Families Stretch Across India-Pakistan Divide
Posted on July 31, 2010, by Hanna Ingber Win, under India, International.
MUMBAI, India — Every time Tasleem, who lives in Mumbai, makes a call on her mobile to her mother in Karachi she receives a text message from her service provider urging her to be on alert. She should “exercise caution” when calling someone in Pakistan, the message tells her, as the information she shares “can be misused.”
“It doesn’t happen when I call London,” Tasleem said with a laugh.
The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan held talks earlier this month aimed at restoring relations, still floundering after the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai by Pakistani gunmen. The media has focused on the political jostling between the two countries, addressing sweeping issues related to Kashmir, terrorism and the sharing of water resources.
What often gets overlooked is how the tensions between the countries affect ordinary people every day.
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