In the picture: Chetan Bhagat (India's pop fiction writer) and Mohammed Hanif (Painted a satirical picture of life under General Zia in his book, A case of exploding mangoes)

On February the 4th I attended an interesting programme at Horniman Circle in Mumbai.
It was part of 'Aman ki Asha' an initiative of The Times of India and the Jang Group of Pakistan.
Two Punjabi writers, one Indian and one Pakistani got together to explode Indo-Pak myths.

Both authors agreed on one thing-Pakistan's troubles are therapeutic for Indians. 'Everytime we feel lousy about the men ruling our country to do all we have to do is look accross at our neighbour'
About Kasab, Hanif said "...the Taliban believe in a system of speedy justice where they hang people without a trial. You in India have a very complex judicial system that has taken very good care of the country unlike Pakistan. You have judicial system and a democracy that you should thank your lucky stars for. If the system is slow you can take to the streets and protest against it. But please dont push for summary execution. Because then you become a lot like certain people whom we both dont like.
(Excerpts from Times of India February 4)

Bhagat said at one point: " We want peace not because we love Pakistan but because we love India!