UPDATE: An border crossing known as the Kartarpur Corridor has opened between India and Pakistan, linking two of the holiest sites in Sikhism for the first time in more than 70 years. The 4.7 kilometres corridor connects the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan to the border with India.
As a Korean, I can relate. A border drawn without the permission of the people. A border that separates families, a border that separates the same people. Edit: When I said "same people", I don't mean the Indian and Pakistani people as a whole. I was referring to the few ethnic groups on the border who were divided.
@@nittyrustdoneharvardfaker630 Sindhis are definitely the ones that lost the most. At the time of independence we should have pushed to get certain districts of Sindh.
I was genuinely touched by the way in which Sikhs in that town meticulously cared for the Muslim graves. I can't think of a more powerful demonstration of respect.
Yes same as a Muslim I am truly thankful for their respect and I know that the people in my area would do the same because at the end of the day we’re all family 🇵🇰🇮🇳 i know that one day Pakistanis and Indians will unite once more after our governments stop being so anti India or anti Pakistan
@@SamSam-yt6xn As much as I want, it so looks out of the picture rn. Once it was just our plain patriotism and a sense of xenophobia on both ends. Now there's a lot of international involvement too plus populations on both ends need to realise what's best and not be convinced by a certain narrative set to them. US and China have also involved themselves in our issue now making it a more complex one
As a Muslim, that one act of humbleness shows that Sikhs are very kind people that are caring. We may not share the same beliefs, but we share common morals.
Honestly I kind of feel bad for him, he gets the blame but really it was the British government's decision. They said he was given what, a couple weeks to decide where to draw a dividing line between two entire new countries would be, given only census data and a little time to work. It really should have been done over a couple years, with some temporary interim government elected from local communities would help make the decisions, with the future borders announced with months or years for everyone to move before the official division.
People needed to be in the highest of social and political circles to have been chosen for this job. He probably had to do a lot of lobbying to get this job and would have made the assertion that he could do this job in a month ,even when he knew that he was not the right man for the job.
As a person of Indian descent ( my forefathers were brought here by the British as indentured labourers) it was very emotional for me seeing the schoolchildren of India & Pakistan interacting. The colonial powers did untold harm to other countries and this world as a whole. Trinidad & Tobago West Indies.
Some British dude: let's draw a line in a map, what could go wrong? *Insert india-pakistan border, middle eastern border, Egypt-sudan border* Edit : yes, i don't include Palestine-Israel border, but i do put middle eastern border, cause basically almost every middle eastern border happened cause brits. And Palestine and Israel also located in middle east. So yeah it technically count
I have to share this story after watching this video. A couple of weeks i my grandparents came to India after 3 years. Yesterday I was talking to my grandfather asking him everything about his past. He told me he had to leave everything they owned and had to leave their town. Then I showed him Google Earth and searched his hometown. I showed him the street view and he was so happy when I told him that was were he had lived. I will remember his smile forever.
You are absolutely right. Not just the British alone. Basically western powers created problems in all their ex-colonies. Besides the ones you have mentioned, Africa is a massive example.
I’m not Indian, but it really pains my heart that people are separated simply out of haste and not proper negotiations. I can’t help but compare the Partition of India to the DMZ between North and South Korea following the Korean War, with many families being separated from each other for decades. I pray that, even if there is no reunification between India and Pakistan, people can visit each other’s “motherland” without any violence. Namaste and Salam to everyone in Hindustani (both India and Pakistan)🙏
Your comment is well-meaning. But it is not comparable with what happened in Korea. The creation of Pakistan was not something that was imposed by foreigners. It comes out of tensions between Muslims and Hindus that predate the British for centuries. The British Indian Muslims pushed for a Muslim state in the Indian continent.
@@ash9280 It was definitely imposed by foreigners. If the British wanted, India wudnt have been partitioned, but they had to act early, which they didn't, as they didn't care.
@@ash9280 The creation of 2 countries was to suit political interests of some people. I still don't see the need of a country based on religion in the subcontinent. If we divide the subcontinent on basis of language and religion, we would have a 100 countries in the Indian subcontinent.
@@phoenixbagri744completely political. Taking advantage of religious difference to advance politics. And the religious differences is to do with diet I blv. One eats one animal that other worships etc.. We are ok to go to moon but still hold such thoughts very seriously. Its difficult to explain this to people not raised in India.
@25 years ago All people are wonderful, it is just a few bad apples that have selfish needs. I don't which people you are referring to as "mean" but again everything is for a reason and a reason for someone to backlash could be because they are being controlled by an external power such as UK did to Pakistan and India.
They did it on purpose so that people will fight among themselves, otherwise these british colonies would go on for wars (world war 3) in future against British.
the fact that those kids are talking to each other with just innocence is just heartbreaking when you put into context what the leaders of both countries are doing. i hope the youth finds it in themselves to not give in to the hate!
respect for the teachers who are spreading love rather than hatred in both india and pakistan. perfect example of how people can be brought closer with the help of technology.
No hate but I think it’s because Muslims and Hindus weren’t getting along well and there were discriminatory acts on both sides that are still taking place today. We still have problems with each other but we need to solve the Kashmir problem democratically and become friendly neighbours
My grandmother (nani) came from Pakistan to India due to partition, she used to tell us how back in their home in Pakistan they were sitting having tea and suddenly some Muslims came and threatened them to leave Pakistan, so they ran away without even taking a single piece of cloth with them...... her brothers and sisters all got divided while coming to India but fortunately they met after few years, all of them thought they died but they met and were so happy
@Akarsh2008The conflicts occured mostly in the border towns. All parties involved had it's fair share of skirmishes and mob violence in the border towns. It is also important to realise that our country is based on secularism, where as Pakistan was born based on the need for a Muslim state. In my state Kerala Hindus, Christians and Muslims co-exist peacefully.
@Akarsh2008 By saying we should have had complete muslim exchange, you have lost on secularism. Don't say that we can't do it. We can do it. But it requires trust from everyone and a willingness to acknowledge out mistakes.
@YourFuhrer1933 Because if you threatened the muslims there they'd have crushed you, as United Province was a Hindustani Muslim centre. You couldn't do such a thing in the first place.
tbh Brexit is being held up by another partition project that was supposed to prevent conflict And it worked so well in Ireland that it caused two civil wars in 100 years.
Brexit manages to become even more exponentially ridiculous and hypocritical the more you learn. 🤹🏾🇵🇰 🇮🇳 🇧🇩 💂 Yeah that should do it, thnx for the soldiers bye. 🇨🇮 🇬🇧 🤽 🇪🇺 Britain: I want my independence! And I won't leave until you stop asking me all these hard questions I didn't prepare for!
Both Brexit and the Indian Partition have centuries of political history behind them. The basic principle is that no major change in governmental structures can ever be achieved in a way which satisfies everybody, and discussions on the best way to achieve the change will continually postpone the moment when an agreement is reached. The alternative is destroying the existing arrangements and leaving negotiations on the awkward details of the new arrangements until afterwards, when any compromise is better than total chaos.
When I met you at India gate a few months ago... I never thought this is what you were making. You made me cry... You just made me cry... Waiting for the next 4 episodes.
It would be awesome if you can add to the borders-india series with a couple episodes from the POV of Pakistan. It would dispel a lot of the misconceptions that people have of that place! As someone who was born in pakistan, with grandparents from india, a sikh best friend and currently living in England, this series is pretty much perfect for me aha.
@@trollrat2828 Sadly, some people have not learnt anything from the outcome we have seen of hated through partition. Who knows when humanity will actually exist.
Partition was the ugliest that happened to us Indians and Pakistani. And hatred from politicians has created a cloak of difference. But underneath the cloak lies similar identities, hearts and humans. Love from India.
@@tarunchand3159 the only time when you should swear. Rather, _must_ swear. Politicians deserve only gaalis. But at the end of the day, we are the ones who elect them to represent us, so aren't they a reflection of our inner selves after all?
Swadhin Nayak please refer to the comments saying partition happened because of Islam. Muslims are not respected and don’t feel safe in India especially right now. If you don’t agree with please read other comments on this video made by Indians blaming muslims.
For people who don't know, Muhammad Ali Jinnah opposed the formation of Muslim league and wanted a secular India but Gandhi just came from South Africa and ruined everything. Later Jinnah went to England for a decade and joined Muslim league.
My grandfather had many brothers and sisters (around 7 or 9 can't remember exactly) and only 2 of them came to pakistan, rest of them stayed in india. So much of our family, our roots, our ancestral property is in india and it saddens me that I'll never get to meet any of them or see anything from my grandfathers childhood All of his brothers and sisters passed away and he couldn't even visit them all Now in his old age, his dementia sometimes makes him hallucinate and he speaks as if he's back in india, with his older sister, in their childhood home. It's been nearly a century but the trauma of this partition is still fresh in some people's hearts..
Gurnaj Virk at school you learn about great power figures like the Tudors and also about moments the supposedly started the modern world of democracy (magna carta), then you go a bit into the industrial revolution and some of its effect of that before slipping into the world wars and the cold wars. At uni, you gain a more complex view of Britain’s role in the world and all I can say is that first year me was shocked that partition is hardly ever talked about and almost never taught in schools
Gurnaj Virk what so the British are the only people that conquered and killed people? We all know if India had had the technological prowess in the 1800’s then they would’ve colonised Europe. It is human nature to conquer your neighbours. In U.K. schools we are taught mostly about medieval Europe and the renaissance, not that we ‘civilised the world’. Although can you really argue against that? If it wasn’t for Britain there would be no industrial revolution. No railroads or factories
🙏 🤲 respect for you sir! Thankyou so much for uniting our thoughts. Never ever cried in a video before this. Hope someday we will break the borders and unite once again. Love from india 🇮🇳 ♥️
Oh my lord yes! Please. Johny did an amazing job for the time he has and the product is this pure distillate but there are also so many stories not told. So much more to see and experience that he could share in a more Netflix like format!
But if thats true and whats taught in pakistan schools (and in many madarassas in India) is not hatred for Hindustan, then really goosebump worth only I agree, but I have a doubt, I also wonder if India and pakistan are same even after partition, then where are the Hindu temples built in pakistan before partition and where are the Hindus that stayed in pakistan after partition.
@@bharusiva477 Children are inherently innocent before the venom of Hatred injected into their brains. We are still proudly playing the script created by British to destabilize the subcontinent.
This is one of the more incredible videos Vox has done, easily a top 5. When you realize how similar the cultures are, your heart just aches. The way Gandhi's heart probably ached when he saw it happening. What a mistake. You just want them to get along.
Haha. Lol. We Indians only want destruction of UK. Hope to God that northern Ireland secedes from UK and joins republic of Ireland. Britain is responsible for 3-4th of world's major conflicts
Once in a while great stories like this come out, which gives me hope. Everything on the internet is always purposely depressing, trying to get us riled up and fight against each other. If we could all see past our created differences, the world would improve for the better
Hey dude! I just want to know what they teach you in school a d what people's opinions are on the 1971 war. In Pakistan it is considered a painful inevitability of sorts.
@@destruct0503 I didn't go to school here but pretty sure rounding up and killing 9 million people, mostly civilians, was not an inevitability. I have Pakistani friends whose parents lived in BD in 1971 and they were very ashamed of these actions.
@@darveshgupta8860 ok now you are just being arrogant... Not every Muslim IS a terrorist -_- And Pakistan, India and Bangladesh are sons of The Indian Subcontinent (akhand bharat) .. that makes pakistan and bangladesh our brother..... And people like you are the reason of communal hatred between people... Grow up and stop getting manipulated by these politicians
@@darveshgupta8860 Not every muslim is a terrorist I am a muslim that offends me people like you are dead brain stereotypicial nobodys, and also pakistans are indians aren't dad and son there like siblings, I could say considering I am a pakistani.
Especially considering it's so recent. Instead of learning about the damn Tudors we should be learning about the recent events that have shaped the world we live in today.
E A Funnily enough, I never learned about the tudors in history but we did spend a couple months looking at India’s history and the division of pakistan and india. The US lacks any sort of consistency of education between states and counties.
The textbooks of children in both countries are washed to look as if all efforts for freedom was done by their own people and portray the other country as an enemy.
@@starlight6152 From a political level yes but from a personal level it's a different story. Same culture and same familial roots but divided by the governments. I guess it can't be solved now, given our governments standing against Pak, but it's important to note that it exists.
Absolutely loved that you chose to focus on the cultural similarities in both the countries and ended this episode on a hopeful note. In the midst of the inflammatory narrative peddled by politicians and the media, a common man just wants peace. Hopefully one day we will have that.
i have no words for how angry I am, they don't even own it. i don't even know, i have seen so many of them, just so many making fun of the patriotism, what do they actually expect? ha, not even ha. just hear a fuvking partition story. I just am so mad overall. acknowledge the trauma, share similarities, respect differences.
@@qsmimhmm1527 and the worst thing is when they draw the Borders they don't even know the map no matters what religion country we have one thing the same we are human love from Pakistan ❤️🇵🇰
How can someone with minimum sense trust those people whom they defeated to regain independence at last???????. That clearly shows the level of common sense of those so-called leaders of India... Actually, to speak the truth...I am talking about J. Nehru.
I requested for this episode right when the series started on a google form when you asked for suggestions. I feel so happy knowing my suggestion was taken seriously and the story of my people is being told! truly made my day!
Asher Raza my grandpa did too from lahore to armitsaur he catched a train which everyone was killed in but in a matter of a few secounds it was full He catched it but lost his mother.
Asher Raza yea reunification is unlikely in my opinion my grandpa wants it and if it happens it would be amazing but, peace is a good step they should take
2 days ago in my hometown in assam, a hindu man died, but he got no relatives, so the muslim neighbours living near him did the dead ceremony according to hindu religion. It was also in news..thats the love we have Thank u for all these like.. First time getting this much like in my comment ❤
@@HumanBeing... BJP has always tried to resolve the Kashmir issue, from the vajpayee government to the modi's first four years. Modi was the one who tried to enhance the relationships between India and pakistan when he came into power, but everyone knows how pakistan backstabs India.
My grandfather was a kid when the partition happened, they had to shift from Pakistan to India. The partition was terrible. Great video though, very balanced and precise. Love from India 💯
curious spirit oh yea sorry forgot. But like now that the place where his grandfather was is called pakistan. Do you think he could consider himself pakistaniV
@@LJ-fq6uw Its complicated because Native American and American Indian are used interchangebly, made worse when even the Natives refer to themselves as 'Indians, Indian Reservations, etc'
Britian that ruled the Earth for 500 Years. 1. India-Pakistan Border. 2. India-China McMahon Line. 3. Israel-Palestine. 4. Argentina Falklands. 5. China-HongKong And Many more ..
They are criminals of humanity. They destroyed indigenous cultures and looted whole earth. They reduced Africa to the pitiable state it is in right now. The so called developed nations are Historically looters of the, so called third world countries.
Brilliant. Usually foreign media falls short at covering issues in India but you did a brilliant job. Better than what Indian media could. Thank you for this series, keep making - love it!
Why would foreign media care about the history of India? Media tends to focus on the present day issues facing a country and both India and Pakistan have a lot of problems, so that's what they report on.
@@bhavikbhatt8346 Nice. How are you contributing to India's development, may I ask? Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar are strategically important neighbours and we need to maintain close ties with them.
It feels like current Russia and Ukraine situation - we have shared history, culture, friends and families But politicians tend to grow nationalism and anger among us and it's horrible( I've visited India and people there are very kind and open Stories where Sikhs caring Muslims graves and children' Skype calls - melted to heart
Completely wrong! Ukraine doesn't have shared history with Russia! Cuz occupation of Ukraine during centuries, countless tries to annihilate Ukrainian language, culture and self-identity and even genocide of Ukrainians back in 1932-1933 cannot be called as shared history. It would be better to say that Ukraine was Russian colony. And even now Russians are doing second genocide of Ukrainians in last 90 years. Only Russians are sick with imperial ideas see Ukraine and Ukrainians as a part of Russian empire. And you're the re and living evidence of my words.
First of all, Ukrainians are not Russians. It's the Russians who always thought Ukraine is a part of Russia, but that's not true at all. Ukrainians speaks a whole separate language. Russians need to stop interfering in Ukraine And if there was cultural similarity, then Bangladesh would still be a part of Pakistan, but you know one reason why the East Bengalis wanted to separate, because they had the brains to know that Urdu was NOT NOT WAS EVER their language.
@@nittyrustdoneharvardfaker630 ambos são da mesma etnia eslava e a Ucrânia falava russo em sua maioria, agora graças ao tirano do Putin os ucranianos não querem saber mais dos Russos.
As an Indian living in Canada, I can not thank you for the kind words. From a person who lives thousands of kilometers away from this conflict, it still has major reproductions. Love from an Indian to our Pakistan brothers.
Can we take a moment to recognize how respectful Johnny is when he pronounces words in other languages?! Every episode is always beautifully done to respect all people. Thank you for these stories.
satish anil nair do some research.... it was the local groups that wanted partition due to ethnic and religious differences and the risk of civil was Also there was no country called India when the Brits arrived. It was divided in to many princely states who often went to war due to their differences. Rewriting history and the truth is ridiculous!
@@deana1949 Sure there was no country "India" before. But the people of Punjab were NOT separated before the Brits did it. Also even though there was no "India" at the time the Brits colonized us, there were huge empires covering most of modern India and Pakistan called "Hindustan" / "Bharat" for a lot of our history. Nice try.
@@deana1949 There was no India? The Greeks and Persians literally had coined separate terms for the people living on the other side of the Indus and that is where the name India comes from. The Mauryan Empire controlled 97% of India , The Gupta empire controlled a majority and so did the Mughals. The British weren't the first to do it. Stop acting so delusional.
I think they should have pointed out that the ceremony isn't about hostility, it's a show of respect by both parties. They salute as they pass each other, and before retreating the flags they shake hands. They also exchange a gift of sweets on diwali.
@@arqambilalkhan1272 The people who come to those ceremonies come with different mentalities. The ceremony is intended as a show of sovereignty and mutual respect but the majority of the people think that it is a show of nationalism and somehow use that as an excuse to be jingoistic and hurl abuses.
I've been there(Indian side)....you should go too if you haven't....the host expresses hate, performing actions such as cutting thoat iykwim. More than an act of respect, it appears to rather be a competition of which side can shout better amd make their presence felt .....Hate is definately involved
Wah! That Wagah sequence brought back some memories 😅😁 Beautiful to see those school kids meeting each other and realising they have a lot in common 🇮🇳🇵🇰
Being a Pakistani I would only say this: The Countries like Britain, France, Spain and other colonial powers are responsible for most of the conflicts today, I dont hate any Indian, we lived together for centuries, what divided us was the British crown who also stole almost everthing worthy from us.......
@@sandhujatt3886 Very sad, but then it was an impossible task. I looked into it and he had to rush because the country was already clashing with riots etc.
At 14:00 a single drop of tear rolled down my cheek. My grandfather had to migrate from East Pakistan to Bengal. I can totally understand their feelings. Hope I can one day visit our old home in Bangladesh.
I would say I'm lucky enough. After partition fews of my relatives left for East Pakistan. Recently they visited Kolkata. I told them how their town's (Lalmonirhat in Rangpur) light is visible from our village in Cooch Behar's border. They were literally crying.
Unlike Pakistan, where people migrated in a short duration, Bengalis have been migrating slowly. So lesser number of lifes wete claimed. Also after partition of East Pakistan from West, Bangladesh and India have been maintaining friendly relation. So it's easier for Bengalis to cross border. I found its easier and cheaper for a person from Dhaka to visit kolkata than a person from Alipurduar or Cooch Behar(Which lies in West Bengal itself) to visit Kolkata.
@@TheKing-xv5fz I agree. I'm sure when they take resources, costs, return of investment, etc into account, it just doesn't work out for them. But hey. At least Johnny Harris is still passionate doing this kind of videos.
@@aizat27 yeah, he's still active, he's got his own company or a studio production team and himself making videos that focuses deeply on common humanity on some harsh and polarizing topics.
Thank you Vox for covering this I am 23 years old indian, I didn't know about it, you people have really done a great work , i wish you keep on onto covering topics like this.
The man at 11:04 is just amazing. His family receives the Muslim temple and he continues to follow and respect their traditions even though it isn't necessarily his beliefs. Humans can be wonderful creatures.
It's basically impossible to buy a machine gun in the US. You have to have an FFL and go through loads and loads of paperwork. It takes a lot of time and money because the guns are very expensive.
@@Neonvarun Privilege-seeking politicians in the half-century or so of reforms leading up to Independence were always a source of friction and discord (and were even partly responsible for tragedies like the 1943 Bengal famine, which Bengal's nationalist government refused to declare officially as a famine, because they needed to show that an independent Bengal could survive without help from India).
It's like claiming that Hindus and Muslims always lived in harmony before British. British were able to put us against each other because we were already against each other.
When lady teacher said- "before partition, we Pakistanis and Indians used to live together in the same place", it's just broke my heart, because of their foult (Britishers) we are now separated from each other.
@Ganda Bacha Why ? We have every thing Same Before freedom, Are not Indian and Pakistan are like brothers?? Why not now Humans can do anything Then why not this
Its such a beautiful and informative video. As an indian i wish that some day in the future we'll keep aside our differences and live together once again.
The respect that Sikh's are showing to the Muslim graves is absolutely beautiful. We are people of the same land eventhough I live abroad where Pakistanis and Indians live peacefully
@@AkashS97 No sikh has ever blamed any muslim for what their rulers did to their gurus. You would have known that if the names you listed were actually 'your' gurus. Dont impersonate us. Us sikhs don't hate anyone.
Literally, when Francis Walsingham and Walter Raleigh etc. were exploring the world in the 1500s (1570s I think), Queen Elizabeth gave them permission to "conquer"/colonise anywhere that wasn't Christian, and claim it for England.
Muslim Nationalism and Hindu Nationalism were both growing in popularity before the partition. It is highly likely Muslims would be persecuted by the Hindu majority if the partition never happened.
Kozv that’s funny because Muslims in Pakistan are the ones that actually persecute people who aren’t even Muslims it’s become so bad that India now allows people from neighboring muslim countries to come to India if they are being persecuted for their religious views or lack of it
UPDATE: An border crossing known as the Kartarpur Corridor has opened between India and Pakistan, linking two of the holiest sites in Sikhism for the first time in more than 70 years. The 4.7 kilometres corridor connects the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan to the border with India.
This is truly amazing for all Sikhs.
I hope the new generation forgive the sins of both their fathers and move past it eventually leading their generation to a new horizon.
Although visa is required as well as a $20 fee per person per visit.
@@YuvrajDhingra so? maintenance and stuff. at least appreciate it
@@AmirAli-gv7kn well i do appreciate it.
Just correcting him as he said in the video that it would be VISA free.
As a Korean, I can relate. A border drawn without the permission of the people. A border that separates families, a border that separates the same people.
Edit: When I said "same people", I don't mean the Indian and Pakistani people as a whole. I was referring to the few ethnic groups on the border who were divided.
And of course, instigation from politicians
@@HarkunwarSinghKochar Pakistan has religious freedom aswell, i literally ..
That seems like an amazing place btw, what part of korea you from?
Korea was unlawfully separated by the US thugs. It's a tragedy what happened to your country.
We get your pain too.
I heard that there's a saying in Turkey. It goes like this,
"If in the same pond, two fish hate each other, rest assured the British were there."
It's a red Indian proverb in US
Im turkish and have never heard that
It's Iranian!
@ And there are problems everywhere- Israel-Palestine, India-Pakistan, Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland, to name a few.
Ironic, because the Turkish Ottoman EMPIRE left behind a legacy in the Balkans that are arguably the cause of religious & ethnic tensions today...
A Turkish proverb fits in here,
''When the fish are fighting in their own pond, that is when you know the British were there''
We love our turk bro from pakistan. 🇵🇰♥️🇹🇷
Damn that's a nice quote...
👏That's hella'va proverb.
Yep.
@@THALASA The Turks are not from Turkey, they are from Turkmenistan.
I am from West Bengal and the story was same here
Punjabis and Bengalis were suffered the most. This bought a tear to my eye
Don't forget about us Sindhis! We lost all our land and there is no "Sindh" in India anymore
@@nittyrustdoneharvardfaker630 Sindhis are definitely the ones that lost the most. At the time of independence we should have pushed to get certain districts of Sindh.
They even looted the word "loot" from your language, after looting everything, and killing every rebel, and enslaving the rest.
@@nittyrustdoneharvardfaker630 im sindhi in pakistan :)
@@vignesh1065 😭
I was genuinely touched by the way in which Sikhs in that town meticulously cared for the Muslim graves. I can't think of a more powerful demonstration of respect.
Yes same as a Muslim I am truly thankful for their respect and I know that the people in my area would do the same because at the end of the day we’re all family 🇵🇰🇮🇳 i know that one day Pakistanis and Indians will unite once more after our governments stop being so anti India or anti Pakistan
@@SamSam-yt6xn As much as I want, it so looks out of the picture rn. Once it was just our plain patriotism and a sense of xenophobia on both ends. Now there's a lot of international involvement too plus populations on both ends need to realise what's best and not be convinced by a certain narrative set to them. US and China have also involved themselves in our issue now making it a more complex one
As a Muslim, that one act of humbleness shows that Sikhs are very kind people that are caring. We may not share the same beliefs, but we share common morals.
@@SSGJafri but sikhism is a false religion and the 10 gurus were liers.
Sikhs are the best - what tradition has men cover their hair and not women? True patriarchs there.
Ok but that sikh committee still talking care of the Muslim shrines literally melted my heart, God bless them.
right
Credit goes to british
@@nextleveleveryday7535 yes, credit the British which made the previous community abandon the site in the first place.
Sikhs are good people and they're not rascists
All of them bless them.
This dude probably took longer to make this video than that British lawyer did for making that border line.
Oh, that is obvious.
wizard680 it took 30 days to make border
Ahhh, the burn
Honestly I kind of feel bad for him, he gets the blame but really it was the British government's decision.
They said he was given what, a couple weeks to decide where to draw a dividing line between two entire new countries would be, given only census data and a little time to work.
It really should have been done over a couple years, with some temporary interim government elected from local communities would help make the decisions, with the future borders announced with months or years for everyone to move before the official division.
People needed to be in the highest of social and political circles to have been chosen for this job.
He probably had to do a lot of lobbying to get this job and would have made the assertion that he could do this job in a month ,even when he knew that he was not the right man for the job.
As a person of Indian descent ( my forefathers were brought here by the British as indentured labourers) it was very emotional for me seeing the schoolchildren of India & Pakistan interacting.
The colonial powers did untold harm to other countries and this world as a whole.
Trinidad & Tobago
West Indies.
it doesn't matter where you live as long u r living happily 🙏
Same as you - South African though
Same as you but surinam 🇮🇳🇸🇷🕉️
It was not colonial powers who demanded a seperate country. You know who did.
@@PotatoMan007 no it were the dutch british and french because they needed workers to work on the plantation
Strange how Britishers are taking years to finalize a Brexit deal but created two different countries in just months!
Niket Shukla no that’s because our government is useless and have a 6 week holiday in summer instead of sorting things out
@@Haybalemelonhead No only schools have 6 weeks off in the summer. All normal jobs resume
Zack E no the government has a recess in the summer, google it
Spot on!
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Dhaka resident in 1946: I'm Indian.
Dhaka resident in 1947: I'm Pakistani
Dhaka resident in 1971: I'm Bangladeshi
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Talk about being Bangladeshi
My Grandfather fought 3 of the fights
Dhaka resident in 2020 : I'm Assamese
@@reeshavgohain how
Some British dude: let's draw a line in a map, what could go wrong?
*Insert india-pakistan border, middle eastern border, Egypt-sudan border*
Edit : yes, i don't include Palestine-Israel border, but i do put middle eastern border, cause basically almost every middle eastern border happened cause brits. And Palestine and Israel also located in middle east. So yeah it technically count
Muhammad Iqbal Habibullah and don’t forget most borders in Africa!
Muhammad Iqbal Habibullah Oman UAE BORDER
Irish border
Don't forget the French!
To be fair he worked under pressure
I have to share this story after watching this video.
A couple of weeks i my grandparents came to India after 3 years. Yesterday I was talking to my grandfather asking him everything about his past.
He told me he had to leave everything they owned and had to leave their town. Then I showed him Google Earth and searched his hometown. I showed him the street view and he was so happy when I told him that was were he had lived. I will remember his smile forever.
the problem that british made
1. Israel-palestine problem
2. Hongkong-china problem
3. Pakistan-india problem
how exactly did the British cause the Hong Kong problem
@@hugoherman3499 opium war, Qing dynasty ceded Hong Kong to British for 99 years
Much more than those three
You are absolutely right. Not just the British alone. Basically western powers created problems in all their ex-colonies. Besides the ones you have mentioned, Africa is a massive example.
@@Shadow_Dragon546 so they have went to war with a country and they have taken territory from them? Something that literally every empire have done?
Indians: suffered
Pakistanis: suffered
Bangladeshis: suffered
Radcliffe : It was too hot out there in India
Ananya Pandey Struggle 😂
Fk Cyriel Radcliffe
😂😂😂😂😂
Mohmmad Jinnah: pakistan
Well , not whole Pakistani and bagladeshis.. Only minorities from those countries
The kids from both sides communicating through Skype and talking about normal things without any hatred was so heartwarming.
You may watch AIB's video featuring conversations between Indian and Pakistanis on phones.
It's not us, it's the politicians.....
@muhammad ali right on! Good luck against south Africa!
@@IfIDont_NobodyWill
Yep
The only people who are against each other have Been told lies about their country which makes the other evil
@@IfIDont_NobodyWill
Yep
The only people who are against each other have Been told lies about their country which makes the other evil
Paneer ka pyaar desh nahi jaanta
I’m not Indian, but it really pains my heart that people are separated simply out of haste and not proper negotiations. I can’t help but compare the Partition of India to the DMZ between North and South Korea following the Korean War, with many families being separated from each other for decades. I pray that, even if there is no reunification between India and Pakistan, people can visit each other’s “motherland” without any violence. Namaste and Salam to everyone in Hindustani (both India and Pakistan)🙏
Your comment is well-meaning. But it is not comparable with what happened in Korea. The creation of Pakistan was not something that was imposed by foreigners. It comes out of tensions between Muslims and Hindus that predate the British for centuries. The British Indian Muslims pushed for a Muslim state in the Indian continent.
@@ash9280 It was definitely imposed by foreigners. If the British wanted, India wudnt have been partitioned, but they had to act early, which they didn't, as they didn't care.
@@ash9280 The creation of 2 countries was to suit political interests of some people. I still don't see the need of a country based on religion in the subcontinent. If we divide the subcontinent on basis of language and religion, we would have a 100 countries in the Indian subcontinent.
@@phoenixbagri744completely political. Taking advantage of religious difference to advance politics. And the religious differences is to do with diet I blv. One eats one animal that other worships etc.. We are ok to go to moon but still hold such thoughts very seriously. Its difficult to explain this to people not raised in India.
@@phoenixbagri744bro the same thing is happening in South and North east of India
As soon as I heard "British lawyer drew the borders" everything made sense
british: 😂let's separate sikhs into Pakistanis sikhs and indian sikhs by drawing a border.
its like if you bring a plumber to fix a chair but there blind
everything started to make sense
@25 years ago until the British partitioned
@25 years ago All people are wonderful, it is just a few bad apples that have selfish needs. I don't which people you are referring to as "mean" but again everything is for a reason and a reason for someone to backlash could be because they are being controlled by an external power such as UK did to Pakistan and India.
Let's be honest guys. The British draws terrible maps:
-India and Pakistan
-Israel and Palestine
- The whole Middle East
-Africa's
-etc.
Sang Pham it’s on purpose, the brits knew what they were doing.
Whow!
Just let those guys never negotiate borders.
They did it on purpose so that people will fight among themselves, otherwise these british colonies would go on for wars (world war 3) in future against British.
It’s not so much there bad it’s probably more they didn’t care ( sorry if I’m wrong)
"Love knows no border "
Neither does Britain
daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnggg (insert meme of child saying "daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggg").
Underrated comment
So deep
Well said
Im dead laughing.
the fact that those kids are talking to each other with just innocence is just heartbreaking when you put into context what the leaders of both countries are doing. i hope the youth finds it in themselves to not give in to the hate!
youth supports hindu nationalism in india electorates says all
@@castlingcastle7970 seeeeeeetheeeeeeeeee
respect for the teachers who are spreading love rather than hatred in both india and pakistan.
perfect example of how people can be brought closer with the help of technology.
Yes! This was my favorite part of the video. Teaching the kids to love and respect and realize they're all one and the same. We all are...
Very true. Lovely teachers n kids
AB186 Peace will not coexist in the region unless and until the ISI and the army is completely destroyed.
That made me tear up
The Sikhs taking care of the Muslim graves, with respect, with a great heart. Touching.
The kids skyping in India and Pakistan, give me hope.
Pakistan might have punished her... For this act.... They hate Hindus... Hating hindus is in their syllabus
Muslims should also take care of temples instead of vandalizing them
Yeah u will see complete opposite in Pakistan.where they demolish everything
Andrés Mauricio do muslims do the same to the sikhs grave.wonder why you not complementing them.afraid
Its nice to see people
Miss leaded by media
I live near a sikh temple
And we are supposed to take care of it
No matter what you say or think ✋
8yrs of studying History in School & never have I understood the partition of my country as clearly as here!
yes i agree with you the most
I never knew about that British Old Man did that in less than a month!!
Exactly me too.. I never understood the actual reason.. I mean who actually did it.
I agree
No hate but I think it’s because Muslims and Hindus weren’t getting along well and there were discriminatory acts on both sides that are still taking place today. We still have problems with each other but we need to solve the Kashmir problem democratically and become friendly neighbours
My grandmother (nani) came from Pakistan to India due to partition, she used to tell us how back in their home in Pakistan they were sitting having tea and suddenly some Muslims came and threatened them to leave Pakistan, so they ran away without even taking a single piece of cloth with them...... her brothers and sisters all got divided while coming to India but fortunately they met after few years, all of them thought they died but they met and were so happy
@Akarsh2008The conflicts occured mostly in the border towns. All parties involved had it's fair share of skirmishes and mob violence in the border towns. It is also important to realise that our country is based on secularism, where as Pakistan was born based on the need for a Muslim state. In my state Kerala Hindus, Christians and Muslims co-exist peacefully.
@Akarsh2008 By saying we should have had complete muslim exchange, you have lost on secularism. Don't say that we can't do it. We can do it. But it requires trust from everyone and a willingness to acknowledge out mistakes.
@YourFuhrer1933 Both sides did bad things, you need to take that in.
@YourFuhrer1933 Because if you threatened the muslims there they'd have crushed you, as United Province was a Hindustani Muslim centre. You couldn't do such a thing in the first place.
@YourFuhrer1933 you write as if muslims werent forced out of hindu majority areas as well.
VOX BORDERS SERIOUSLY DESERVES WAY MORE ATTENTION.... SO GLAD ITS BACK GREAT WORK
🙄🙄🙄
75 likes Bhai TH-camr ban Gaya
indian partition: just get a guy to draw a line lol it's not so hard btw you have 4 months
brexit: *screams in british for 3 years*
subtitle [screaming continues]
tbh Brexit is being held up by another partition project that was supposed to prevent conflict
And it worked so well in Ireland that it caused two civil wars in 100 years.
Brexit manages to become even more exponentially ridiculous and hypocritical the more you learn.
🤹🏾🇵🇰 🇮🇳 🇧🇩 💂
Yeah that should do it, thnx for the soldiers bye.
🇨🇮 🇬🇧 🤽 🇪🇺
Britain: I want my independence! And I won't leave until you stop asking me all these hard questions I didn't prepare for!
Both Brexit and the Indian Partition have centuries of political history behind them. The basic principle is that no major change in governmental structures can ever be achieved in a way which satisfies everybody, and discussions on the best way to achieve the change will continually postpone the moment when an agreement is reached. The alternative is destroying the existing arrangements and leaving negotiations on the awkward details of the new arrangements until afterwards, when any compromise is better than total chaos.
Screams in British?.... Do you mean English?
When I met you at India gate a few months ago... I never thought this is what you were making.
You made me cry...
You just made me cry...
Waiting for the next 4 episodes.
So, didn't you know who he was when you met him?
It would be awesome if you can add to the borders-india series with a couple episodes from the POV of Pakistan. It would dispel a lot of the misconceptions that people have of that place!
As someone who was born in pakistan, with grandparents from india, a sikh best friend and currently living in England, this series is pretty much perfect for me aha.
"the most bizzare lines drawn across a map"
Africa: I can relate.
Yeah haha, that immediately crossed my mind too
@@dankdungeon5104 Ireland (and especially Donegal): christ tell me about it
India Africa bhai bhai
Caucuses, Balkans, Central Asia and Middle East also deserve a shout out!
Kurds: We can relate too.
I'm Indian and wasn't aware of those Skype calls. This is so pure I love it.
@@trollrat2828 for real man.. Why can't just people appreciate each other with goodwill
@@trollrat2828 Sadly, some people have not learnt anything from the outcome we have seen of hated through partition. Who knows when humanity will actually exist.
But it was Jinnah who came with 2 nation theory. Don't blame just British Jinnah is equally responsible for partition
@@PoorPakistanisSurrenderwasFant exactly, I dont see how Muslims never wanna blame jinnah and the muslim league..
@@PoorPakistanisSurrenderwasFant actually ask historians it was savrakar then jinnah
better come out from that whatsapp facts
Partition was the ugliest that happened to us Indians and Pakistani. And hatred from politicians has created a cloak of difference. But underneath the cloak lies similar identities, hearts and humans.
Love from India.
not by politician.
partition happen because of Islam
@@tarunchand3159 the only time when you should swear. Rather, _must_ swear. Politicians deserve only gaalis.
But at the end of the day, we are the ones who elect them to represent us, so aren't they a reflection of our inner selves after all?
@@bhavikbhatt8346 Partion happened because Mohammed Ali Jinnah thought Muslims would be looked down upon in a Hindu majority country
@@swadhinnayak4212 are they not?muslims are second class citizens in india
Swadhin Nayak please refer to the comments saying partition happened because of Islam. Muslims are not respected and don’t feel safe in India especially right now. If you don’t agree with please read other comments on this video made by Indians blaming muslims.
For people who don't know, Muhammad Ali Jinnah opposed the formation of Muslim league and wanted a secular India but Gandhi just came from South Africa and ruined everything. Later Jinnah went to England for a decade and joined Muslim league.
true congress ruined everything india should after partition formed a hindu state not to be secular
The part where you showed the kids broke my heart. Just innocent souls bonding over food and cricket and a common language.
It looked as if Kids are wiser than war mongering adults.
@@GoodSoul-nh4xc agree 100%
My grandfather had many brothers and sisters (around 7 or 9 can't remember exactly) and only 2 of them came to pakistan, rest of them stayed in india. So much of our family, our roots, our ancestral property is in india and it saddens me that I'll never get to meet any of them or see anything from my grandfathers childhood
All of his brothers and sisters passed away and he couldn't even visit them all
Now in his old age, his dementia sometimes makes him hallucinate and he speaks as if he's back in india, with his older sister, in their childhood home. It's been nearly a century but the trauma of this partition is still fresh in some people's hearts..
😭, sorry for ur grandfather. Love from India ❤️
why can't you come and search my dear..at least give a try
U are welcome in India anytime u want we're not terrorists as people on both sides think.
It's truly sad how it broke your family...
you should try for a visa
but real bad thing is that coming back is difficult
British people learning history : "so we're the bad guys?"
Your forgetting the rest of the colonization gang. France, Spain, Portugal, and Britain.
@Gurnaj Virk Tbh we were mostly taught about WW1 and WW2 in history. Well that's what I remember anyway. This stuff needs to be on the curriculum.
Gurnaj Virk at school you learn about great power figures like the Tudors and also about moments the supposedly started the modern world of democracy (magna carta), then you go a bit into the industrial revolution and some of its effect of that before slipping into the world wars and the cold wars. At uni, you gain a more complex view of Britain’s role in the world and all I can say is that first year me was shocked that partition is hardly ever talked about and almost never taught in schools
Gurnaj Virk what so the British are the only people that conquered and killed people? We all know if India had had the technological prowess in the 1800’s then they would’ve colonised Europe. It is human nature to conquer your neighbours. In U.K. schools we are taught mostly about medieval Europe and the renaissance, not that we ‘civilised the world’. Although can you really argue against that? If it wasn’t for Britain there would be no industrial revolution. No railroads or factories
always has been🔫🚶♂
🙏 🤲 respect for you sir! Thankyou so much for uniting our thoughts. Never ever cried in a video before this. Hope someday we will break the borders and unite once again. Love from india 🇮🇳 ♥️
I was overwhelmed so many times during the video... Especially when I saw the respect and honor that the Sikhs gave to masanian site. ♥️
Definitely Would have liked to see the other side do the same. But they just destroy the temples😂😂
Pakistanis are not like Hindus and Sikhs. ..They have damaged many Temples nd Gurdwara back there
That was really beautiful. One of those things that give you an ounce of hope for humanity.
I cried when the school bit started playing.
this man makes some of the best produced videos on youtube...seriously
not a man its a company
It's VOX
The quick cuts give me a headache.
It's not one guy, it's a whole company. Vox has like a magazine and a website too
Glad this is back! You deserve a netflix series.
Ur right BRO
Agreed
Oh my lord yes! Please.
Johny did an amazing job for the time he has and the product is this pure distillate but there are also so many stories not told. So much more to see and experience that he could share in a more Netflix like format!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I can't watch netlfix in my country because it's too expensive
I know right?
Sikh and Bengali know the pain and other can only imagine. I have heard many stories from my grandmother. Really got emotional after watching this doc
Not only sikh but hindus of Pakistan also......
Those Indian and Pakistani kid's interaction gave me goosebumps 😍 What an amazing video Vox. wow!!!
Me too brother.
But if thats true and whats taught in pakistan schools (and in many madarassas in India) is not hatred for Hindustan, then really goosebump worth only I agree, but I have a doubt, I also wonder if India and pakistan are same even after partition, then where are the Hindu temples built in pakistan before partition and where are the Hindus that stayed in pakistan after partition.
Have you seen the map of India??
@@apurbadas4646 DO you think thats a scripted part (that school interaction part) or a natural incident taken video?
@@bharusiva477 Children are inherently innocent before the venom of Hatred injected into their brains. We are still proudly playing the script created by British to destabilize the subcontinent.
You can really tell how much time they spend putting together interviews, footage, and stories into each of these videos within the series. Bravo.
Can we just appreciate the video *quality* and *editing* being done here 🔥
He is always awesome
It's a company. Of course, it's gonna have production quality.
the magic of Vox
lets admit it, the ONLY REASON we watch VOX is this SERIES (Johnny) and OBSERVATORIES (joss Fong)
punjabis you are not alone you are joined by arabs in mesopotamia swahilis in east africa bengalis in east india and others
This is one of the more incredible videos Vox has done, easily a top 5. When you realize how similar the cultures are, your heart just aches. The way Gandhi's heart probably ached when he saw it happening. What a mistake. You just want them to get along.
I'm afraid it's a little more nuanced than Vox makes it seem, Gandhi wasn't exactly an angel either.
respect to all you Indians and pakistanis, us irish know your pain
WE PAKISTANI VERY HAPPY SO ITS NO PAIN ON OUR SIDE AND WE WILL GET KASHMIR TOO
@@umerzahid4377 Keep dreaming.
@@umerzahid4377 bhak chutiye
@@umerzahid4377 Try comparing POK and our Indian Kashmir.
Haha. Lol. We Indians only want destruction of UK. Hope to God that northern Ireland secedes from UK and joins republic of Ireland. Britain is responsible for 3-4th of world's major conflicts
I love this series! So happy it’s back!
Ikr?
?
Once in a while great stories like this come out, which gives me hope. Everything on the internet is always purposely depressing, trying to get us riled up and fight against each other. If we could all see past our created differences, the world would improve for the better
I'm very happy its back
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Those students calling eachother, showing them their lunch, realizing we’re all the same people was so wholesome. Love from 🇧🇩
Hey dude! I just want to know what they teach you in school a d what people's opinions are on the 1971 war. In Pakistan it is considered a painful inevitability of sorts.
@@destruct0503 I didn't go to school here but pretty sure rounding up and killing 9 million people, mostly civilians, was not an inevitability. I have Pakistani friends whose parents lived in BD in 1971 and they were very ashamed of these actions.
Pakistan is son of india.... Its born from our land so be mindful of that son...... And also islam is religion of terrorist
@@darveshgupta8860 ok now you are just being arrogant... Not every Muslim IS a terrorist -_-
And Pakistan, India and Bangladesh are sons of The Indian Subcontinent (akhand bharat) .. that makes pakistan and bangladesh our brother..... And people like you are the reason of communal hatred between people... Grow up and stop getting manipulated by these politicians
@@darveshgupta8860 Not every muslim is a terrorist I am a muslim that offends me people like you are dead brain stereotypicial nobodys, and also pakistans are indians aren't dad and son there like siblings, I could say considering I am a pakistani.
I love this series.
" The sun never set on the British Empire, because even the god couldn't trust the English in the dark "
very perfect remark for britisheres
well now british have borise as leader so good luck to them 😁
@@worthit5064 As a British person I can say having Boris Johnson is terrible so far, so thanks for the luck lol 😅
@@naranciasorange579 hahahah i know , but you're not the one with the worst..........open twitter and see the Glory of Trump administration.😁
But he is absolutely right
I still remember my grandmother crying while telling how her and her family came into Pakistan on 1947 leaving all her relatives and home
:,(
😢
She should have stayed in india bro.....
@@aruntejamarakani6817 ehhh I'd suggest not to stay in either of these countries...
It's stressful😧
@@ExpectoBangtan agree lol
As an Indian...i can surely tell that all credit goes to British
This video should be part of World History in public schools. Why isn't this topic given more weight? Great video, Johnny!
Especially considering it's so recent. Instead of learning about the damn Tudors we should be learning about the recent events that have shaped the world we live in today.
E A Funnily enough, I never learned about the tudors in history but we did spend a couple months looking at India’s history and the division of pakistan and india. The US lacks any sort of consistency of education between states and counties.
There was a whole 1 1/2 month unit about India/Pakistan in modern world history in my sophomore year.
Because this is a mess by white imperialists obviously they aint gonna talk about it.
The textbooks of children in both countries are washed to look as if all efforts for freedom was done by their own people and portray the other country as an enemy.
I cried. And I'm not even from there. It's such a good story. Great job Johnny.
What?
Why? we are Pakistani are very happy and Indians are happy. we both have our own homelands.
@@starlight6152 From a political level yes but from a personal level it's a different story. Same culture and same familial roots but divided by the governments. I guess it can't be solved now, given our governments standing against Pak, but it's important to note that it exists.
Absolutely loved that you chose to focus on the cultural similarities in both the countries and ended this episode on a hopeful note.
In the midst of the inflammatory narrative peddled by politicians and the media, a common man just wants peace. Hopefully one day we will have that.
Ikr
I wish all Muslims and low caste people SC and STs remained in Pakistan... Converted to Islam.. None of this would be happening
Rishabh Kumar Of course there’s cultural similarities both countries used to be underneath one roof
In sha ALLAH
@@nirajsingh8403, what's have those people done to you?
And what's "this"?
India is not a Hindu country in case you didn't know that!
but the fact that dude chose to film this in India and not in Pakistan explains everythinggg...
obviously . india has million times more freedom than pak
These border series are a masterpiece of editing and filmmaking! Well done Johny!
Vox videos in general are just amazingly well done
Lesson learned: Never trust the British when your country is about to be independent
i have no words for how angry I am, they don't even own it. i don't even know, i have seen so many of them, just so many making fun of the patriotism, what do they actually expect? ha, not even ha.
just hear a fuvking partition story.
I just am so mad overall. acknowledge the trauma, share similarities, respect differences.
@@qsmimhmm1527 and the worst thing is when they draw the Borders they don't even know the map no matters what religion country we have one thing the same we are human love from Pakistan ❤️🇵🇰
@@Sammyfarel lots of love from indian subcontinent
@@Sai-hq4qo love you too brother i hope you and your family and loves one stay save love no matter what we are we are one that is human ❤️🇵🇰🇮🇳🇳🇵🇧🇩🇧🇹🇱🇰
How can someone with minimum sense trust those people whom they defeated to regain independence at last???????.
That clearly shows the level of common sense of those so-called leaders of India...
Actually, to speak the truth...I am talking about J. Nehru.
Atlast someone acknowledged the truth, British were in debt and couldn't afford India as it's colony.
Aur history book mein Gandhi ki Jay Jay Kar karte hai
And they were in debt because they tried socialism.
Fk no... there were many reasons...
The INA growing stronger was one the reasons...
@@zoephin6205 Did you forget about WW2? You know the war where the British went heavily into debt to fight the Germans?
Zoe Phin no they were in debt because of WW2. Same as most of Europe then
Dude this had me emotional. I'm missing those people more and more now
I requested for this episode right when the series started on a google form when you asked for suggestions. I feel so happy knowing my suggestion was taken seriously and the story of my people is being told! truly made my day!
I suggested this one as well. This is an important story that deserves to be told. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought so.
Asher Raza my grandpa did too from lahore to armitsaur he catched a train which everyone was killed in but in a matter of a few secounds it was full He catched it but lost his mother.
Asher Raza he said he has a dream of the countries reuniting. Know time will tell
Asher Raza yea reunification is unlikely in my opinion my grandpa wants it and if it happens it would be amazing but, peace is a good step they should take
I asked for it first! Na na na na boo boo stick your head in the Ganges!
2 days ago in my hometown in assam, a hindu man died, but he got no relatives, so the muslim neighbours living near him did the dead ceremony according to hindu religion. It was also in news..thats the love we have
Thank u for all these like.. First time getting this much like in my comment ❤
World would be such a better peaceful place without these power hungry evil politicians !!
@@shikhab2250
You mean congress, right? Right.
then comes bjp
@@HumanBeing...
BJP has always tried to resolve the Kashmir issue, from the vajpayee government to the modi's first four years. Modi was the one who tried to enhance the relationships between India and pakistan when he came into power, but everyone knows how pakistan backstabs India.
I'm from assam, where did this happen
My grandfather was a kid when the partition happened, they had to shift from Pakistan to India. The partition was terrible. Great video though, very balanced and precise.
Love from India 💯
Same thing happened to mine but in the opposite direction. Glad to know yours arrived safely!
Gaurav Relan just out of curiosity, does your grandfather consider himself “pakistani” still. Same for your parents
@@minute5facts428 actually there was no Pakistan.
curious spirit oh yea sorry forgot. But like now that the place where his grandfather was is called pakistan. Do you think he could consider himself pakistaniV
@@minute5facts428 i didn't see someone saying india or Pakistan. They talk about old punjab (purana punjab, sanja punjab) . I may be wrong. Peace :)
when i see the teacher doing the video call,
i got to tears.
that was deep, nearly 74 years gone by
our family was seperated.
There's an Indian north American proverb that says " if you saw two fish fight each other , certainly an English passed by "
Seems fitting
Jesus.... you mean native right?
@@LJ-fq6uw right
@@LJ-fq6uw Its complicated because Native American and American Indian are used interchangebly, made worse when even the Natives refer to themselves as 'Indians, Indian Reservations, etc'
@Bradley7 Johnson What? It's you Europeans lol stop blaming Muslims for your idiotic actions.
Love it man! Glad you found some of the Pakistan shots useful. Keep up the amazing work -- this is the best series to watch in Travel
hi drew i use to watch your daily vlogs. love it man
@R P they already did a week ago
Why is your account not verified?
Woah, what a Cameo drew...
You keep up the amazing work Drew! :)
The filming/editing/audio is so good it almost distracts from the story. Hands down best Borders ep yet. You should be proud.
I can’t even imagine how he did those epic zooming in and out shots. So seemless
Story? This is a real issue🙃
This was very emotional and I have absolutely no connection to that part of the world. Thank you, Johnny Harris, for being an amazing human being
Britian that ruled the Earth for 500 Years.
1. India-Pakistan Border.
2. India-China McMahon Line.
3. Israel-Palestine.
4. Argentina Falklands.
5. China-HongKong
And Many more ..
Most of africa, iraq, blah blah
The divide of river nile
They are criminals of humanity. They destroyed indigenous cultures and looted whole earth.
They reduced Africa to the pitiable state it is in right now.
The so called developed nations are Historically looters of the, so called third world countries.
Actually take out Argentina and the falklands and china and Hong Kong maybe you will be right
Amarkant Kumar but I guess that happens when u have an empire we just gotta move forward together
A big respect to the sikhs taking care of muslim graves .
Being a hindu (though I don't believe in God). Sikhs are the most generous people.
SuBhaYU BiSwaS then your atheist that's the unique thing with religion so you should study them and the Bible is the most man made try it you will see
Agree . I almost cried on that clip , respect for them
@@Dr.SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi same
@@ApostateAbdul idc
Brilliant. Usually foreign media falls short at covering issues in India but you did a brilliant job. Better than what Indian media could. Thank you for this series, keep making - love it!
Why would foreign media care about the history of India? Media tends to focus on the present day issues facing a country and both India and Pakistan have a lot of problems, so that's what they report on.
Arnhab Goswami wants to know where you live so that he can tell at you
@@vedsharma6248 so he can yell 'Sunny leone instead of sunny deol'. Lmao. That too on live TV.
@@nitishisad5947lol, A Troll, to Catch A Guy coz of his one Slip of Tongues.. I guess ur Born as Troll only.
Kartarpur is now opened for indian and feels happy that Sikh brother's and sister's will happily can visit their holy places
My grandfather born in India...❤
My father born in Pakistan...❤
I born in Bangladesh ❤
One place but 3 name..ha ha ha😍😍
So your grandfather was born in India and later it became East pakistan and then it became Bangladesh. Is that right.
@@captainnoodlez1718 I don't get it
@@robertomurri1278
British Raj in WW II and before (India)
East Pakistan before 1970's
Bangladesh after 1971
so you are a partition baby then or a real Asian baby then
Same with me. And now I am American.
The part where students skype each other is so beautiful. This is the way that we all should aim forward.
It happened in my school too!
@@arijitbanerrji2095 yeah. You Probably skype to Bangladesh.
@@bhavikbhatt8346 Is that bad?
@@Royc.3 why not. Even you sattle there I won't argue
@@bhavikbhatt8346 Nice. How are you contributing to India's development, may I ask?
Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar are strategically important neighbours and we need to maintain close ties with them.
Why does every sad story start with the Britishers drawing a line on the map
Jonny.... This how to your grandmother died,
You see...the British drew a line on the map....
They got too much land
Because white people like to colonize or exert influence on brown countries.
*India and Paskistan back then was British Raq so they were both Occupy by the british.*
@@gulerehan8625 actually because of that line many hundred thousand people died in the migration
It feels like current Russia and Ukraine situation - we have shared history, culture, friends and families
But politicians tend to grow nationalism and anger among us and it's horrible(
I've visited India and people there are very kind and open
Stories where Sikhs caring Muslims graves and children' Skype calls - melted to heart
Completely wrong! Ukraine doesn't have shared history with Russia! Cuz occupation of Ukraine during centuries, countless tries to annihilate Ukrainian language, culture and self-identity and even genocide of Ukrainians back in 1932-1933 cannot be called as shared history. It would be better to say that Ukraine was Russian colony.
And even now Russians are doing second genocide of Ukrainians in last 90 years.
Only Russians are sick with imperial ideas see Ukraine and Ukrainians as a part of Russian empire. And you're the re and living evidence of my words.
@funny man kid named bayraktar tb2:
First of all, Ukrainians are not Russians. It's the Russians who always thought Ukraine is a part of Russia, but that's not true at all. Ukrainians speaks a whole separate language. Russians need to stop interfering in Ukraine
And if there was cultural similarity, then Bangladesh would still be a part of Pakistan, but you know one reason why the East Bengalis wanted to separate, because they had the brains to know that Urdu was NOT NOT WAS EVER their language.
@@nittyrustdoneharvardfaker630 ambos são da mesma etnia eslava e a Ucrânia falava russo em sua maioria, agora graças ao tirano do Putin os ucranianos não querem saber mais dos Russos.
Ukraine and Russia are both slavic and orthodox. India and pakistan and Bangladesh are neither same race, nor religion.
Britain: Hobbies include drawing lines on maps
So underappreciated
Omg😂😂😂🤣
Palestine Israel i think also
😂👍👏
Britain let’s make random shapes on maps
As a Pakistani I want everyone to know that I love my Indian neighbours - politics shouldn’t divide us.
As an Indian living in Canada, I can not thank you for the kind words. From a person who lives thousands of kilometers away from this conflict, it still has major reproductions. Love from an Indian to our Pakistan brothers.
Same Here Bro love from india
Absolutely right we are brothers god save us
Politicians are of devils breed.
Must ignore them.
Love from India!
Pakistanis are Indians with Islam as their religion, that's all.
Can we take a moment to recognize how respectful Johnny is when he pronounces words in other languages?!
Every episode is always beautifully done to respect all people. Thank you for these stories.
Absolutely agree. His work is excellent
Hi, I'm from India. His pronunciations are wrong according to me, especially "muslim"
The best part of the video was the communication between Indian and Pakistani students
A rare piece on the subcontinent by foreign media that isn't just shabby stereotyping.
Although it was short it kinda got the gist.
satish anil nair
do some research.... it was the local groups that wanted partition due to ethnic and religious differences and the risk of civil was
Also there was no country called India when the Brits arrived. It was divided in to many princely states who often went to war due to their differences. Rewriting history and the truth is ridiculous!
@@deana1949 Sure there was no country "India" before. But the people of Punjab were NOT separated before the Brits did it.
Also even though there was no "India" at the time the Brits colonized us, there were huge empires covering most of modern India and Pakistan called "Hindustan" / "Bharat" for a lot of our history.
Nice try.
@@deana1949 There was no India? The Greeks and Persians literally had coined separate terms for the people living on the other side of the Indus and that is where the name India comes from.
The Mauryan Empire controlled 97% of India , The Gupta empire controlled a majority and so did the Mughals.
The British weren't the first to do it. Stop acting so delusional.
I think they should have pointed out that the ceremony isn't about hostility, it's a show of respect by both parties. They salute as they pass each other, and before retreating the flags they shake hands. They also exchange a gift of sweets on diwali.
This isn't the fact...I have been at that ceremony... They are abusing and cursing each other
@@arqambilalkhan1272 The people who come to those ceremonies come with different mentalities. The ceremony is intended as a show of sovereignty and mutual respect but the majority of the people think that it is a show of nationalism and somehow use that as an excuse to be jingoistic and hurl abuses.
They share cigarettes with eachother in their off period.
Hope for peace
I've been there(Indian side)....you should go too if you haven't....the host expresses hate, performing actions such as cutting thoat iykwim. More than an act of respect, it appears to rather be a competition of which side can shout better amd make their presence felt .....Hate is definately involved
Wah! That Wagah sequence brought back some memories 😅😁 Beautiful to see those school kids meeting each other and realising they have a lot in common 🇮🇳🇵🇰
BTW when will you come to Bangladesh
@@ShahTalks Not sure. It's on the list though. I need to return there!
@@KarlRock Hope you have a lovely time when visiting Bangladesh.
Jija Ji aap toh chaaye huwe hai har jagah
Karl Rock you should go to kashmir
Being a Pakistani I would only say this: The Countries like Britain, France, Spain and other colonial powers are responsible for most of the conflicts today, I dont hate any Indian, we lived together for centuries, what divided us was the British crown who also stole almost everthing worthy from us.......
Cyril Radcliffe himself said that people of India and Pakistan will never forgive him
does that mean he was sorry?
@@randomuploadsism no
@@randomuploadsism no never
@@sandhujatt3886 Very sad, but then it was an impossible task. I looked into it and he had to rush because the country was already clashing with riots etc.
glad he’s aware of that
At 14:00 a single drop of tear rolled down my cheek. My grandfather had to migrate from East Pakistan to Bengal. I can totally understand their feelings. Hope I can one day visit our old home in Bangladesh.
I live in Bangladesh. And I'm sorry to hear about what your family went through. Could you tell where your family migrated from?
Man i feel you.. Sighs. 😭
I would say I'm lucky enough. After partition fews of my relatives left for East Pakistan. Recently they visited Kolkata.
I told them how their town's (Lalmonirhat in Rangpur) light is visible from our village in Cooch Behar's border. They were literally crying.
Unlike Pakistan, where people migrated in a short duration, Bengalis have been migrating slowly. So lesser number of lifes wete claimed.
Also after partition of East Pakistan from West, Bangladesh and India have been maintaining friendly relation.
So it's easier for Bengalis to cross border.
I found its easier and cheaper for a person from Dhaka to visit kolkata than a person from Alipurduar or Cooch Behar(Which lies in West Bengal itself) to visit Kolkata.
@sayan
You always welcome!
I can't believe Vox canceled Borders. It's single-handedly one of the most loved series by so many people. I just can't understand why.
When did they cancel it?
Yeah
Due to borders I followed vox
perhaps due to pandemic
@@TheKing-xv5fz I agree. I'm sure when they take resources, costs, return of investment, etc into account, it just doesn't work out for them. But hey. At least Johnny Harris is still passionate doing this kind of videos.
@@aizat27 yeah, he's still active, he's got his own company or a studio production team and himself making videos that focuses deeply on common humanity on some harsh and polarizing topics.
Thank you Vox for covering this I am 23 years old indian, I didn't know about it, you people have really done a great work , i wish you keep on onto covering topics like this.
The man at 11:04 is just amazing. His family receives the Muslim temple and he continues to follow and respect their traditions even though it isn't necessarily his beliefs. Humans can be wonderful creatures.
Sikhism is basically respecting other religions
Vicc Shokeen or the Hindu extremists or the Christian extremists.what is your point or are you just a troll
Vicc Shokeen data is manipulation.look at all the Hindu in Muslim countries living and working there.ask them there experience.
@Vicc Shokeen go to dubai,bahrain,palestine,malaysia...matter is education not faith....
@@Sabo-dz6rs a religion to respect another religion
Shocked american: You can buy keychain of machine guns.
Rest of the world: Americans can buy actual machine guns.
in a supermarket!!!!!!!
he's shocked they dont sell the real thing
@@pablocalderon2342-n9s 😂😂😂😂😂
It's basically impossible to buy a machine gun in the US. You have to have an FFL and go through loads and loads of paperwork. It takes a lot of time and money because the guns are very expensive.
@@renjoh but what about shot-gun, pistols, rifles?
"It is a politician who poisons people's minds."
Truer words were never spoken.
Not REALLY.😁😁Facts are bitter then this video👍👍😂
No. Evil is inside EVERYONE. Never forget that harsh fact of reality.
@@Neonvarun Privilege-seeking politicians in the half-century or so of reforms leading up to Independence were always a source of friction and discord (and were even partly responsible for tragedies like the 1943 Bengal famine, which Bengal's nationalist government refused to declare officially as a famine, because they needed to show that an independent Bengal could survive without help from India).
It's like claiming that Hindus and Muslims always lived in harmony before British.
British were able to put us against each other because we were already against each other.
If one is raised strong and pure no corruption of ones mind can be achieaved eh ..
When lady teacher said- "before partition, we Pakistanis and Indians used to live together in the same place", it's just broke my heart, because of their foult (Britishers) we are now separated from each other.
we are all the same people of the subcontinent. Should stay united always 💪🏽🇮🇳🇵🇰🇧🇩🇱🇰🇳🇵
Seriously dude, but we know these dirty politicians won't let that happen.
After many years of separation, different standers, and laws they can’t unite, it would be a bloodbath. And who gets control over the government?
You forgot 🇦🇫
Time for SAARC to rise as the EU falls apart?
Lets be together as humans. Lets represent earth.
no idea why tears were there when i saw the students were talking like they are friends and they dont want borders...
Same.
Yes and I’m from 🇵🇰
same
True man
Its feel so happy and give peace to mind
After seen that
Students of both country talks like friends....
@Ganda Bacha
Why ?
We have every thing
Same
Before freedom,
Are not Indian and Pakistan are like brothers??
Why not now
Humans can do anything
Then why not this
Its such a beautiful and informative video.
As an indian i wish that some day in the future we'll keep aside our differences and live together once again.
Aditya Agarwal there are many who wants this but It’s hard but not impossible ❤️🇧🇩
@@memesins5647 From 1 country to 3 now😭😭😭🇮🇳
I hope your dream come true..
Forget about political differences..
If the economy of Pakistan doesn't improve the way it's in India. No sane mind would prescribe this.
@@akashmazumder8235 Economy is directly affected by politics.
This was heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time.
The respect that Sikh's are showing to the Muslim graves is absolutely beautiful. We are people of the same land eventhough I live abroad where Pakistanis and Indians live peacefully
Muslims don’t show the same respect for Sikhs or anyone else tho that is the problem
And you guys slaughtered our gurus. You killed guru gobind singh ji, guru teg bahadur ji. And now you're showing respect? 🤔 🙄 Bloody islamist
@@AkashS97 No sikh has ever blamed any muslim for what their rulers did to their gurus. You would have known that if the names you listed were actually 'your' gurus. Dont impersonate us. Us sikhs don't hate anyone.
@@tkogill5820 Sikhs are received just as well in nankana sahib Pakistan. Respect. and Avoid the Hindu poison in this thread.
In most of Indian Punjab we have mosque and every one go. I used to go on every Thursday when I was in india and I am missing them.
Wow that Skype call gave me goosebumps! Kudos to those teachers ❤️ love from India ❤️❤️
Earth: i will provide a land to all the religious people.
British: Wait. That's illegal.
Literally, when Francis Walsingham and Walter Raleigh etc. were exploring the world in the 1500s (1570s I think), Queen Elizabeth gave them permission to "conquer"/colonise anywhere that wasn't Christian, and claim it for England.
Earth also provides lands to non religious people too bud
Muslim Nationalism and Hindu Nationalism were both growing in popularity before the partition. It is highly likely Muslims would be persecuted by the Hindu majority if the partition never happened.
Kozv that’s funny because Muslims in Pakistan are the ones that actually persecute people who aren’t even Muslims it’s become so bad that India now allows people from neighboring muslim countries to come to India if they are being persecuted for their religious views or lack of it
@@Kozvick blah blah blah
Tears come when I think about this event. British gone but devides us in peices. 😞I love my real India , miss you India