do people here still have families over there? uday: yeah they do. when the line was drawn, they were really just split into half. there are some houses where you enter from india and you exit from pakistan. anthony: really. wow. uday: this part of punjab, and that part of punjab, they were one state. so, the culture, the eating habits, it was just very similar. anthony: well it s a popular metaphor for india. pakistan is twins, separated at birth. uday: when they were twins, i mean it was one country. you can say dismembered. you know if you cut a body in two, they re not gonna become twins. anthony: right. uday: so it s sad, you know? you can see them, i mean they re doing the same work as you re doing, they dress the same, they look the same. but then, you can t talk to them. anthony: it is an ongoing struggle, an enduring cause of paranoia, visible all across the region. two nations, with atomic
pakistan is twins, separated at birth. uday: when they were twins, i mean it was one country. you can say dismembered. you know if you cut a body in two, they re not gonna become twins. anthony: right. uday: so it s sad, you know? you can see them, i mean they re doing the same work as you re doing, they dress the same, they look the same. but then, you can t talk to them. anthony: it is an ongoing struggle, an enduring cause of paranoia, visible all across the region. two nations, with atomic arsenals, who have showed if nothing else, a terrifying willingness to use them.
visible all across the region. two nations with atomic arsenals who have shown if nothing else, a terrifying willingness to use them. from the horrific 2006 train bombings to the militant attacks in mumbai, the threat of terrorism along this border is a daily concern.
uday: when they were twins, i mean it was one country. you can say dismembered. you know if you cut a body in two, they re not gonna become twins. anthony: right. uday: so it s sad, you know? you can see them, i mean they re doing the same work as you re doing, they dress the same, they look the same. but then, you can t talk to them. anthony: it is an ongoing struggle, an enduring cause of paranoia, visible all across the region. two nations, with atomic arsenals, who have showed if nothing else, a terrifying willingness to use them.
when the line was drawn, they were really just split into half. there are some houses where you enter from india and you exit from pakistan. anthony: really. wow. uday: this part of punjab, and that part of punjab, they were one state. so the culture, the eating habits, it was just very similar. anthony: well it s a popular metaphor for india. pakistan is twins, separated at birth. uday: when they were twins, i mean it was one country. you can say dismembered. you know if you cut a body in two, they re not gonna become twins. anthony: right. uday: so it s sad, you know? you can see them, i mean they re doing the same work as you re doing, they dress the same, they look the same. but then, you can t talk to them. anthony: it is an ongoing struggle, an enduring cause of paranoia, visible all across the region. two nations, with atomic arsenals, who have showed if nothing else, a terrifying willingness to use them.