24 Hours in 2 Countries that Hate Each Other
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0:17 This is the strangest ceremony we have ever attended.
0:21 This is one of the most tense
0:24 borders in the world right here.
0:26 two neighboring countries that almost 80 years ago used to be
0:29 one nation putting on a performance on either side
0:32 of a border that is almost impossible to
0:35 cross.
0:35 India and Pakistan,
0:36 two nations that were torn apart and some of history's most confusing
0:41 circumstances by a British lawyer who had never been
0:44 here before and spent only 5 weeks drawing
0:46 the border and never returned again.
0:49 What resulted was decades of conflict, violence, and one of the
0:53 most emotionally charged borders in the world.
0:56 People from Pakistan, they your your friends.
0:59 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
1:01 We decided the best way to tell the story was from both
1:04 sides with me exploring Pakistan and Stefan across the border exploring India.
1:08 I can see stuff in Quinton on the other side with
1:12 a shared challenge of doing something that has never been
1:15 done before.
1:16 of not booking a place to stay and instead looking for a stranger to stay with.
1:22 So, how different or similar are these two nations truly?
1:25 And is there any hope for reconciliation
1:28 in the future?
1:29 We'll be going deep with the locals and
1:31 hopefully finding a kind stranger to house us
1:33 for the night.
1:34 But first, Stfan had to make the trip from Lahore,
1:38 Pakistan to Amritsar in India.
1:40 And while it's only about 30 mi away,
1:42 because of strict travel limitations, they weren't able to
1:45 cross directly and instead had to take a very lengthy detour.
1:49 If we could have walked over
1:51 the border, it would have taken us 1 minute.
1:56 Now we've been traveling for over 10 hours.
2:06 Okay, 12 hours later, we are going to take the last plane out and go to India.
2:10 What would have been an hour by car turned into
2:13 multiple flights from Lahore to Dubai and over to India,
2:16 where we would finally meet again on either side of this strange border.
2:25 And I begin my journey from Islamabad to Lahore by myself.
2:36 Okay, we're getting closer to the border.
2:48 India.
2:49 India.
2:49 We're about to attend a military demonstration between the two
2:54 nations.
2:55 They're selling snacks and flags and it almost feels like a family outing.
3:05 It looks like there's like almost a stadium over there.
3:08 Feels like a sports event.
3:09 Although I can hear music playing in the distance.
3:14 They're not messing around with this border.
3:18 It's actually starting now.
3:20 Stalling now.
3:21 Yes.
3:22 Well, ladies and gentlemen,
3:24 we have arrived at one of the strangest places on planet Earth.
3:40 Holy[ __] Oh wow.
3:46 It's absolutely electric here.
3:48 People are fired up.
3:54 This side is Pakistan and that side over there is India.
3:58 And somewhere in the crowd behind me,
4:00 Quinton and Stefan are sitting.
4:02 They just across this gate has taken them 24 hours
4:05 of travel to get to the other side.
4:07 This land right here not long ago was one place,
4:10 one nation.
4:14 And now it's basically impossible to get to the other side.
4:32 Wa!
4:34 Heat.
4:36 Heat.
4:50 I can see suffering twing on the other side.
4:59 So close.
5:00 So far is both choreographed and also sort of confrontational at the same time.
5:09 This ceremony happens every evening at sunset and is part military ritual,
5:14 part display of national pride.
5:16 The atmosphere in the stadium is full of
5:18 excitement as each nation puts on a performance.
5:20 And while the event is
5:22 generally a positive display of unity between nations,
5:24 there's also the feeling in the crowd
5:27 of being at a highly competitive sport match between two rival teams.
5:35 Pakistan.
5:37 If someone from Pakistan would see this,
5:39 what would you like to what would you like to say
5:42 from your heart?
5:43 We want talk to Pakistan.
5:45 Seems to be politically sensitive to speak
5:47 about Pakistan and India with some people and I
5:50 yeah I uh I sort of sense that and
5:53 some people wish to speak about it and some people some people don't.
5:57 Well, that is the last time I'm going to see someone in quite a while now.
6:02 Back to Pakistan we go.
6:07 I guess this is a memorial of all the migration that had to
6:11 happen during the separation of the two countries.
6:24 And so it begins our adventure on the two
6:28 sides of this border just a few kilometers apart.
6:44 Good morning from the Golden Temple and good morning from India.
6:47 Apparently, you need to
6:48 wear a headwear to enter here.
6:50 You look good, bro.
6:51 Yeah, you too.
6:52 People have been saying
6:53 that it's going to be very tough to find someone to host us.
6:56 We'll see if we end up on the street
6:58 tonight or if we're going to have a nice
7:01 beautiful local Indian family to to stay with.
7:04 I read on the
7:05 internet that the Golden Temple is the soul of the city.
7:12 First step now is to walk in water.
7:17 Okay, I understand why people why people love this temple.
7:23 It's absolutely beautiful.
7:28 Some good vibes here.
7:29 I could sit here for hours honestly just meditate and reflect and I always
7:33 dreamed about coming to India as well and
7:35 going to temples and now now it's happening.
7:37 Feels very special to be here and thinking about King
7:43 Ridge to also been here and loves this place.
7:49 Yeah, I only speak English.
7:52 How are you?
7:54 I'm good, thank you.
7:56 How are you?
7:57 I'm also good.
7:59 Join with us for you.
8:01 Okay.
8:01 Yes.
8:01 Yes, please.
8:02 Yeah.
8:02 Thank you so much.
8:04 Yeah.
8:04 Going with the flow here.
8:06 They invite me to eat some traditional local food here.
8:12 High five.
8:13 Time for some breakfast.
8:17 Over tens of thousands of people are fed here every day on volunteer basis.
8:22 It's a very strong community within the sea
8:25 community to serve and give to others.
8:29 So what a beautiful gathering in
8:35 this all for free.
8:37 People do this for other people.
8:39 Yes.
8:39 Yes.
8:40 In this place no religious
8:42 difference, no class difference, no color difference.
8:45 All our sames.
8:46 Eat in a ground level.
8:48 Same place.
8:49 Sitting ground.
8:49 Everyone sit down for a reason.
8:51 Yeah.
8:52 Everyone is like levelheaded
8:53 with each other.
8:54 We're here for a four course meal here.
8:56 Would would would love to visit your
8:57 home.
8:58 That would be that would be the greatest honor.
9:01 Please maybe if you are free tomorrow,
9:03 please visit after.
9:04 I'm only able for tomorrow.
9:06 Tomorrow.
9:07 Okay.
9:07 That was a was a delicious meal.
9:10 See you.
9:11 See you.
9:12 See you.
9:13 Thank you.
9:14 See you.
9:14 Bye-bye.
9:15 Bye.
9:15 Bye.
9:16 Bye.
9:16 Thank you.
9:18 I didn't see Punjab because I don't speak Punjab.
9:23 He doesn't know.
9:25 Now we're going to continue continue the mission here exploring Amritsar.
9:29 Um just on the other
9:31 side Thomas is exploring Lahore right now.
9:36 So yeah, I wonder how it's going for him.
9:46 All right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Lahore,
9:49 Pakistan, where today we are beginning
9:51 our 24 hours of exploration.
9:52 People have told me Lahore is the best city in Pakistan.
9:55 You can tell that this city is more liberal.
9:58 You see women walking around here without hijabs.
10:00 They seem more social.
10:01 I've spoken to a few of them.
10:04 Hi, what's up, man?
10:05 Where are you from?
10:07 Sweden.
10:07 Sweden.
10:07 That's a nice place.
10:08 Where are you from?
10:09 I'm from L'ore.
10:10 Lahore.
10:10 Nice.
10:10 Yeah.
10:10 Yeah.
10:11 Yeah.
10:11 We're just here with our team, right?
10:12 Uh we we kind of work in a software house and stuff like that.
10:16 Okay, cool.
10:16 Your English is amazing, by the way.
10:18 Oh, thanks.
10:19 Uh yeah, that's how lorries are
10:20 sometimes.
10:21 You never know.
10:22 We're unpredictable.
10:23 Yeah.
10:23 Yeah.
10:23 My goal at the end of the day,
10:26 and you tell me if this is insane, right?
10:28 Uh my goal is to try to stay at a stranger's house
10:31 to capture like the authentic, you know, Lahore life.
10:34 Do you think that's a crazy goal?
10:37 Uh that is crazy.
10:38 You think so?
10:39 And that's really a very insane thing to do here.
10:43 Really?
10:43 Yes.
10:43 Exactly.
10:44 But you will enjoy it.
10:45 The holies are known for their hospitality.
10:48 Do you feel that abroad people
10:50 have a bad idea of what Pakistan is and what the Pakistani people are?
10:53 People like you who come to
10:55 Pakistan.
10:55 You give the real picture out there.
10:57 Uh we have a neighboring country which doesn't
11:00 also give the right picture out what we actually are as people.
11:03 But everyone who comes over here,
11:05 they always give the real image.
11:06 You're going to go to some somebody you don't know.
11:09 Yeah.
11:09 Okay.
11:09 Is that a bad idea?
11:11 Unique idea.
11:12 Insane.
11:12 Well, we can host you if you want.
11:14 Yeah, anytime.
11:15 Anytime.
11:15 Yeah.
11:16 Yeah.
11:16 Anytime.
11:16 You're most welcome.
11:17 Yeah, you can have my number.
11:19 Yeah, that would be great.
11:21 My friends are actually on the other side in Amritsar.
11:24 Amritsar.
11:24 And they're doing the same thing at the same time.
11:26 Okay.
11:27 In in in India.
11:28 I've met a lot of people in Pakistan
11:30 who tell me we're the same.
11:32 There's the issue is only politics, but ultimately most of the people
11:36 they want good for each other.
11:38 We're just the same people.
11:39 It's it's the same culture.
11:41 It's same mixed culture.
11:42 We talk same.
11:43 We dress like same.
11:44 We ate same same kind of food.
11:46 Yeah.
11:46 We have rivalries.
11:47 We have some issues, but who doesn't?
11:50 I don't think we we differ much.
11:53 Yeah.
11:53 I mean, you would make this challenge very easy for me if
11:56 the first person I speak to is hosting me.
11:57 No, no, I'm I'm ready to, but I would like you to go through this experience.
12:01 If you don't find
12:02 anybody, I'm always available.
12:03 If you get into any kind of, you know, issues, if you need help,
12:06 if you need guidance, my god, I'm there for you.
12:08 I'm just a call away.
12:09 Thank you so much.
12:10 All right.
12:11 So, nice to meet you.
12:13 Thank you so much.
12:15 In Swedish, hooray.
12:16 Hido.
12:16 All right.
12:17 Well, I hadn't even finished my intro for the video today yet,
12:21 and I already have someone's house to
12:23 stay with.
12:24 Oh my god.
12:25 What did you think of that interaction?
12:27 I think I'm actually surprised that
12:29 happened.
12:30 I was about to introduce the fact that the
12:32 wild challenge that I might not be able to
12:34 even pull off was to stay at a stranger's house.
12:36 And I was trying to look for this online and I
12:39 haven't seen a single person do this in Pakistan.
12:41 We are now arriving at a very historical place in
12:45 the city of Lahore.
12:46 And we're going to explore, get to know more people, try some food, and see
12:50 what happens.
12:51 And if all else fails, I definitely hope that Fawed was serious about his offer.
13:21 Nice to meet you.
13:25 So many friendly people here.
13:28 How are you from?
13:30 From Sweden.
13:31 Sweden.
13:32 A big country.
13:33 Okay.
13:34 Okay.
13:34 Okay.
13:35 Now he want to talk.
13:36 Nice to meet you, sir.
13:37 How are you?
13:38 Can you speak udu?
13:39 No.
13:39 No.
13:40 Tellad.
13:40 You You're an artist.
13:42 Yeah.
13:42 You see the lower for picture wall.
13:45 I'm going later.
13:46 We're going to the Lahore port.
13:48 Yeah.
13:48 You see the main entrance gate?
13:49 I do this for demonstration.
13:50 You did the gate.
13:52 Oh, wow.
13:52 Do you feel there's many similarities between India and Pakistan people?
14:06 Do you wish to see more more peace and tolerance between India and Pakistan?
14:18 Thank you so much.
14:22 Thank you.
14:23 It's nice to meet you guys.
14:25 Thank you.
14:25 Do you guys like living in Lahore?
14:27 Yes.
14:28 Yeah, we love living here.
14:29 It's a cool place.
14:30 Yes, it's a cool place.
14:31 It has its pros and cons.
14:33 Yeah, like every other place.
14:34 What's your favorite thing about living in Lahore?
14:36 Uh favorite thing?
14:37 I think the architecture and the people here.
14:40 How do you guys feel about the differences between India and
14:44 Pakistan?
14:44 People are still the same.
14:46 The culture and the people, they are still same.
14:48 Not much differences other than like instilled political differences.
14:51 Yeah.
14:52 Do you wish there was more
14:54 more peace?
14:55 And yes, this peace and tolerance is used as a weapon.
14:59 Yeah.
14:59 By like people in politics
15:01 and in government.
15:02 Yeah.
15:03 I have yet to meet a single unfriendly person in Pakistan.
15:06 I think my husband watches obsessively.
15:08 Nice to meet you.
15:10 So cool.
15:10 My friends are on the other side
15:13 there in filming over there and I'm filming here by myself.
15:17 So yeah, it's that's crazy,
15:19 right?
15:19 I mean, you can't even get a visa to to go.
15:23 I've never tried to go to India.
15:25 Like I don't think we could we can't because my husband from the military.
15:28 So you can't go at all.
15:30 That's so funny.
15:31 Like we're just we're just there.
15:33 Like my mom's actually just been here just on the
15:37 other side.
15:37 No way.
15:38 And we've never been.
15:40 We have never been but their families came over
15:43 at partition.
15:43 So they had to move like from India to come here.
15:48 India gripped by conflict
15:49 and suspense as this vast country of almost 400
15:52 million people strives to find a solution to its
15:56 problem.
15:56 Before the British started taking over India in the 1700s,
15:59 most of the subcontinent was
16:01 under the control of the Mughal Empire.
16:03 One of the most diverse empires in history made up of
16:06 many different smaller principalities that to some degree governed themselves.
16:11 After a century of trading with the Mughals,
16:13 the British East India Company started taking
16:16 over control.
16:16 Using the empire's diversity against itself,
16:19 they played regional rulers against each
16:22 other and conquered more and more land until
16:25 they had a territory that looked like this.
16:29 In 1858, after a major uprising,
16:31 the British crown finally took over ruling what was now
16:35 called British India.
16:36 Once in charge, Britain employed their tried and tested strategy that
16:40 had worked for them in previous colonizations, divide and rule.
16:45 They emphasized Hindu versus
16:47 Muslim divisions and exaggerated differences in the communities,
16:50 all with the goal of making
16:52 the population fight themselves instead of their rulers.
16:55 Over time, Muslims and Hindus began seeing
16:59 each other as political rivals.
17:01 As decades passed, people began demanding independence.
17:04 They wanted to rule themselves, not controlled by a foreign empire.
17:08 Mahatma Gandhi became an
17:09 internationally recognized leader for his
17:11 struggle for Indian independence through
17:13 nonviolent civil disobedience.
17:14 But there was a problem.
17:16 The population of British India wasn't
17:19 united on what an independent future should look like.
17:22 The region had a Hindu majority,
17:24 but it was also home to a huge Muslim population.
17:27 Many Muslims feared that once Britain left,
17:30 the Hindu-led government would dominate politics and leave Muslims without real
17:34 power or protection.
17:35 From that fear came a new idea.
17:39 What if Muslims had their own country?
17:42 Then in 1947, all of these ideas collided.
17:46 World War II left Britain financially exhausted,
17:49 which became part of the reason why they
17:50 decided to give up their rule over British
17:52 India.
17:52 And fearing a civil war between the remaining Hindu and Muslim communities,
17:57 they very quickly came up with a new border
18:00 which would separate land into two new nations.
18:03 India with a largely Hindu majority and Pakistan intended as a Muslim homeland.
18:07 The border was drawn within just a few weeks.
18:10 It cut straight through towns, farms and families.
18:13 Many people suddenly found themselves on the wrong side and were forced to flee.
18:19 What followed was chaos.
18:21 Around 14 million were forced to migrate across the new border.
18:25 Violence broke out.
18:26 Entire communities uprooted and up to a million
18:29 people lost their lives in the calamity.
18:32 The transition became known as the partition.
18:35 Two new countries born from the same land,
18:38 separated by fear, trauma, and a line that changed millions of lives forever.
18:46 Nice to meet you.
18:47 What's your name?
18:49 I'm Thomas.
18:49 Nice to meet you.
18:51 I was born funny as I went.
18:54 I was funny.
18:56 You were born where?
19:00 Funny.
19:01 You were born funny.
19:05 You're a comedian.
19:07 No.
19:08 Here's the deal.
19:09 Right before coming here, we did a ton of research on the 1947 partition.
19:13 Documentaries, historical accounts, survivor stories.
19:15 But here's what we found.
19:17 Depending on where the content was made, the story changes.
19:20 Indian sources tell it one way and Pakistani
19:23 sources tell it another way.
19:24 A lot of the content we wanted to watch had regional restrictions.
19:28 Some documentaries were only on Indian streaming
19:30 platforms while others were only on Pakistani
19:32 ones.
19:32 Even the BBC or international sources had
19:34 regional restrictions based on where you were
19:37 watching it from.
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19:48 documentaries made from their perspective.
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19:52 not just one side of the story.
19:54 And honestly, that made this trip so much more meaningful because we
19:57 got to understand why people feel the way they do,
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20:30 Okay, now let's get back
20:31 to exploring these two beautiful countries and seeing if
20:34 we can find a place to stay tonight.
20:41 We're back on the streets and uh we are on our mission.
20:45 Get to know more of how they live,
20:47 who they are, what they feel, what they think.
20:50 Sastria, do you live here or work
20:53 here or work here?
20:54 Yeah.
20:55 Ah, this is your store here.
20:57 Okay.
20:57 Nice, nice, nice.
20:58 People from Pakistan.
20:59 Uh they your your friends people from Pakistan.
21:01 No, no, no, no, no,
21:03 no.
21:04 India Pakistan friendship.
21:06 Yeah.
21:07 Yeah.
21:08 Yeah.
21:09 I heard conflict.
21:11 Conflict.
21:12 Yeah.
21:13 Nice to meet you.
21:16 What do you think is the biggest thing
21:24 people in Amitritar and Lahore have in common?
21:33 or 1947.
21:35 Pakistan are people similar in some ways or
21:46 all peoples are same because God makes people
21:49 all are same.
21:50 Don't judge to each other.
21:52 I am Hindu and he is a sik.
21:55 Ah yeah yeah yeah.
21:57 So best friends.
21:58 Ah nice nice nice.
21:59 That is beautiful.
22:00 Hind and seek best friends.
22:02 Yes.
22:02 Yes.
22:02 It's funny right on the internet it says you know that people like freaking
22:06 hate each other here.
22:07 And of course there are conflicts.
22:08 There's different layers to it.
22:10 But like it's beautiful to see people just boosting up love.
22:16 Someone just drove up and said hi Stefan from the Estier community.
22:18 I was just going through
22:20 there and then I saw you there and I thought I I know this person.
22:23 I've been following your
22:24 YouTube channel from the last 2 3 years and I
22:26 just love you guys like the work you do.
22:28 We just reached Amritser like yesterday and we
22:30 traveled all the way from Delhi to Amritser
22:32 like on the bike and it took us like 11 hours.
22:35 Oh only this here what you've been
22:37 driving from Delhi to here deep down we
22:40 all Punjabis still believe and also Pakistanis
22:43 I believe it's like we crave for our
22:45 roots like there's like something left behind in
22:48 Pakistan for us like all that Rahul pendi
22:51 lahor and all that culture something that
22:53 just connects us and binds us till day is like like
22:57 from the start and we all are one we people
23:00 have to face the wrath of the partition but in
23:09 our hearts We all just crave to be like yeah,
23:18 man.
23:20 You want to go together?
23:26 Okay.
23:31 Shukria.
23:32 There seems to be a very strong park culture in Pakistan of just enjoying
23:38 sitting outside with your friends.
23:40 Nice to meet you, Ali.
23:42 How are you, Thomas?
23:43 Nice to meet you.
23:44 This place looks amazing.
23:45 Would you like to eat?
23:46 Oh, thank you.
23:47 So, it's okay.
23:47 Thank you.
23:48 Yeah.
23:48 Yeah.
23:48 Yeah.
23:49 And you come here on Sundays sometimes just to
23:51 Every Sunday.
23:51 Every Sunday.
23:52 Yeah.
23:53 That's a nice tradition.
23:54 Exactly.
23:54 It's a culture.
23:55 Culture.
23:56 It's our culture.
23:58 Punjabi culture, you know, so many friendly people.
24:03 So many friendly people.
24:05 Nice to meet you.
24:07 While I still needed to find a place to stay tonight,
24:11 something about this mosque stopped me in my tracks,
24:15 and I just had to see what was inside.
24:22 Welcome to the Wazir Khan Mosque, the center inside of the walled
24:27 city.
24:27 It's truly beautiful to step into an ancient structure like this
24:32 with so much beauty and so much spiritual energy inside of it.
25:02 So far, it is so interesting to get to shatter
25:05 my own expectations of what Pakistan was going
25:08 to be like and truly have one of the
25:12 more interesting and insightful trips of my life.
25:19 Akil and Jasmine, I have a question for you.
25:22 We are a bit lost here with translation.
25:25 Would you like to join us for a bit and you can help us translate?
25:29 That would be our pleasure.
25:30 Let's go.
25:31 Have we told you our mission yet?
25:33 Our mission tonight is that we need to find
25:36 a stranger and to sleep in their house.
25:38 Do you think someone will host us tonight?
25:40 Do you think someone?
25:42 Yes, of course.
25:42 You think so?
25:43 India like this place the Punjab people
25:45 are so good and they welcome you with all
25:48 their heart and I'm very sure that you'll
25:50 find a very good boost for tonight.
25:52 It is good to have like someone who
25:54 can actually help us translate a bit because so
25:59 far can't even speak to too many people
26:04 sastrial.
26:04 Uh you look so beautiful.
26:06 So would you just like to talk to you if if you have a moment?
26:11 Yeah, sure.
26:11 your how you look and how you look as well.
26:13 It's Yeah, nice to meet you.
26:15 Yeah, nice to meet you.
26:16 S Stefan, may I ask father-in-law, do you have any friends from Pakistan or so?
26:22 No, he doesn't have any.
26:24 Yeah, no, he's born in like 1963.
26:26 So, anyone who was born before that 1947
26:29 like his father?
26:30 Yeah.
26:31 Maybe like he he would know someone from Pakistan.
26:35 My granddad he used to live
26:37 in Pakistan.
26:38 When the partition happened and when the both countries separated,
26:42 they moved here.
26:43 One partition happened, they couldn't take anything valuable like gold, silver.
26:48 If they used to carry
26:50 uh they could get robbed.
26:51 They buried everything, put everything, all the gold, silver in it and
26:54 bur it underneath in in the in the soil and then travel here.
26:59 So basically didn't have nothing,
27:01 no money, nothing.
27:02 So came here empty-handed.
27:04 Do you think it's still in the soil?
27:07 I think so.
27:08 But a lot of it's it's all like people
27:11 have taken it out when this partition happened.
27:14 And uh India everyone India or Pakistan they celebrate is
27:18 as a independence day but for us for Punjab and
27:22 for other Punjab reason that is on the other
27:25 side of Pakistan it's a black day for them
27:27 because the partition happened a lot of people were
27:30 killed during the partition and it's a it's
27:32 a big black day for for Punjab reason
27:35 people here doesn't really celebrate that independence day
27:39 you build a house you build everything and
27:42 you have to leave everything away and build
27:45 everything back up.
27:46 You know, it's it's hot.
27:47 It was hard.
27:48 One question to your father-in-law.
27:50 If you have one message to people of Pakistan,
27:57 what would you like to tell people in Pakistan?
28:05 the kind of story that that that man shared
28:08 that's the heart and soul of every real out
28:11 there kind of we have a shared experience kind
28:13 of we have a shared feelings as well
28:15 so whatever he just share right now I could just
28:18 relate to it all even though I'm not from
28:20 that generation I could relate it because you know
28:23 that pain that just that just runs in our
28:26 blood because everybody all our ancestors just face that
28:29 so it's just it's just in our heart
28:32 satriaka Nice to meet you.
28:37 What do you think people in Lahore and Amistra have in common?
28:59 I have one last question and it's no worries if
29:02 he says no or so like but is there any
29:05 possibility that me and my friend can stay in your house tonight?
29:14 It's a bit of fun experiment.
29:19 Everybody is just welcome here.
29:21 He has a heart of gold in the area of Golden Temple.
29:26 We found he's just offering to us right now.
29:30 Okay.
29:30 We found a first guy.
29:32 That's amazing.
29:33 Thank you.
29:34 Well, I was not ready for that.
29:36 Thank you.
29:37 So, you're you're offering up.
29:38 Cool.
29:38 Even though Stefan and Quinton had been offered
29:40 a place to stay with this kind local,
29:42 they had just heard about another opportunity that
29:44 they thought was hard to pass up.
29:46 If we don't find
29:48 a place to sleep tonight, yeah, what can we do then?
29:51 You can just find a place in Gurudara
29:53 because Gurudara have a place for everyone in the world.
29:55 They will be your host.
29:57 They will feed you
29:58 and you can just stay there.
30:00 And it's open 24/7.
30:01 And it's open 24 by7.
30:02 It's open for everyone,
30:04 every cast, religion and every any human for even for animals.
30:06 So if we don't find
30:08 somewhere to stay, this cinematographer and me is sleeping in the golden temple.
30:17 Yeah.
30:18 Nice to meet you.
30:20 Yes.
30:21 Yes.
30:22 Yes.
30:23 Wow.
30:23 One thing you have to know if you come to India
30:25 or Pakistan is you're going to end up eating very,
30:27 very well.
30:28 And actually, I met a couple in Peshawan who was from Lahore who recommended
30:32 a restaurant that I just realized we're standing right in front of.
30:39 We've been given this location telling us it's the best view you can find in
30:45 Lahore.
30:46 I have a feeling the view here is going to be pretty special.
30:49 Please come this side.
30:52 Oh wow.
30:54 This is absolutely stunning.
30:57 Look at this view.
31:04 And I guess this was built before the partition.
31:08 All of it.
31:09 All of it.
31:11 Yeah.
31:11 Oh my lord.
31:13 Look at that.
31:17 Wow.
31:17 I've had my mind blown.
31:19 Some of the best
31:20 grilled meat I've ever had in my life from Pakistan.
31:26 the view here on top of meeting the people and eating the food.
31:30 I feel really blessed.
31:31 However, I am starting to get a little bit worried about
31:34 my housing situation tonight and I have not talked
31:36 to Fawad since we met, which was about 5 hours ago now.
31:40 So, I'm going to shoot him a text and
31:43 see if he's still game because if I don't find someone,
31:46 um, I'm going to be in trouble.
31:48 Hi, Fawad.
31:49 How are you?
31:50 So far, exploring Lahore has been incredible.
31:52 I met so many nice people and ate
31:54 some good food.
31:55 I still haven't found anyone else friendly like you that speaks English
31:58 that could host me, but I wanted to check if you were still open to hosting me.
32:02 I'm happy to sleep
32:03 anywhere on a couch, mattress, or on the floor is fine.
32:11 All the best.
32:13 So, let's see how it goes.
32:17 Wow, this place is absolutely incredible.
32:19 I've only been to one place that felt like
32:23 this before and it was the Blue Mosque in Harat, Afghanistan.
32:26 The beauty and the pristineess of the
32:29 structure takes your breath away.
32:34 This mosque is beautiful.
32:38 Feels very special being here.
33:15 As the day was drawing to a close,
33:17 neither I or Stefan and Quentyn had secured a stranger
33:20 to stay with.
33:21 Stefan had received one offer, but realized that he lived too far away.
33:25 We just realized we had like so many conversations about India and Pakistan.
33:29 We've been missing out
33:30 on like finding a place to stay.
33:32 We put ourselves in this situation and it's getting dark.
33:36 Right now it's 5:51 41.
33:38 Yeah, I'm so tired.
33:40 something wrong.
33:41 Right now it's 5:52.
33:44 No, we are on our way
33:47 to the Golden Temple.
33:48 Hoping hoping we can stay there tonight and we think it's going to be one
33:51 of the most unique experiences ever being hosted during
33:53 an abandoned inn because never ever has an
33:56 entire city hosted someone.
33:58 The sun is now setting and I probably should have started asking around
34:03 other people because right now I don't have a
34:06 place to stay tonight and in about an hour
34:09 it's going to be pitch black.
34:11 The sun is still setting.
34:12 There's some light left but it's about
34:14 to get very dark very quickly.
34:17 You know, maybe I should call him.
34:21 I might be getting ghosted.
34:25 Well, I think I put all my eggs in one basket and now I'm paying the price.
34:30 Lesson learned.
34:30 Even when people tell you early on, always accumulate backup options.
34:35 Otherwise, you end up looking like a fool like me.
34:39 Well, I don't know where this night is going to go.
34:43 Thank you.
34:43 Thank you.
34:44 Thank you.
34:44 Thank you so much.
34:45 We have arrived to parking spot for the
34:47 Golden Temple and you can feel that the city is still alive at this time.
34:52 This place welcomes all kind of classes and
34:54 people all around the world regardless religion,
34:57 regardless economy, regard regardless background.
34:59 It's like a place where you can go and uh go in within yourself.
35:03 Go in and pray, meditate and sleep inside of the Golden Temple if they allow us.
35:07 Maybe the craziest idea we had or it was brilliant about to find out.
35:11 To respect this place,
35:12 we need to get a headear, fix that, and then uh yeah, hope to be accepted in.
35:17 Look at this little
35:18 store.
35:18 South here.
35:19 Yes.
35:19 I'll give you that.
35:21 That's sir.
35:22 No, no need for no need for change, sir.
35:25 No, no, no, no.
35:27 It's for all of No, no, no.
35:29 It is one.
35:30 Okay.
35:30 Thank you, sir.
35:31 400.
35:31 You have a such present
35:32 energy if it's okay for me to say that.
35:35 Is it okay if I ask you about u the people of Pakistan,
35:39 the people of India?
35:41 What do you feel with with with the border conflict?
35:44 My mother was born
35:45 there.
35:45 But partition changed everything.
35:48 Muslims asked to leave India.
35:51 It was not option.
35:53 Yeah.
35:53 It was compulsion.
35:55 It was political compulsion decided by politicians.
35:58 90% or more than
36:00 90% people in this world are good people.
36:03 If anything wrong is happening at very big scale,
36:07 it means their leader is wrong.
36:09 People are not wrong.
36:11 They are misguided.
36:12 Yes.
36:13 Yes.
36:13 Pakistanis or people living in Lorovian check the
36:16 DN of these people and our this seed.
36:20 So tonight we will ask if we get the honor to
36:24 do pilgrim in the golden temple and sleep the night there.
36:27 I don't know they will permit you to sleep there or not.
36:31 We we heard we heard from someone that we can.
36:34 Maybe maybe I I have little knowledge about these rules.
36:38 It's a matter of your security.
36:41 Yeah.
36:41 Yeah.
36:41 for hours is dirty.
36:42 Yeah, for years.
36:43 We could sit here all night with you and talk about life.
36:46 We don't need to sleep.
36:47 We can sit here until 6:00 in the morning.
36:50 But I have to go on.
36:51 My wife is working.
36:53 It's very simple.
36:55 Thank you, father.
36:56 Yeah, like this.
36:58 Yeah.
36:59 Yes.
36:59 Like this.
37:00 Thank you, sir.
37:02 Thank you.
37:02 Thank you, sir.
37:03 We're going to take down the camera now and we're going to go
37:06 and ask and see if we can be one of
37:10 the people who are able to sleep here tonight.
37:13 Let us see.
37:15 Honestly, this was maybe not the best idea.
37:17 And I probably should have been more aggressive with
37:19 asking people around.
37:20 Yeah, it currently is 6.
37:22 Oh, wait.
37:23 I have a I have a missed call right now.
37:27 Oh, it's is Okay, let me see.
37:29 I'm going to call him back and see what he says.
37:32 Doesn't mean he's going
37:33 to say yes.
37:35 Hello, sir.
37:35 How are you?
37:36 I'm good.
37:37 How are yourself?
37:38 Yeah, I'm good.
37:40 Done.
37:40 Good.
37:40 I'm sorry, man.
37:41 You called.
37:42 I was I was asleep.
37:43 Uh, actually, we we were up all night last night.
37:46 Oh, no way.
37:47 So, I had to take a nap.
37:49 So, how's it going?
37:50 I got your message, dude.
37:52 It's always open, bro.
37:53 You don't have to ask.
37:55 Just let me know.
37:56 Oh, man.
37:57 Yes.
37:57 You don't have to worry.
37:59 I told you, you know.
38:01 Oh my god.
38:02 You have a place to come back to.
38:05 Don't worry.
38:05 Not today.
38:06 Not tomorrow.
38:07 Always, man.
38:07 It's perfectly nice.
38:08 If you're available, I it would it would mean a lot to me.
38:13 I would I would love to uh join you just for tonight if you have space.
38:18 Oh, no, no.
38:19 I I come on.
38:20 Space is not an issue at all.
38:22 Okay.
38:22 Of course.
38:23 Why not?
38:24 Yeah.
38:24 Amazing.
38:25 Let me send you location or something.
38:27 Can I pick you up?
38:31 Okay.
38:31 Okay.
38:32 Amazing.
38:33 Amazing.
38:33 Thank you for Yes.
38:36 Yes.
38:37 Yes.
38:38 Oh my god.
38:40 You have no idea how happy I am right now
38:43 because I don't think that wandering the streets here
38:45 would have been a a smart option from my end.
38:51 Seems like I have a place to go.
38:56 Thank god.
38:57 Oh my god.
38:59 That is the Golden Temple.
39:02 That is absolutely beautiful.
39:05 dream coming true.
39:08 Coming to India and seeing a temple.
39:13 This is absolutely magical like this.
39:27 We are two travelers from Sweden.
39:29 Uh looking if it's any chance for two
39:32 people to stay the night.
39:33 If it's possible, yes, we would love to
39:36 stay the night here.
39:39 Beautiful that you do this here.
39:43 Are we following?
39:45 Thank you so much.
39:47 Yeah.
39:47 Do we have a private room?
39:49 Yeah, we got this room to share here.
39:52 I'm like so inspired by the sea community
39:56 and by Amritsa city that they're like give
40:00 this to people on spiritual journeys.
40:02 We're going to go to meditate again and we're going
40:05 to sleep here together with hundreds of other people.
40:07 Over 10,000 people have been fed today
40:09 here and it's like a 24/7 ongoing place.
40:12 Now I understand what the guy in the city
40:16 meant today that everyone is equal here.
40:19 Everyone and everyone is welcome.
40:21 It was over a week ago the last time
40:24 someone not from India checked into this place.
40:26 Yeah.
40:27 Sorry.
40:27 So it's not so often.
40:29 Yeah.
40:30 This is like I'm trying to be respectful.
40:33 This is Look at it.
40:40 Let's go out meditate for like 1 hour.
40:45 Yeah.
40:45 And then go to bed in silence.
40:49 Hey, nice to see you.
40:51 Same here.
40:51 Same here.
40:52 How was the day?
40:53 Yeah, good.
40:54 Thank you.
40:54 Great.
40:55 Okay.
40:55 Road trip.
40:55 How many days you are here in Pakistan?
40:57 Tell me.
40:58 I'm actually leaving tomorrow.
40:59 So, this is my last.
41:01 So, your last day is going to be great.
41:05 Wow.
41:06 This place looks amazing.
41:08 Oh, it's a rooftop.
41:09 Yes, it's a rooftop.
41:11 Wow.
41:11 This is amazing.
41:12 Oh my god.
41:13 This is great.
41:14 Wow.
41:15 Thank you so much.
41:16 You going to choose something for yourself or you want to leave it to me?
41:19 Yes, I trust you.
41:21 All right.
41:23 All right.
41:24 Let me talk to you guys.
41:27 Okay.
41:28 Oh my god.
41:29 Are you kidding me?
41:32 This is incredible.
41:33 Lori, you have to act like a lore.
41:38 It's nothing.
41:39 Yeah.
41:40 Wow.
41:40 We have a a freaking feast going on right now.
41:44 The chicken kebab.
41:45 Chicken kebab.
41:46 Chicken kebab.
41:47 Thank you so much.
41:49 One more.
41:50 One more.
41:51 I didn't know you were a vlogger.
41:54 I can't believe we met on the parking lot like 8 hours ago.
41:58 This is your home now.
42:00 You know, from our side, Pakistan is like your home.
42:03 So, you are everyone is like more than welcome.
42:06 And especially you, you are more than welcome anytime.
42:10 Thank you so much.
42:12 Thank you.
42:13 Thank you.
42:14 Pleasure.
42:14 Bye.
42:27 Just finished 1 hour meditation.
42:29 Ready to sleep.
42:31 Ready to sleep.
42:32 What more to say?
42:35 We love India.
42:36 We love Pakistan.
42:38 We love this golden temple.
42:41 That's it.
42:43 That was absolutely wonderful.
42:45 I can't thank you enough.
42:47 Seriously, I feel very very spoiled.
42:50 We probably needed this outing as well.
42:53 Absolutely.
42:53 You know, I just washed my face and teeth by brush
42:57 and just, you know, wear my clothes and just I was with him in 10 minutes.
43:02 Your teeth brushed.
43:03 I br I brush my teeth actually.
43:05 Sorry.
43:06 Slip tongue.
43:06 Slip of tongue.
43:07 I think teeth of brush is better.
43:09 What?
43:09 I can't believe that you did this.
43:11 What?
43:12 You It's way too kind of you.
43:14 You booked a an
43:15 Airbnb for me.
43:16 No.
43:16 No.
43:16 Why not?
43:16 I mean, come on.
43:17 I mean, I I know you told me you could you could
43:20 adjust on the couch or something.
43:21 Well, why would I put you on the couch?
43:23 Come on.
43:23 I can't believe this.
43:24 So kind.
43:25 This is incredible.
43:26 This is not what I was expecting, but I'm very grateful for
43:30 how well you're hosting me here.
43:33 Oh my god.
43:34 This is incredible.
43:36 Wow.
43:36 You got me a whole apartment.
43:39 You've got your own little balcony.
43:43 Here we are.
43:44 Wow.
43:45 They felt bad that they couldn't
43:48 host me properly.
43:49 I would have had to sleep on their couch.
43:52 So, without telling me, FA
43:53 booked me an Airbnb in this incredible building.
43:57 Honestly, I'm speechless.
43:58 Whatever you read in
44:00 the news or in the media about a country is
44:04 never representative of what its people truly are like.
44:07 So go there and make your own mind up before
44:09 you judge a place based on what you hear,
44:12 especially when it comes from the news.
44:14 All right, that's more.
44:15 Thank you so much.
44:16 Thank you.
44:17 And see you again tomorrow.
44:18 Yeah, see you again tomorrow.
44:19 I don't know where Stefan and
44:21 Quinton ended up.
44:22 I hope that they're okay wherever they are.
44:25 And as for me,
44:26 I'm very happy to go to bed right here.
44:31 Well, it is time for bedtime.
44:34 I couldn't be more grateful
44:37 for the generosity of strangers.
44:38 Yesterday subscribers that are from Pakistan that I spoke
44:41 to were telling me that they were concerned for me
44:45 if I were to do this because nobody had done
44:48 this before in Pakistan.
44:50 And I don't think anyone has done it before in India either.
44:54 But somehow it worked out.
44:56 I think it's quite crazy to think that this
44:59 morning I met these guys in the parking
45:02 lot and I never expected that it would take me here.
45:05 I'm grateful for life's unpredictable
45:07 twists and turns and now it's time for me to
45:13 get some very nice sleep in this beautiful apartment.
45:18 Good morning, Quinton.
45:29 Ultimately, we ended up in two very different places,
45:32 but we could not have had experiences that
45:34 mirrored each other more.
45:35 If you tune into the news and listen to what politicians are saying, it
45:40 seems like the divide, not only here, but around the world, is only widening.
45:43 On the ground here,
45:44 however, and in most places we've ever been,
45:47 it's clear that the majority want to live in peace.
45:50 do not look at it from the same lens of division as politics wants us to.
45:55 Here at Yes Theory,
45:56 we say love over fear because both are
45:58 the two most powerful forces in this world.
46:01 And depending on which one we embrace as a collective,
46:04 we will dictate what path humanity will choose to walk
46:06 forward with.
46:07 The strongest form of resistance in times of
46:09 division is to look past these narratives
46:11 and extend a hand.
46:13 a gesture of kindness and generosity to show the other, hey, the world
46:18 is a little crazy right now, but I got you.
46:20 And in fact, a few years ago, the only place where both
46:23 people from India and Pakistan can meet at the
46:26 border are yes theory communities from each sides
46:28 held a meetup where they met someone from the other side for the first time,
46:33 connected, shared stories, and embraced their shared ancestral past,
46:36 looking beyond the narratives they'd been fed and
46:39 showed the world the example we need.
46:41 It's almost too easy to overlook the damage that colonial
46:45 history has had on the world today.
46:47 Regions where many religions cohabited for centuries were ripped
46:50 apart now with no one left to remember when they were once neighbors.
46:55 But these ties can be reborn.
46:57 We can relearn to coexist, to respect each other,
47:00 and to live in peace together, not as divided
47:04 communities.
47:04 We're not sure exactly how we'll get there,
47:07 but we do think it starts in small ways and
47:10 by taking leaps with open hearts just like
47:13 our very own Yes communities did right here.
47:16 Even though everybody would just try to divide us,
47:22 we should just stay one at the end of the day.
47:29 All are same.
47:30 God make us and we don't have to judge each other.
47:34 It's Indian and Pakistan
47:35 Punjabi was one at one time.
47:37 So we're all same.
47:39 You watching this sitting here right
47:41 now are needed now more than ever to seek
47:44 ways even small in your own life to bring
47:47 more compassion into this world.
47:49 This will be our form of collective resistance here at Yes
47:52 Theory.
47:53 It may seem small to you, but in our eyes, it's how we change the world.