The Book on Pakistan To Read if You Like Coke Studio Sameer Arshad Khatlaniâs 'The Other Side of the Divide' elegantly underlines that the emergence of India and Pakistan are but moments in the broader span of South Asian history marked by mutuality and belonging. It is the mind-cleansing antidote that Indians need. Photo: Faisal Mahmood/Reuters In the 1970s and 80s, Indians used to imagine how unbeatable a joint India-Pakistan cricket team would be if the country was not partitioned in 1947. This was, in some ways, a fantasy to cope with the domination of the West Indies and a hope that a united unit could do better than the underachieving teams at the time.