Once held as a tradition that nurtured ties, marriages between Indians and Pakistanis are now throwing up many challenges and fears for families.
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| (Keshav Singh/HT photo) Pakistani bride Tahira Ahmad with her husband, Chaudhary Maqbool Ahmad, and their children at Qadian in Punjab. |
Source/Credit: Hindustan Times
By Manraj Grewal Sharma | June 14, 2017
Laughter and loud talk ring through the streets of Punjab’s Malerkotla. It is Eid, but what has made the festival more special in this Muslim-majority town is the visit of women who have been married to Pakistanis, especially amid the strained ties between the two countries.
It is a joy seeped in relief. For many, getting a visa to India is not easy, and they are lucky enough to have managed it.
A princely state till 1947, Malerkotla was an oasis of peace during the Partition. Later, it was commonplace for locals to marry their daughters off to relatives in Pakistan and vice versa.
“It was a way to nurture family ties,” says Razia Bano, who married a distant relative in Pakistan in 1981.
But deteriorating bilateral relations has shaken the tradition. “Nowadays, we prefer a local match,” says Mohd Owais, a businessman and philanthropist.
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