Noted lyricist and writer Javed Akhtar said on Friday that he is doubtful that the relations between India and Pakistan will improve in the near future.
Referring to South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a process that allowed victims and perpetrators of apartheid to come together, Akhtar said India and Pakistan missed a similar opportunity after Partition, which caused massive displacement and trauma on both sides.
“It is a bit late in the day for reconciliation. Our people in India only knew what happened to them after 1947-48. The people over there knew what happened with them. If only all of them had sat together once…. It has been 75 years, they would be in their 90s now. How many of them would even be alive?” he said at the launch of a book titled “Farewell Karachi”, written by film critic-author Bhawana Somaaya. PTI
