Even the Friendship Express, a train that used to run between the two countries, has stopped. The roots of the border ceremony go back to the late 1940s, when the border was first demarcated by Indian and Pakistani officers who had served in the same regiment in the colonial army. Singh, a retired Indian border officer, “is that I understand you and you understand me. It’s a display of the best from both sides.”“And,” he conceded, “this border is becoming a tourist spot.’'As the crowds grow, they get rowdier. They often scream vulgarities and signal certain things with certain fingers.

Source: New York Times January 25, 2020 09:56 UTC