India today, and Pakistan yesterday celebrate their 70th anniversary of their independence from Britain. The division of British India was a painful separation. The so-called “Partition” that displaced some 12 million people amidst large-scale violence that left hundreds of thousands of people dead. Subsequently, the two new countries fought three bloody wars. Peace seems still a distant goal on the subcontinent, but this group of Pakistani and Indian singers sets the perfect example with a harmonious recording of both national anthems.
Indian and Pakistani singers make peace singing national anthems together
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