Sushma Swaraj’s awesome response to a Pakistani girl worried about returning home is winning the Internet. Swaraj, in her response to the girl, proved that the bitterness between the two countries will never come in the way of humanity.
On September 27, a delegation of 20 students from Pakistan arrived in Chandigarh for the 11th Global Youth Peace Festival, bearing hand-written notes and friendship cards from various schools from across the country. But amid tensions that gripped India and Pakistan after the Uri attack and surgical strikes, the girls were worried if they’ll return home safe.
Aliya Harir, leader of the contingent and convenor of Indo-Pak friendship initiative titled Aaghaz-E-Dosti, reached out to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to help the girls return to Pakistan. Harir later tweeted that the minister has assured her of help. “Extremely overwhelmed. Spoke to @SushmaSwaraj ji who assured that Pakistani delegation of #GYPF2016 will reach Pakistan back safe,” tweeted Harir, along with emojis of the Pakistan and Indian flags.
But Sushma Swaraj ” who had put up a strict front towards to Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly making sure they know that Kashmir belongs to India and will remain so ” in her response to the girl, proved that the bitterness between the two countries will never come in the way of humanity. “Aliya “ I was concerned about your well-being kyonki betiyan to sabki sanjhi hoti hain” (I was concerned about your well-being because one’s daughter is everyone’s daughter).
Back home, the girls’ parents and relatives were afraid for their well-being but they went ahead with their tour. “There is talk of war and tension, but we wanted to come here. Our families were shocked, scared. Friends even said ‘tell us your last wish’. I told them to turn the TV off and let us go,” Roohani Barkal, one of the girls, said. Reportedly, parents of some of the girls told them that they won’t return alive. But the girls have reached home safe and sound.
