Don't be naive

I dislike the Shiv Sena as much as the next sensible person, but on the issue of Pakistan’s cricketers and Shahrukh Khan’s comments, sad to say, I agree with Balasaheb. Urban educated Indians approach Pakistan with much naivety. Peace they believe is a bus ride, and few exchange visits and hugs away. The Aman Ki Asha campaign is a classic example of this.
After a point, you cannot separate the good apples from the bad. With nations it’s the whole basket or nothing. So with Pakistan, for them to know we are serious, all niceties must stop. Especially cricket.

Me and Pakistanis

I live with Pakistanis. They are my neighbours, my colleagues, my grocer and driver.
The Mumbai attack and all the war posturing has strained our perfect world here in the Gulf.
Indians take it for granted that educated Pakistanis accept that there is a section of Pakistan that aids and abets terror, and has its hand in terror attacks on India. If these Pakistanis exist, I have not met them.
The educated Pakistani believes Pakistan is innocent and India is the aggressor – the Mumbai attack being a homegrown conspiracy. So we don’t discuss it... with each other, i.e.