I believe in Romancing The India-Pakistan Border
‘We want to work with Pakistani youth’
“We are Aatish, a theatre group in Delhi. We believe that art and love have no borders. We believe in a world where people are free to travel, move and explore. When we talk of world peace or harmony, the best person to be friends with is your neighbor. That’s why, as a theatre group who believes in peace, we strongly support Romancing the Border and Aman ki Asha.
At hearts each of us is a dreamer. Aatish was born out of our dreams and passion two years back. We hope that someday we get a chance to perform in Pakistan. We want to meet our contemporaries on the other side and know them as well. One of our dreams is to work on a project in collaboration with the youth of Pakistan. We hope that someday we can walk through the bazaars of Lahore as we walk through the ones in Delhi. We get a very nostalgic feeling when we visit the Wagah border – we see the lights and faces on the other side. Yet we cannot walk down to that part of the street and meet the faces and become friends.
Gulzar saab writes, “Lakeerein hain, to rehne do. Kisi ne rooth kar gusse mein shaayad, Khaunch di thi. Inko banao paalo. Aur aao, kabbadi khelte hain. Lakeerein hain to rehne do.” (There are borders, let them be, someone got angry and drew them. Nurture them. Let’s play kabbadi, let the lines remain).
We believe that we are not the only dreamers here, there are many out there like us.
Stealing another line from Gulzar saab all we want to say to the other side of the border is, “Nazar mein rehte ho, jab nazar nahi aate, Yeh sur bulate hain, jab tum idhar nahi aate.” (You are in my sight when I can’t see you, these tunes call me when you don’t come here)
Love and peace,
Aatish”
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