Amritsar, Aug 14: India and Pakistan must resume dialogue immediately and resolve all contentious issues pending over the years. They need have “uninterrupted” and “uninterruptible” dialogue for the betterment of their people and for the citizens of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). It is the responsibility of the two bigger states of the SAARC to cooperate and fight militancy together and made the region terrorism free. The region needs peace and people want to live in a way where they can grow and prosper.
These demands were made in a public meeting on the India-Pakistan Relations and Future held today in Amritsar. The meeting was organized by Folklore Research Academy, Amritsar and Hind-Pak Dosti Manch. The organizations have been organizing public meetings on the Indo-Pak relations for the last 22 years to promote peace and friendship between two countries.
Film maker Gurinder Chaddha whose has made film Partition 1947 and which is going to be released on Friday was one of the key speakers. She narrated her experience on making a film on sensitive issues like partition. The Punjabi community suffered worse in those terrible days of partition. Nearly 10 lakh Punjabis living on both the side were killed. She was also felicitated by the organizers for making a film on Partition.
Pakistani artist Madeeha Gauhar too emphasized on dialogue. She opined that there is no option for the people of both the countries but to have a liberal and democrat society. On the issue of a systematic effort to change the history senior journalist Satish Jacob said nobody can change the history. The objective history will remain forever despite the efforts to change it.
Satnam Singh Manak, General Secretary of Hind-Pak Dosti Manch read out declaration and Ramesh Yadav, President of Folklore Research Academy, Amritsar expressed concern over Kashmir scenario and expressed government must dialogue with the people of Kashmir.
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