Cultural Differences Between India and Pakistan

Cultural differences are always the cause of the most influential conflict in world history. Differences in these cultures arise because of lack of understanding among the concerned parties (Gumperz, 1998). However, intentionally raising cultural awareness is the greatest weapon to overcome the negative factors arising from cultural differences (Wunderle, 2006). The purpose of this mission is to compare cultural differences between India and Pakistan. Next, I will show how these differences cause conflicts.

The cultural differences between India and Pakistan are deep-rooted, but there are many commonalities that can help narrow the gap, including sharing a common social structure, culture, norms for thousands of years. In addition, policies such as second or fourth orbital diplomacy can help people get closer. The biggest obstacle to further developing relationships is the lack of trust. The current campaign to improve grass-roots relations has not been successful so far, but it shows hope. Another obstacle to improving relations is extremism. Extremism and events like 2008 Mumbai attacks and Samjhota Express bomb attacks are detrimental to relationship improvement efforts. Indian militants feel that it is difficult to accept Pakistan as an independent country. In Pakistan, extremists use the massacres of Kashmir and Gujarat as trump cards to prevent progress.

Despite the historical, cultural and ethnic connections between India and Pakistan, the relationship between India and Pakistan has been plagued by long distrust and doubt since the Indian division in 1947. The main cause of the conflict between India and its western countries is the Kashmiri conflict. Following the invasion of Pashtun's tribal members and Pakistan paramilitary forces, Hindu al-Khalil Singh and Jammu and his Muslim prime minister Sheikh Abdullah of Kashmir's Doma signed a letter of accession to New Delhi . The first Kashmir war began after the Indian army entered the capital of Srinagar and confirmed that the area was protected from invading troops. The war ended in December 1948, and the control line divided the old kingdom into areas managed by Pakistan (North and West) and India (South, Central and Northeast). The war of 5 weeks put out thousands of casualties on both sides.