia.
• Okay maybe the link is lost with the past but the race and genes remain.
• You can see in the way people walk, talk and behave.
• It cannot be changed in one or two or three generations.
• Several hundreds of years of struggle have shaped the people.
• The USA can blow the countries to extinction by nuclear weapons and so.
• But it cannot change them.
• That is the hard fact.
• USA cannot change Afghanistan without changing Pakistan.
• USA cannot change Pakistan without changing India.
• And I am not involving Myanmar, Bangladsh, Nepal or North East states of India which are unique in their own aspects.
• The way forward is to acknowledge differences and still work together.
• Differences cannot be a reason to wage war.
• Also let us not forget that USA is a nation of immigrants itself.
• It cannot isolate people else it would stagnate and become contaminated.
• I recall an incident from my life when in hostel there was no water in hostel.
• So there was water in a drum.
• In emergency I took water from the drum and bathed.
• But that water had worms..Yikes.
• So I told a hostel mate about it.
• His view was that since the water was stagnant worms can form easily.
• In flowing water there is no germs or worms.
• Thus what I want to highlight that US policy of isolating certain people from their main land is no good.
• No Chinese! No Asians! No Indians! No Jews! No Muslims! No Mexicans!
• These calls like above will do US no good.
• In spite of withdrawing from various battlefield situations, US needs to "stay open" for the good of human race.
• Isolationism by USA can lead to situation like "Hills have Eyes" movie situation where people had become deformed cannibals through in breeding and isolation.
• So my main point differences are no reason for waging war and not trading with each other and imposing snctions and so on.
• The way forward is to move forward together and not leave some behind.