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Indian woman shares heartwarming story of friendship with Pakistani classmate at Harvard
A woman from India posted the story of her friendship with Pakistani classmate at Harvard on LinkedIn.
People often have various perceptions and prejudices about people staying across the border. However, the walls of misconception often come down when people get to know citizens of their neighbouring country a little better. One such story is posted by a LinkedIn user Sneha Biswas from India. In her tale she shared about her friendship with a woman hailing from Pakistan.
“Growing up in a small town in India, my knowledge about Pakistan was limited to cricket, history books and the media. All revolving around rivalry and hatred. Decades later I met this girl. She is from Islamabad, Pakistan. I met her on my Day 1 at Harvard Business School. It took us 5 seconds to like each other and by the end of first semester she became one of my closest friends on campus,” she wrote. That is not all, she also added how their friendship grew.
“Over multiple chais, biryanis, financial models and case study preps, we got to know each other. Her stories of growing up in a conservative Pakistani backdrop, but blessed with supportive parents who gave her and her younger sister the courage to break the norms and chase their dreams, resonated with me. Her stories of fearless ambitions and bold choices inspired me,” she explained. She also shared an image that shows them flaunting the flags of their countries with huge smiles on their faces.
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The video has been posted a day ago. Since being shared, the post has received nearly 38,000 likes and it is only increasing. The share has also prompted people to post various kinds of comments.
“This is what people must know… before anything else we are human beings and our nature has different type of characteristic, it depends totally on us which one we wanna show the society. ..great going. All the best,” expressed a LinkedIn user. “We built walls between each other, and thus, it's up to us to bring them down,” commented another. “Exactly, across the man made LOC we are the same people. Surely you two share a lifelong friendship that may bring changes across the borders for girls on both sides and be inspired to lead,” posted a third. “Such a lovely message!” wrote a fourth.
