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I want to visit my native place in quetta. Grand father told us so many stories but never been there due to all these tensions.

That means they don't respect the stand taken by their respective countries. This artcicle seems to story of friends like Fawad and Karan, Pakistan and Salman, Pakistan and Amir, Pakistan and Sharukh. etc.

my father belongs to Lakhnou and i really want to visit that place due to many things. Indian culture that attracts me because of its lovely and rich traditions and specially lot of mutual cultural elements we have, lovely and generous nature of Punjabians, I have plan in all of my life to visit my beloved neighborhood whenever tensions may eradicated by both of countries.

Well, the similarities between Indian and Pakistani food end up north. if you come down south or go to the west or the east, things are totally different. No one up north has tasted a decent Keema masala dosa or a regular masala dosa with potato and onion bhaji. No one up north can rustle up a great Vada with sambar. The Hyderabadi onion samosas aren't available once you cross the Vindhyas. Nor are dishes like Chettinad Chicken, Vindaloo, Chicken kolhapuri or Appams and stew or some superb malwan seafood with sol kadi. That's like missing more than 50 percent of India.

@Satya: See the old Indian film Waqt to visit Quetta.

This is getting sillier each day.

The only difference is the Border. Otherwise, food and tastes and the overall culture are the same-same.

@azeem usmani Hi Bro, Well come,

Pakistani people should try non-north Indian cuisine. Because north Indian cuisine is almost same as Pakistani cuisine.

@Satya You are very welcome friend. Quetta is city of fruits and winters are special is Quetta. "Nazar main Rehte ho , Jab tum Nazar nahin Ate".

@techscribe Mmm......one day inshallah!

We are more alike than different. Love and food always wins over hatred!

I am a Pakistani and I love India and Pakistan the same way. Most of Indians are friendly and accommodating, whereas I have found many unfriendly and hostile people when I used to live in Pakistan.

As an American of Indian origin I can tell you that we, Indians and Pakistani Americans, mingle quite a bit than people back home think. We also vote as per the requirement or issues in US not back home. In recent elections in California many Pakistanis voted for Kamla Harris a US senate candidate of India origin. In the last election where Sadiq Khan was elected Lord Mayor of London the Tories including British Prime Minister was telling British voters of Indian origin not to vote for a “Pakistan” Muslim. The British Indians were smart not to fall for that ruse.

And they can communicate to each other in Urdu or Hindi but just to maintain "Tushhan" on camera they are talking in their desi accented English!

Here is great lesson for leaders of both countries. We are one and the same . We need to stop fighting between us and work on becoming the biggest power in Asia

@techscribe "you come down south or go to the west or the east, things are totally different." Well said, and great examples. Due to the ten times more number of regions, languages, cultures, sub-cultures in India , there are just too many delectable food alternatives in India. I am Tamilian from South India, but brought up in Mumbai and just have a roving palette for desi foods. And even slight differences in ingredients, methods make essentially the same dish taste a lot different - take Udipi dosa, Tamil dosa or the ones in Karnataka. To be frank, I have heard of a popular street Dosa maker in Karachi who does chicken masala dosa etc., but those seem to be rare exotica.

@Maria Yes, please come over and enjoy not just the things @Techscribe suggested but Dal Bati Choorma in Rajasthan; Patra, Khandvi, Muthia, Haandvo and Oondhiu in Gujarat; Maachher Jhol In West Bengal and so many more

Even though this feels like a corny feel good video (I'm not embarassed to say I'm a sucker for those) I hope a little bit of the sentiment trickles up to the leadership. We should never lose hope that some day india and Pakistan would come to terms with each other and compete in a healthy way.

@Dilip Thorat Exactly

Familiarity breeds contempt is what we Pakistanis have learnt the hard way. So for now at least, we are content the way things are. The Indians expressing warmth for us here are sadly a very tiny minority in India, where the hate spread by the ultra-right wingers against Pakistan has reached a point of no return. Drop the hate and you'll find us the most hospitable and caring people in the world.

Loved it. But the challenge is to universalise this between Urdu and Hindi speakers resident on the subcontinent itself. Overseas they really bond. And truly, not just for show, often. So, any suggestions???

Whenever I hear about tension between North and South Korea and see their military on the borders. I think these stupids are brothers, they look alike and speak the same language but still are fighting for some petty issue. Then I realize that we (Pakistan and India) are doing the same and rest of the world probably laughs at us and call us idiots too.

Don't try and make true what is not same. Respect other nations for what they are. Pakistanis eat same food as Iranians, Afghan's and Turks.

Give some South Indian food to a balochi and some of theirs to a Bengali and ask if they are same! Why so desperate to prove they are same. Why do we need to be same to live peacefully? Very annoying stereotypes and immature theories.

@techscribe @Jerry In Karachi we do have south Indian restaurants. In Karachi there are people of south Indian origin. Masala Dosa, Idli and sambhar (I hope I am pronouncing them right) are south indian dishes I believe.

All being equal in food and taste, there is a vast difference in mentality between us. Otherwise their wouldn't have been two countries...............

@AZEEM USMANI: You are always welcome, dost! The visa is not a problem. Your stay at Chandigarh shall be my pleasure. Let us all hope that the ongoing phase eases out soon, and good relations between the two nations prevail.

@zakhta -you are not a pakistani. stop lying.

This is misleading video they are living abroad and trying to find simlirties otherwise our food is different then Indian. Even both Punjab don't share same food habits . Personal observation

@Satya .. i am from quetta! Lived my good 24 yrs there before movinh. Its a beautiful place.. n has a special place in my heart . For me Home always means Quetta. It saddens me to see the condition of city now.. its not what it used to be before.

Why such things are not seen on Indian media .. why why why ???

@Techscribe. You can find dosas and sambar in Karachi. There is also a sizeable Malabari community in Karachi. Both Indian & Pakistani cuisine are rich and diverse. Even many Pakistanis may have not tried Hunza and Brohi cuisine, just like many Indians may have not tried Naga and Ladakhi cuisine. I liked the video, it is so true. Modi should watch it too.

@techscribe Love South India or shall I say true ethnic India. Northern India and Pakistan are almost the same. Delicious food South India has is amazing.

We are so similar in each and every thing in our life... look, language, food, our thinking etc... then why we treat each other as enemy....??????

Sindhi biryani is simply marvelous. Every year I purchase Sindhi biriyani masala from the Pakistan Pavilion in the India International Trade Fair held in Delhi.

If relations between both of us were better,i would have visited Pakistan.

@kingatwill why are you so sure? is it because you can never imagine a Pakistani who has no hostilities towards India and its people? Well then you should stop the way you think.

@Desh Bandhu Chopra the large border belt between the two were always same ppl

@Satya I am from Quetta Satya. Though Quetta is not the place it used to be in your grand father's time, but it's still a magical place.