Jaipur, Nov 23: It may sound incredible yet it is true that far away from home Indians and Pakistanis become best friends, says a Rajasthan police officer in his book "A Civpol's Dairy."
Bahadur Singh Rathaur, an Additional SP with the Rajasthan Police who was one of the peace-keeping officers of the Indian Contigent for the United Nations Mission in Kosovo has penned down in his dairy about his meetings with people of other countries, including the ones from Pakistan.
In the book released by Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat recently, Rathaur has observed that among all the officers from different countries, the Indian contigent had most interesting interactions with the ones from Pakistan.
In his book Rathaur has noted that Pakistani nationals who spoke Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi were culturally so close to Indians that it was very difficult to treat them as from a hostile country.
Applauding the Pakistani officers as very respectful in behaviour, Rathaur says that they confided to him that "they were convinced their country is being ruled only on the basis of anti-Indian sentiments, while most of the people in Pakistan look towards India as a lost home and they cursed the rulers for the prevailing conditions at home." Rathaur writes "Pakistanis are very fond of Indian films and their knowledge about the latest release is far updated than the Indians officers."
Bureau Report
