The Indo-Pak divide surfaces again in hockey match

#INDvsPAK The Indo-Pak divide has surfaced again – the occasion this time was the win by Pakistan in the Hero Champions Trophy hockey tournament against arch rivals India. The Indians lost a golden opportunity to create history as they went down 3-4 against Pakistan in a high-voltage semifinal of the tournament. The Pakistani players, then, celebrated their victory by hurling indecent and obscene gestures towards the crowd and Indian media and were promptly rebuked by their coach Shahnaz Shiekh.
The fact remains that, in spite of the overtures made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his counterpart Nawaz Sharif during the oath-taking ceremony in New Delhi, hopes had been raised that at long last India and Pakistan will go in for ensuring peace in the region and bring back normalcy in dealings.
But, that has not happened, instead the regular violation of LOC and intrusion from the border areas continue. As a result, India has cancelled meetings with Pakistan and even at formal meetings both the leaders have avoided any semblance of friendship in SAARC.
This is not what the people on either side of the borders want. They want that relations become normal, that there can be business between the two countries and sports can flourish. Similar sentiments had been echoed by the two Nobel Peace prize winners Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi but the feelings are not translating into action.