Wasted Efforts

A newspaper initiative in recent times is going out of its way to promote better ties between India and Pakistan by organizing Indo-Pak cultural meets including literature meets , song, dance and music shows in various cities across the subcontinent. Point is- will this in any way help in promote better ties? No and Never!..it will never take away the seeds of mistrust that are embedded in the minds of the population .. especially not if we have a Pak foreign minister blaring into the microphone, declaring in fanatic spirit his "hate for India" to a crowd of equally fanatic charged Pakistanis.To end our mutual mistrust stint that has been so since the inception of our countries, we need strong political and geographical strategy. The answer is to draw the borders,stop the terrorism and step-down the military offensives. All this campaign for "better cultural ties" is pure eyewash in the absence of a long-lasting solution!