India, Pak aren't neighbours; they are worlds apart-MJ Akbar-The Times of India

India and Pakistan are not neighbours. They are worlds apart.

1947 divided us, but did not separate us. We still met, through family and media. Separation came with war in 1965, instigated by fantasists like General Ayub Khan and Z A Bhutto. It extinguished the flickering embers of trust. Walls of regulations were raised to block knowledge, and then vision. If you do not see a neighbour he is not a neighbour. There are no neighbours in the huge apartment blocks of Mumbai, only adjacent numbers. (via India, Pak aren't neighbours; they are worlds apart-The Siege Within-MJ Akbar-Columnists-Opinion-The Times of India).

Another piece of solid analysis - by MJ Akbar.