#wagha border

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Wagah Border is a famous border crossing between India and Pakistan, located near the town of Attari in the Amritsar district of Punjab, India. The border is known for its daily ceremonial closing ceremony, called the "Wagah Border Ceremony" or "Beating Retreat Ceremony."

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"For every trial and sorrow that God makes us shoulder, He has a reason." ~Khaled Hosseini.

A year has surpassed, since my anxiety disorder.

But even now, as the sun sways on the clouds at evenings, I can feel the remnants of the disorder. The anxiety penetrating deep within the edges of my belly, and the waves of the new-found atheism.

My disbelief in my God, Madhav.

I went to a couple of people for my anxiety. From the pathologist, to the school teachers, to the school counsellor, to friends, and lastly, to my aunt.

"Do yoga. Go meditate, it's good for anxiety,"

"You worry alot, and you overthink stuff. Why do you want to add more?"

"Itna tension nahi leneka. Be happy."

Imagine you're walking in a tunnel with a herd of people walking like sheeps. You're screaming; full throated cries. Yet, nobody in the tunnel can hear you. Yes, it feels exactly like that.

When the anxiety started, at cold dusks,

I would be on the brink of death.

Thoughts would nuzzle around my mind, like a snake caging its prey with its tail.

My hands would tremble and my breathing would occur with labour.

The fear, the stress, would slowly creep down to the belly of my abdomen and I could do nothing.

I had foreseen a panic attack.

I saw it coming.

Gently, it walked towards me in March.

One flaming hot summer noon,

In a caged toilet, with warm wind gushing through the windows, the attack began.

I remember traces; I was banging on the locked toilet door, with palms turned into fists, and I could not speak.

Words wouldn't fumble out of my mouth and I would helplessly bang on the oak door.

When I was released out of the toilet, the attack raced with a deadly speed.

My cheekbones, my lips, and my mouth went entirely numb. I can remember the tears flowing out of my eyes, and being incapable in providing life to my numb mouth.

"WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE ALL OF THIS? OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO COULD SUFFER, WHY ME? WHY ME?" I didn't realise I was screeching until my mother ran her fingers over the temple of my head, her eyes packed with tears.

I healed at the end of may, and the beginning of June.

After gazing at the monuments in Delhi, to the organized streets in Chandigarh, to the snow-capped mountains in Manali, to the flower gardens in Dalhousie, to the temple in Amritsar and lastly, with the soldiers at Wagha border.

With people, with places, and with memories,

I realised that life is now.

Life is in the present. Life is in the moment that I live, life is now that I'm writing.

Life is this.

My aunt, in east Maharashtra, was a messenger sent by Madhav, which we both believe in.

"You have taken the steering wheel of your life from Madhav. Return it back, divya. Let him drive. Let him take care of the speed and destination. You sit beside him and enjoy the journey. And trust him again. He won't let the brakes fail."

"It doesn't matter how many times you water a mango seed, for it will only ever bear fruits in summers."

"The only two things that you should focus on are; what you want in life and what will you do to achieve it."

She healed me.

At the end of the summer, on the brink of an upcoming monsoon,

In the garden, I met Madhav again.

In my dreams, I dream of peacock feathers and summers.

I dream that I am sitting beside the driver's seat and am gazing at the buildings that I grew up with.

"What happened?" Madhav asked.

I grinned; all teeth.

"Winters are parting," I answered.

"What do you see, Divya?" He asked standing beside me.

"I see the dawn of a rising sun."

"I will never let this sun set." He promised.

Now, as the fear of academic pressure looms over me, as new books, new publications await me,

I smile.

"Let me live now." i mutter.

I can see Madhav's eyes cramming with tears for the first time in days and a smile beaming at the dawn.

Author: Divya A. Korde.

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Zonergy successfully completed installation of NLC Solar Project on Wagha Border

Zonergy successfully completed installation of NLC Solar Project on Wagha Border

Zonergy has again paved the way for Pakistan’s energy secure future with the completion of the largest 102Kw NLC Solar Project on Wahga Border, Lahore. This venture in renewable energy is part of the Zonergy’s sustainability strategy that focuses on the core pillars of planet, people, & product, making a real impact on the energy security while drastically cutting the carbon footprint across the…

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Women Cycle From Wagha Border To Arunachal To Promote Pollution Free Environment

Women Cycle From Wagha Border To Arunachal To Promote Pollution Free Environment

Two women from Bihar and Uttarakhand have started a cycling expedition from the Wagah border. Amritsar (Punjab): With an aim to convey a message of a pollution-free environment and women empowerment in the society, two women from Bihar and Uttarakhand have started a cycling expedition from the Wagah border to Arunachal Pradesh. “Our motive is to spread the message of women empowerment. We will…

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Funeral prayer of Pakistani girl killed by Indian forces offered in Narowal

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Shahi Qila is part of Punjab's traditions, providing warm hospitality to guests. We serve an exclusive mouth watering food with the Traditional Punjabi flavour. "Our food is the best guarantee of happiness".

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bakistan trip thots

here’s a super long post detailing my thoughts and observations while staying in pakistan im also going to include the two days i spent in saudi arabia anyways this is going to be long  so here we go-

Saudi Arabia:

I....don’t even know where to start with this one. Visiting Mecca and Medina was dreamlike, but the rest of the country...The best way I can explain it is that I was constantly on edge. There’s just something so unsettling about the people there. Not the laborers of course, who almost all were pakistani, which was pretty funny since we spoke more urdu than english in s.a. But going back to the holy mosques, Al-Haram didn’t feel real. It still doesn’t. Touching it felt even less real. I still can’t believe I went there. I actually experienced a supernatural event there. I was standing in line, waiting for fajr to begin, when i felt three fingers tap my shoulders, but when i turned around, it was just women standing in the row behind me, and they were too far too touch me...i’d like to think an angel patted my shoulder :)

Masjid-e-Nabwi s.a.w is GORGEOUS. like seriously breathtaking!! i gotta give it to the sauds on this one, they went off. i was also lucky enough to visit the prophet’s grave. i couldn’t see it bc they’ve put a barrier up (:/) but knowing im just a few meters away from him....what i prayed most there is that i would return to that very spot, but when im dead.

Jeddah international airport SUCKS. how the khaleejis have billions of dollars but literally dont have running water in their bathrooms is beyond me ffs

Pakistan:

Oh, Lahore. For context, I visited Lahore again after nearly a decade. And so much has changed. To my pleasant surprise, the city has developed immensely. In certain parts of the city, you couldn’t even tell this was part of a developing country. One thing I was really happy to see tho was the sharp reduction of child beggars. There are still children laborers, but they’re from impoverished families, not homeless orphans. Said orphans are (hopefully) being taken care of by the new bureau of children’s welfare. there were a bunch of signs for the bureau with a hotline to call if you saw a child in need. Of course, poverty still exists, and things have become considerably harder ever since Imran Khan has upped the sales tax to 16 (!)%. I actually saw a sign that read “Don’t mind the tax- it’s building your country” lol. Maybe if those mf’s didn’t allot 80% of the annual budget to the army, you wouldn’t have to make like a living hell for the impoverished.

Speaking of the army...they play such a complicated role in pakistan. On the night Solemani was murdered, I was woken up by an air-raid siren. I was just lying in my bed in complete fear, not knowing if India was attacking us or not. Because I pray, I know which direction west is, so I was just holding my breath and telling myself if the plane comes from the west, it’s ours and we’re fine, and if it comes from the east, we’re fucked. Of course it came from the west and the next morning when I asked my mom about it she told me it was just a practice drill, and the sirens for if/when india attacks are unmistakable. There’s also the fact Lahore is right at the border, and if there was ANY bombardment we’d know about it before any siren had the chance to go off. so while the army suctions out billions of dollars for itself (the most expensive housing schemes in lahore (DHA, Askri, Cantonment, etc. are all owned by the army), no one can really speak against them, because unlike the u.s army, they do play a role of defense for the population, and people have the utmost faith in the army. i asked my friend if the army should liberate kashmir, and she strongly said yes and insisted that the kashimiris be restored their human rights, but when i asked if she was scared of the resulting war, she said no, because she knows that “our army is stronger than india’s. that’s why they’re too scared to start a war outright with us.”

I actually visited the Wagha border. I thought the ceremony itself was hilarious in how stupid it was, and yes I gave myself a moment to be toxic and joke with my cousins at how much smaller and skinnier than indian army was than our punjabi rangers, but overall, I left the flag-changing ceremony feeling anxious and sad. Sad because on the other side of the border is Amritsar, the city my great-grandfather lived in. And I’m likely to never see it. The partition should not have happened, but when I visited the history museum and saw the exhibit of the refugee trains that came to Lahore with more dead passengers than living ones....it’s a sad truth that such dire circumstances had been created by the evil british empire that the partition was a necessity. A look at how muslims are being treated today in india only confirms every prediction jinnah had about the fascist hindutva caste rule that grips india today like an iron vice. im not trying to defend the pakistani state in any ways, as it itself is bigoted and straight up feudalistic lol, but i have greater hope for its populace of eschewing itself from religious sectarianism than i do for india atm. 

And oh, how my heart hurts for Kashmir. I visited a boy’s orphanage that was especially for Kashmiri orphans...Meeting those sweet babies, and seeing the sadness on their faces...When my mom asked about the poor condition of the place, the man in charge very sadly said “i know you wont believe me, but this place is much better than what we rescued these boys from”. all i can say is death to the illegal indian occupation and peace and liberation for the brave and resilient people of Kashmir. 

I also visited a women’s shelter for victims of domestic violence. That definitely triggered by ptsd, but that shelter is run by the government, unlike the orphanage, and i was really happy to see it was in really excellent condition. However, that was really the only positive there. While the shelter has an amazing skills program where they empower women to become financially independent by teaching them reading writing and other basic skills...all the women there were so broken down in the inside. and it killed me bc i had seen those looks a million times in both mine and my mother’s faces back when we still lived with my father. when my mom asked how she could help one of the women, she replied “by making me into a man. otherwise there is only suffering”. i kinda wanna cry just writing that. the patriarchy is the worst thing there is about pakistan, and i wanna tear each and every abusive man apart!!!!

ok let me try to get to the more positive parts....besides the sad things i mentioned above, living in lahore is so fun! every time you leave your house is an adventure. shopping in the bazaars are exciting and intellectually stimulating as you design your own clothes and bargain the prices, the street food is TO DIE FOR, all the people are super kind (literally if you’re trying to reverse or make a u turn on a busy street, a random person will come and help you without you even asking). the rikshaws are so cute, i loved all the goats just chilling, the old lahori architecture is gorgeous, and of course, all our food is delicious. all my relatives are so sweet, and they made me realize how lonely life in america is. 

OH, i forgot to add, there are chinese propaganda posters EVERYWHERE in lahore. i’ll make a separate post for that, but the effects of the CPEC is very clear to see in lahore. one thing about all the developmental projects that was nice is that there was a very clear focus on aesthetics, and i can happily say that lahore really does look like the city of gardens once more :)

Islamabad......Before I say anything I just wanna say every other bitch in that city has a white man. I simply don’t get it. Ok I do, since Pakistani men suck, but did we really have to go after the colonizers....Anyways, the city is gorgeous. I can see why it’s one of the most beautiful capitals in the world. The backdrop of the himalayas only add to the charm. It was pretty bougie tho. 

Hmm I think I said everything. If not I’ll just make another post lol. 

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