Cartographer corridor. They have a bond flick. The visiting quite good place it is like a muslim it is the big the mecca. For a monday the journey is also a sentimental one visiting the holy land as ancestors and to the other half of this culture split in 2 by the partition of india and pakistan in 1947. A former indian consul general to pakistan explains. Good god put his very very or god stress it all very very very important to them. Dont forget that it is probably the sikhs who suffered the most at partition the sikhs will be lost the most at partition. The sikhs also who retaliated there was a partition. How did the tiny minority of seats become such an important political issue for the 2 powerful nation. Will cut off or change anything for the seats. Could it be a testing ground for peace between india and pakistan more than 70 years after their partition. As we travel through india and pakistan when john we come across new hopes and fears. The look of. The new Border Crossing is located just a few hours drive south of kashmir the region india and pakistan have 2 wars over since their foundation and where they remain on a hostile footing with each other. But here on the ground in punjab at the entrance to the car talk or corridor the mood is currently a peaceful even relaxed one. In. The indian subcontinent is home to over one and a half 1000000000 people 20000000 of them are sikhs most of them like a monday live in the punjab a region that was torn apart by the partition of india and pakistan. For more than 70 years there was only one Border Crossing but now theres a new one the top. Amandeep makes his final preparations for a journey that he expects will change as were. Putting. Up a tarp was a body double. And if. It will definitely be. Seeing has seen a lot of the world he spent a number of years in Birmingham England and is also travelled extensively across india and to dubai but this is his 1st trip to a politically conscious pose. For this purpose the dentist has transformed his small car into a kind of passengers. Hes joined on this expedition to the unfamiliar larger neighbor. Conduct one last online check before setting off a video on the top card on. The card. For kilometers of freshly paved the road for indian seeks a new highway to a holy site at least to park in pakistan the Worlds Largest sikh temple. Thats where the founder of their religion spent the last years of his life in the 16th century and is now buried its a place that every sikh wants to visit once in their life. The 1st group of pilgrims set out for also known as. A november 21000. The date on which the border was inaugurated was no coincidence november 9th the anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. It was opened on the indian side by Prime Minister blair then but im. Almost at the same time but not in the same place by his pakistani counterpart on top. It had been almost 20 years since plans for such a hoarder were 1st proposed by then indian premier a cause be hardy bunch of heights. And its in that spirit of peace that i monday and keyed out by now making their trip. They were both born in punjab not far from where they now live and with. Their making the trip on behalf of their respective families and are among the 1st to have been granted permission to go to kentucky. Im excited i am. Living the moment i saw many video of the many big jazz many people going across about me visiting that place to be a feeling basically on the. One hand in the region and that it was simply that it didnt think that the end wyndhams in. Their journey takes them through the indian part of the punjab the bread basket of india and the only indian state where sikhs comprise the majority population the rule even romantic region is home to 18 of the 20000000 indian see some. Of them as well as a month you can keep up programs from within pakistan are also under way. On sikh holidays believers are required to visit a temple or. Ideally one of the especially holy places like the one kind of sufi the birthplace of the religions founder. Of. The. One kind of sucky plies a good 3 hour drive away from qatar this is where weve been for seeing lives of works. Man was. Among the 1st secretly who migrated here after 947. My grandfather and his 2 brothers are the 1st ones to come of it all. Families had moved from here to india during the partition 947 which partition did. And at that time it was difficult for with pakistan you see it with a target interlude here. Today pakistan has an estimated seek population of just 20000 in a country of 220000000 muslims 28 year old put in there had strong thoughts about the countrys partition over 70 years ago. I could see your indians and brothers on the other side they would look at the great water through binoculars that was their way of paying respect and homage to the shrine for just a single glimpse of the temple these people traveled thousands of kilometers across india. We a company saying to the pakistani to one kind of psyche where a sense of tradition its a more future oriented album as typified by seeing the tools of his trade or laptop and camera hes a you tube video grapher with a very specific target audience. In the team behind the punch on the left her journal are trying to increase the love between pakistan and india because they have so much in common. We dont understand the reasons for the hate between the 2 nations on the other hand. The temple of one kind of sucky since favorite filming location is videos provide an insight into the sikh religious or. On feast days the ceremonial reader or get on t. V. Carries the holy book into the temple on his head an expression of respect together with the ceremonial family. Sick. Sick sick mean someone who learns. In sikhism there is one god he is the almighty and the creator and lord over everything. He is infinite and the supreme god he is the god of to. Truth and he takes care of all living things got about what took what. Women have equal rights in the sikh religion and there is no caste system as a hindu is the belief in one god and one book of faith as a concept also familiar to muslims while him to recognise the notion of gurus happening secretaries. Who do not adopt a range of ideas from the great religions he was surrounded by but also added his own notably the 3 basic principles praying and thinking of god earning a living by honest means and sharing the fruits of ones labor with others. Thats why sikh temples offer free food and drink to visitors regardless of their religious affiliation those who work hard are eager to share tend to make friends this is perhaps another reason for the growing social presence of sikhs and pakistan. Over the last 20 years we sikhs gradually started to become more prominent in society as you can see in my own family. Some of us are in the army some are professors doctors engineers. And one of our boys is in the rangers had i want to have so this created a sense of pride amongst us and now you can see sikhs represented in every field here even though were a modest smallest minorities in the country. That. The temple next door has been draped in a special show of lights to celebrate good or not birthday. Here we meet one of the biggest relatives was also enjoyed professional success. By hendon policy. Hes a proud member of the provincial assembly of punjab. Stand i met government i had 6 but i am the sole sikh parliamentarian in pakistan. Theres Nothing Better than being born in. Same place where sikhism was born and already legend began wobbly beginning. Religion just said was im so proud of that. He said to her as they were deep. For my hand at the cut for corridor is the fruit of joint efforts at a political and religious level. And i had daddy qatar poor card or is not a recent idea. Its the result of many decades of prayers by a sikhs. In the Islamic Republic of pakistan religious tolerance is far from a given. 100 looks to the good example set by his fellow believers would he do the artistic no seeks from all over the world are kind of ambassadors for pakistan to me and when they see the love and respect they receive from us they will then know that we are a loving and peaceful nation. Like all sikh temples this one is funded primarily via donations. The money increasingly comes from the us canada and britain where the majority of sikhs outside the indian subcontinent live. But its the stance of indian sikhs that is decisive for the region. When i listen to them when our indian visitors go back they will take away the message enough violence or fighting resolves nothing we have to sit together and talk and for that reason the car top 4 corridor will become the country for peace corridor. In new delhi veteran Foreign Policy expert money Shankar Aiyar attributes this primarily to the sikhs in pakistan. This is a symbol of the importance there by the son attaches to reconciling it with the community with them and dont forget that it is probably the sikhs who suffered the most at partition the sikhs who lost the most at partition and the sikhs also who retaliated the was at partition. The history of the sikhs is one of glory and misery triumphs and defeats of suffering and inflicting pain and nowhere is this legacy more visible or tangible than in. The cradle of sikh culture in indian punjab. A monday when his wife stopped up to visit his brother who lives nearby and now have their niece with them to visit the 1st and only Partition Museum on the indian subcontinent. The museum was opened in 2017 in the town hall of amitabh to mark the 70th anniversary of partition most of the collection comprises photos and memorabilia of people directly affected by the partition ruins and life size replicas fair witness to the victims and give visitors a very physical and emotional impression of the suffering. 40 percent of the population you know operative completely from where the site. People lost their lives there are names. Used its been 70 years in the world up north he. In june 1907 the british had agreed to separate muslim pakistan from the predominantly hindu india and grant the 2 nations independence barely 3 months later. British wanted to rule here so it was their policy to do why do why does it is one of the you know blackest step in the colonial rule. You know you know we meet people always so why. And you know. Even expecting the apology from British Parliament up until the very last minute the british left open exactly where the border would run the radcliffe line named after the british chairman of the Boundary Committee was drawn in an arbitrary manner with dramatic consequences the independence at that time was like a disease in punjab it was like a like a plague immediately we started losing people. There and then it would Independence Day i pleased to being up and then not you know i cannot relate myself to the fairly brief and because i cannot ignore this part i cannot ignore the suffering. The enforced population transfers in the provinces of punjab and then god for unprecedented with up to 20000000 displaced persons and 1000000 dead. There are no exact figures only bitter memories of the past and fears for the future. Visiting this museum bringing fear in my heart and im comparing that 947 moment of it today and same thing is happening today as if we should try to do something so that not think that it will happen again. But a month deep is referring to is the other element in the pakistani division. The region has a predominantly Muslim Population with a large hindu minority and both countries continue to press claims to be entire territory. Its a visit to the museum provides an alternative perspective of the present what they would have already gone do they really want the negatives on the history from their point of view i read the history but everything but good ben im coming to a museum in this age im watching many new things. And thats that ever a generation should be told about the mistakes. At the earliest age. In the Partition Museum the thorny tree representing relations between india and pakistan has lead sparing friendly wishes. But you know its also experienced a less promising state of affairs. But history is being changed i am a teacher and each year courses and the syllabus is being changed especially history books by replacing chapters in them. Just a 10 minute walk away from the sobering Partition Museum is a truly resplendent site and one intimately connected to the history of the sikhs the Golden Temple of. Their holiest site and indian soil. It dates from the sixtys and seventys centuries. In modern times it was the site of a traumatic event but spent etched into the memory of 6. When you thought that also you give it you 984. 00 there was a massacre on genocide a killing of an entire generation of sikhs in delhi and after that even to this day we were advised not to talk about to move forward to move on. In 19846 wanted to create their own state of palestine independent of india with but it started as its capital. Fearing further independence movements the then indian Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi ordered the army to storm the temple to dislodge sikh extremists who had been using it as a refuge around 500 sikhs died in the ensuing gunfire. A few weeks later indeed a gandhi was murdered by to seek bodyguards and he broke out and hundreds of innocent civilians were killed those responsible for eventually sentence over 30 years after the crime. That a little bit we used to look at the ruins left by the massacre and think did this actually happen in an independent and free india or we are not part of any any look why did it have to come to that later on we gradually tried to take a more information but we did not find any answers. For sikhs the Golden Temple in emirates side will always be associated with mixed feelings and bitter memories of the storming by the indian army. That was certainly the most dogs seen on the been in india and on the Congress Party and on. The Government Programs despite apologies that have been demanded subsequent. It will be difficult for the historian to see this steve has been wiped out. After taking some valuable history lessons on board for the journey to a potentially Brighter Future a monday now heads prick i thought and finds time. To have a comedy it never does not matter how much effort youve poured how much time do you know you can do it but in todays political scenario but i mean hes doing nations. Bold step. And. Thanks to him that it is happening and we believe it is going to be a wonderful step between the nation that thought about it in. This part of the indian can jobs has benefited from recent developments the equivalent of several 1000000 euros were invested in building a few kilometers of new roads across the sandy plains and the approach to cut off the road was years in the planning but even after the opening it still resembles a building site as does the futuristic looking visitor center. Barely visible in the hands as the much awaited destination. For some heat now just 2 passport check points away. To. A monday and not have almost reached their final goal visitor numbers are limited to 5000 a day now a few weeks after the opening the initial rush has subsided. And filming is not officially permitted beyond the gates but the indian authorities have provided an Online Computer animation of its passenger terminal. Or passport checks like at an airport but no visa requirements and. Its hard to describe how i feel im on the pakistani side of the punjab. I think ive just gone through immigration from the indian side and then ill do the same on the pakistani side you can see the past behind the. Im about to get on it and ill go to the top or psyche i have a lot of mixed emotions right now. Thank. You know it would have been a time generation has prayed to make it very easy for us to be here today is the all we had to do was put out a form at the border and officials from both countries welcome don. And now i would like to thank all of those who made those positive for us on what they did not do you know knee is our de lay eggs the bible but i know. That this was the end result he could not recite over the community. The words stop here shortly and saying with these they were brought up. But he. Did. Finally the pilgrims dream becomes reality. And although you. Cant you. Unfortunately film cameras are not allowed inside the complex but she doubts photos and im a personal account to give us an impression of how well preserved the historical interior is and of the other many visitors they met people of all ages and social classes. The visitors are not only sikhs they also include people from all religions and regions of the subcontinent curious to see the site. You dont need you know i appreciate how people have showered us with love we spent a 1st quarter of an hour just hugging and meeting everyone else and i see you will be treated but everyone here is really passionate and full of life like youre all 40. 8 strangers come up to say hello you know and not to hear they tell us about their own village and they ask us about ours popular. Encounters with an impact lasting longer than the one day visit. But we all have to be stakeholders in as we have to put more effort into this initiative this project needs to provide alan we need more initiatives to be taken to education. He was open to visitors for just 8 hours a day indian citizens are not allowed to visit other temples in pakistani soil so the seeds are now the end of the pilgrimage. Back to india for amandeep scrambly are waiting in their village for a full report on this journey. Is one thing im sure that no one there was trying to take credit or saying they want to hire the initiative all of them said are saying we think that. It is your right to come here and right as on everyone says no one who said otherwise. Im excited and looking forward to telling everyone about my experience and encouraging them to go to know if there are some people who are wary when they hear them. But i would have to read them to go and experience it. Up until now the cutoff for corridor is only open to indians traveling to pakistan but not vice versa. Among deep would like to see pakistani sikhs benefiting too. We need to reciprocate this we are trying to do on that very site at the top there already immigration counters on each side so extending the opening in both directions or is possible that there are also a lot of places in india that are important. As the friendship has to be from both sides your friend you know responds positively to our initiative we will give them an even better response. Money from the opposition Congress Party in india does not share his optimism especially when it comes to a commitment from Prime Minister. I think he is. I think hes against this kind of a thing it doesnt suit his politics and it doesnt suit his. For the support. Of things between the 2 countries involved to wants peace then he has one of the candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize as well but what is true is that. They run khan that looks so obvious thought he did this i would say. Most in the media has has an eye on the Nobel Peace Prize which would be the automatic prize that would be given for if it did reconciliation between the 2 countries. As a sikh among deep is definitely eager to promote reconciliation between the 2 nation its only through dialogue that is both interrupted and goes up to boot theyd be even be able to arrive at over this illusion of these issues including krishna. Its clear that the cutoff for corridor has raised hopes for a more harmonious future and both parts of. A good life this was a lifetime opportunity for me and im really happy i made the decision that i live. Punk. Told. This is g. W. News wire from berlin tonight a new virus in china more people confirmed dead and we now know it is spreading from human to human the mysterious corona virus has now spread to japan south korea and Thailand Health officials are warning that transmission between people is possible and it comes as millions of chinese are about to travel for the Lunar New Year holiday also coming up tonight actions to back up their words a day after backing an arms embargo in libya