I really don't want to get into a discourse or arguments about this. I will stand by what I wrote in the post earlier.
1) When we talk about terrorism, let's get on the same page about the fact that terrorism is carried out by most countries, if not all. India, too, is on the list. Yes, Pakistan has, in fact, carried out multiple terrorist acts, but the same has been done by India as well. I'm not defending Pakistan. I just want to objectively state that it's an action done by the people as per the government's orders or carried out by nationalists (on both the side of border).
2) For the longest time, Hindu meant India, which was derived from Indu, as we all know. India, the civilization near Indus River. Indian culture is a superset, with Hindu culture being the subset. If you're mad about Hindu culture being "stolen" by Pakistan, I want to tell you that Bali and many SEA countries also have culture and traditions borrowed from India and actively engage in them even though they're in no way part of India. (SEA-blings!!! ^-^)
This cultural spread happened because!! (you guessed it right) Indians were there some where at some point to spread the culture. The same is true with Pakistan. Indians were there at some point and encouraged our culture to be followed.
In the same context, I'd like to say that since India was such a huge country and full of richness, not just financial but also cultural, our people were spread all over south, east asia, and south-east asia, as a result of which, we have many cultural similarities. Hence why a lot of people call it south-east culture! That being said, I agree that stuff that originated in India should be classified as Indian and popularised as Indian and not South-East Asian.
Statements that "we have shared cultures that should be celebrated" and "Indian things should be popularised as Indian" are two different things and should be comprehended as such.
3) The fact that India and Pakistan share culture and historical ancestry is true because it was a part of the same big-ass country pre-independence that was divided by colonisers.
Pakistan doesn't share similarities with Karnataka and Kerala or the northeast. But neither does north India. The rest is more similar to Afghanistan because they are neighbours, which again led to the borrowing and spreading of cultures. Tamil language is popular in Sri Lanka because Tamil Nadu is close to Sri Lanka. North-East India and China have things in common because they're close. So, yeah.
All this being said, my intention is not to argue or deny anything. I just want to encourage good relations with our sibling country. Yes, we have had political issues since the beginning of partition (because of partition), we need to understand that it's our governments who have encouraged such behaviours. I would also like to point out that there are people in Pakistan who would rather watch India turn to ashes and people in India who would want the same for Pakistan. But despite the existence of all this, there are people who love and respect the people on the other side. I have had Internet friends in my teens who were from Pakistan. She respected my country and beliefs in the same way I did hers. (We became friends through 1D fandom!) At the end of the day, they are people just like us.
If you want to read further about this, I will attach some links below
https://www.quora.com/Where-does-one-draw-the-line-between-Indian-culture-and-Hindu-culture-Can-we-really-talk-of-them-separately
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.isca.in/IJSS/Archive/v4/i1/7.ISCA-IRJSS-2014-285.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiq2q-0g96SAxWvcmwGHbrDBi4QFnoECEYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3C1y4IgbRsx6ARDNbYr5mO
https://www.google.com/amp/s/homegrown.co.in/amp/story/homegrown-explore/the-ties-that-bind-my-trip-to-pakistan-showed-me-how-similar-our-two-nations-really-are
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