zarhat

[i don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war -georges clemenceau]

i found this in amit varma's blog india uncut:

just off the corner of namak mandi, i get chatting with a gentleman named mohammad anwar, who makes and duplicates keys. as soon as mr anwar learns that i'm from india, he asks , "have you heard of sher shah suri?""er, yes," i reply."well then, you must know that he built the grand trunk road, which connects peshawar to calcutta. now, that grand trunk road, to me, is more of a truth than india and pakistan."he nods wisely here. i nod as well.

(the gt road actually goes beyond both peshawar and calcutta, but you get the point.)