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Allah meets Bollywood on Indo-Pak border
Shouts of "The only superpower is Allah" rose to a crescendo as hundreds of bearded Pakistanis raised fists at Indians yards away. Across the two countries' border, the Indians retaliated with their own trademark anthem -- loud Bollywood music.Welcome to Wagah, one of the few border crossings at one of the world's nuclear flashpoints, a non-descript place a few miles from Lahore in eastern Pakistan. Wagah has always been charged with symbolism. A daily ritual of confrontation here between uniformed, quick marching border guards has become a crowd puller - part nationalistic theatre, part showmanship and part exaggerated diplomacy. Posted by: john frum 2007-12-30 |
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