I met many Indians in real life and they were always approaching to me first and were very kind to me and always acted as if i was their lost friends and were very friendly with me. They always stay away from politics and religious discussion even when i started such conversation to know about their thoughts about Pakistan or Islam. I am not just talking about north Indians but south Indians as well
I saw a different side of some Indians here on DFI who have this so much poison or negativity towards Pakistan or Pakistani and always negative thing come from their mouth when they type word Pakistan or Pakistani. I know Pakistan is not perfect country and Pakistani are not perfect people but still you cannot make gross generalization about a religion or country which have all sort of people in it. You cannot paint all of them with negative brush. So far i have seen all this negativity from Indians only on defence forums or comments section of youtube/Facebook. Is it because they find it easy to hide behind computer screen and say whatever they like without having any fear of consequences and become as key board warriors and internet tough guy?
Would they act same or say same thing in front of a Pakistani if they meet him in real life in foreign countries? Or they would hide such negative feelings in their hearts and would become diplomat? I always had this wish to meet some Indians like i see on DFI and they say these things to me face to face. where i will find such straight forward Indian who speak or act same in real or virtual world ?
My only exposure to Pakistanis has been only once, during one of my trips to Kuwait. Due to late arrival of flights from Islamabad and india we were struck in Bahrain. after utter confusion and 6 hour delay. . We had to share hotel for a stopover in Bahrain.
Infact i had my reservations with the batch I had met there. I then realised that all were good mannered and honest.
Good mannered because the young men from Islamabad flight ensured the unaccompanied old ladies were comfortable inspite of the confusion and chaos. They were respectful and well mannered. We had good chat.
Honest because I had loaned about 100$ to one of the guys from Islamabad flight. He had no cash on him and he was hungry since the stopover was unexpected. I didn't even expect the money back. After we reached Kuwait the guy found me out of the crowd and returned the money before I stepped out of the Kuwait airport.
Infact it is from them that I heard for the first time about over night mullah marriages in Dubai with divorce in the morning (all inclusive) and Saudi and Kuwaiti mullahs booze weekend trips to Bahrain and Dubai .
Mind you this was before Mumbai attacks.
Even as of today I am of the opinion that there are still some sensible guys on the other side, but I am afraid their numbers will be reducing as time passes.
In real life if we meet we might even get along and have some laughs as long as we keep away from contentious issues.
Having said all this, DFI is a nationalistic niche crowd. You should expect no lesser responses to baki crowd from this forum.