They are enemies then why are Indians called pakis?India and pakistan are in a state of war from the last 30 years
2007-01-23 01:50:41 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
They both speak English with the same kind of accent. Hindu or muslim, if it sounds like a duck, it is a duck.
Besides that, most Americans are notoriously ignorant of things outside of their own sphere of vision.
2007-01-23 01:54:56 · answer #1 · answered by Kokopelli 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
India and pakistan were one country until the monstorous partition. Hindi and Urdu are almost the same language. Pakistanis and Indians are ethnically the same. The thing that separates them is the false paradigm of religion. So many lives so much money wasted over something so stupid.
Think about what both countries or a unified country could have done with all the resources they squandered on military equipment and their mad quest for nuclear weapons.
2007-01-23 04:02:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ignorance including Indian and Pakistani. As someone said, India and Pakistan used to be one country. Now it is India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the disputed Kashmir Region. Its territory consists of over 300 ethnic groups and languages. Of all things, why did they divide along religious lines. Why not unite along the common thread of being a former British colony, united by a new tradition, Rule of Law, and a new language, English, which they still use. Why channel our tendancies toward tribalism along religious lines.
By the way, don't link them together but I wish I could because they have many more things in common than what separates them.
2007-01-23 02:11:51 · answer #3 · answered by Kitiany 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ethnically, culturistically and linguistically, Indians and Pakistanis are almost the same. At the time of Partition, Lord Mountbatten left Kashmir as disputed territory for both countries to fight over. When Indians and Pakistanis meet in other countries, they usually become the best of friends.
2007-01-23 05:42:17 · answer #4 · answered by yakkydoc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
India and Pakistan used to be one country and come from the same origins. They only differ in religion. Even their languages, Urdu and Hindu, are two ends of a linguistic spectrum called Hindustani.
It is wrong to insult them by the pejorative term, "pakis".
2007-01-23 01:55:20 · answer #5 · answered by darth_maul_8065 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Indians and Pakistanis are brown-skinned,their accents match because of the urdu-hindi links.besides most people dont care to see whether somebody is an Indian or a Pakistani when they are shouting insults at brown-skinned people.
After the 9/11 incident there is basic distrust of asians all over the world...most people dont have the basic maturity to see that they are innocents working their backs off to support their families in Asia.narrow minded racism exists everywhere...
2007-01-23 02:08:01 · answer #6 · answered by sherin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Originally it was one land for all...One Population as a whole
Then it became Two....due to some religious beliefs and stuff like that...
Upper part of it "Kashmir" is still disputed against...
Both Countries have Muslims & Christians
Both populations look alike in PLENTY of things
Both appreciated "I Presume" Ghandi's Mission
Aurdue is a commom language in both
English is a Formal Language in both countries...
Both were planned against by External forces...
Both have developed the Atomic Bomb...
So many things in common between the Two Countries, and that's why PEOPLE MIX between them
2007-01-30 10:04:59 · answer #7 · answered by FOREVER AUTUMN 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason people see a Hispanic person and assume they are Mexican or an Asian and assume they are Chinese. IGNORANCE.
Sorry my friend, you live in US and there are so many ignorant people, it's unbelievable. The more you go mid-west the worse it gets.
Fortunately, most ignorant folks are old and soon will leave this earth and hopefully take their ignorance with them. But until we teach our children respect and appreciate different cultures, we will have this problem. Start with yourself, with your children.
2007-01-30 18:32:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignorance. But they used to be one country and also they are now right next to one another so it is hard to tell them apart in some cases.
2007-01-23 01:58:21 · answer #9 · answered by hopflower 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bottom line...they're uneducated. Good question, you probably just informed more than a few people of this major difference between the two.
2007-01-23 03:15:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋