The Divided Land

I felt grieved about the fact that It was merely people of Punjab who were cut down into two, not the whole of the Subcontinent. More than 60% of Punjab’s population was Muslim, but one hardly finds a Muslim family living on the eastern side of border. 

Punjab Total Area
Reference: https://wondersofpakistan.files.wordpress.com
Same is the case with Sikhs on west side. Surfing the internet and brainstorming one finds that there is a place naming Malir Kotla, where the Muslim population is more than 55%. The census of 2011 showed that there were half of million Muslims living in the Indian side of Punjab.
As a human being people love their country and where they live. As a Punjabi, when one realizes that there is another Punjab that, I have never explored and that should not be no-go area for me, I feels a sense of deprivation.
A beautiful view of Punjab
Picture reference: http://pak101.com/phototour/Rest_of_Punjab/3_pvahr.jpg

I love the land of Punjab, and I have keen interest in exploring cultures in different locations of Punjab. As on our side of Punjab, the core culture of Punjab is dying, Punjabi language is also losing its existence. The next generation is grown up speaking Urdu language families also want their newborns to speak Urdu.
 As oppose to this, Punjabi language is being taught in school grades in Indian side of Punjab. One of the main step towards protection of the Punjabi culture is the media; the Punjab movies industry has started production of Punjabi movies from last one decade that is a good move that can protect our precious culture.
A mosque in MalerKotla

I was searching about the Muslims existence in the region of Indian Punjab, and was amazed about reading about famous mosques that still exists there. One of them is Moorish Mosque which is situated at Kapoor Thala Indian Punjab. It was built by a Sikh ruler in 1927, when he built this mosque, a letter was sent to him from State to justify the money spend on the construction of this mosque, he replied with the answer that 60% of my population is generous Muslims.



In Pakistan fewer families of Sikhs also live. They have their businesses established in different regions of Pakistan. One of them is Veer Ji cloth stores chain, which has branches in Jhelum and Kharian according to my knowledge (there may be their other branches).
Sikhs also visit Pakistan and we warmly welcome them to perform their religious activities in April every year in the place of Hassan Abdal near Rawalpindi. One sees that people on both sides enjoy the same culture, same language, same architecture and dialects, but a line is drawn to separate them. It feels like a wall is constructed between two neighbors to not to interact with each other.

Panja Sahib Place in Hassan Abdal



There should be harmony between both of the sides so that people can share their culture and entities of mutual interest.

Comments

  1. Wajid Rafique27 January 2016 at 02:33

    It is my first attempt please give your feedback

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  2. Anonymous9 May 2016 at 06:31

    That's a good attempt, it was interesting. I am a punjabi and my some relatives inhabits malerkotla, the facts of indian punjab seems appropriate. Keep up! Although I reckon, harmony needs to be emphasized and incorporated in all other neighboring regions of ind & pak whereas both side punjab already is in quite harmony.

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    1. Wajid Rafique27 June 2016 at 10:30

      Thanks for your precious comments. I am working on my content to make it more resourceful and creative.

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