IIT-B students takes a step to start dialogue with Pakistan

“It’s high time India and Pakistan came together for the betterment of future generations. But we will have to keep the politicians away.” These are the common thoughts expressed by students across the border.

Students penned down these thoughts on the first day of IIT-B students’ initiative ‘Ummeed-e-Milaap’, which kicked off on Tuesday to start a dialogue with Pakistan.

Emotions were running so high that more than 350 messages were written on the first day in the Indo-Pak Diary at IIT-B.

Messages were also posted on the IIT-B website. The diary will do the rounds of VJTI, ICT, HR, Jai Hind, Sophia, RA Poddar, Father Agnels, NMIMS, St Xavier’s and DJ Sanghvi colleges till December.

The messages will be compiled in the diary and sent to their counterparts studying in 20 top colleges of Lahore and Karachi. The campaign in Pakistan will start on September 5. However, an enthusiastic Karachi student called up to record his message on Day 1 itself.

All the messages will be compiled in a common diary which will be sent to Pakistan and displayed at IIT-B’s Tech-Fest in January 2012. IIT-B student Ronnie Phillip said, “Most of us
have international friends but no one has a Pakistani friend. Misconceptions are many.

We want to change the scene. This is part of our International Technology Extravaganza; Tech-Fest.”