India and Pakistan are in agreement

[The Corparation]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYVoM8tgbvA&list=PL-kIBfSqQg3uMx9Z1fOpc7WPw2wDvbhFu

There are four more videos, by the way, though they're a bit shorter. Still funny and heartwarming though.

These ones, while not as tear jerking, are better in my view as they're more accurate depictions of the services being advertised. Because I still can't get over the Google Plus bit in the first ad.

One advertisement which is insignificant in the grand scheme of things does not equate to the governments of India and Pakistan agreeing.

23 posts I count before this? 23 posts. I think that's a longevity record of some sorts.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYVoM8tgbvA&list=PL-kIBfSqQg3uMx9Z1fOpc7WPw2wDvbhFu

There are four more videos, by the way, though they're a bit shorter. Still funny and heartwarming though.

These ones, while not as tear jerking, are better in my view as they're more accurate depictions of the services being advertised. Because I still can't get over the Google Plus bit in the first ad.

One advertisement which is insignificant in the grand scheme of things does not equate to the governments of India and Pakistan agreeing.

23 posts I count before this? 23 posts. I think that's a longevity record of some sorts.

Better than I expected, to be frank.

[G-Tech Corporation]

One advertisement which is insignificant in the grand scheme of things does not equate to the governments of India and Pakistan agreeing.

Your heart. It needs to be restarted.

[Geilinor]

Yes, more ads should be made and visa requirements should be loosened.

[Geilinor]

One advertisement which is insignificant in the grand scheme of things does not equate to the governments of India and Pakistan agreeing.

At least it's a step. What did you do? Google did something.

[Saiwania]

At least it's a step. What did you do? Google did something.

Admittedly, it is not in my interest for Pakistan and India to end all hostilities, I am only on India's side. Any country which is Muslim or communist I am very likely to align against, that is just my foreign policy.

[The Corparation]

At least it's a step. What did you do? Google did something.

Admittedly, it is not in my interest for Pakistan and India to end all hostilities, I am only on India's side. Any country which is Muslim or communist I am very likely to align against, that is just my foreign policy.

So because NSG's Saiwania hates dem Ebul Muzlims and godless commies, India and Pakistan shouldn't be working towards peace. This makes perfect sense from a geopolitical standpoint.

[Agritum]

Admittedly, it is not in my interest for Pakistan and India to end all hostilities, I am only on India's side. Any country which is Muslim or communist I am very likely to align against, that is just my foreign policy.

So because NSG's Saiwania hates dem Ebul Muzlims and godless commies, India and Pakistan shouldn't be working towards peace. This makes perfect sense from a geopolitical standpoint.

I'd also like to point out that India is quite close to Russia, politically.

[Aryavartha]

yeah yeah...let me know when the pak army/isi stops sending trained killers to kill indians. then maybe i'll be interested in this thing called 'peaceful relations with pakistan'.

[Gallup]

That's a first.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

yeah yeah...let me know when the pak army/isi stops sending trained killers to kill indians. then maybe i'll be interested in this thing called 'peaceful relations with pakistan'.

That was the point - to humanise the conflict rather than the news we all constantly hear and read. I want the Pak military to stop those abuses as well, but we miss the human factor of this.

[Tsmida Eri]

As beautiful as two old friends reuniting after years of separation is, I still hate Google.

[Divair]

Lovely. Glad Google is doing this.

[Jaslandia]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHGDN9-oFJE

Bachpane ki tang gali phir se koode phaande
Chhoti chhoti meethi chori gaanth leke baandhe
Ek patang sa udta tha parindon ki tarah
Ek daur tha, man man mor tha

The narrow street of my childhood is jumping once again,
it ties (and keeps) the small sweet thefts (of childhood) in a bale
it used to fly like a kite, (free) like birds,
there was a time, when the heart used to be like a peacock

[The second line is a reference to the thefts of sweets from Yusuf's shop. Peacock here means the heart was free and joyful like peacocks dancing in rains.]

Kaagazon ki kashtiyon mein dooba rehta tha
Jhaankti khidkiyon mein uljha rehta tha
Vo bhi kya daur tha, man pe na jor tha
Ek daur tha, man man mor tha

It used to remain submerged in paper boats,
used to remain busy with peeping windows,
ah, what time it was, there was no restriction over the heart
there was a time, when the heart used to be like a peacock.

That this Google Ad is absolutely beautiful. It is in Hindustani, but the closed captioning in nine languages (including English) is extremely accurate. Warning: This ad reduced me to an emotional wreck for a bit.

It's good to see technology used for good ends, and this ad is a smash hit by Google. I'm amazed by it, truly I am. They took a daring leap in appealing to both India and Pakistan, something companies try to avoid doing. But they did it and made it something amazing and brilliant. Some people are even discussing loosening Indo-Pak visa requirements partially because of this.

So, for discussion, I suppose it's just this: Should more ads like this be made? And should Indo-Pak visa requirements be loosened.

My reply is simply "Of course."

That was wonderful. Made me tear up, and gave me some faith in humanity. If more ads like these were made, I wouldn't fast forward through commercials. That was perhaps the best advertisement I've ever seen.

[Wind in the Willows]

And then they will find something else to fight about.

[Risottia]

Absolutely yes. Maybe this is the start of not-so-shaky relations?

...and maybe the money of both Indian and Pakistani taxpayers funding schools, roads, sewers, hospitals and research instead of the respective military?

Let's hope so.

And then they will find something else to fight about.

Cricket, ofc.

But somehow I don't see them going nuclear over a wicket.

[Cyyro]

The Kargil war isn't that old you know.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

The Kargil war isn't that old you know.

And...?

[G-Tech Corporation]

The Kargil war isn't that old you know.

Frankly, calling it a war was a gross misnomer. Border skirmishes between China and the old USSR killed ten times as many combatants.

[Vareiln]

That was the most beautiful advertisement I've seen. Ever. Tears spewed from my eyes.

[The Truth and Light]

That was the most beautiful advertisement I've seen. Ever. Tears spewed from my eyes.

Crap, same.

[Aryavartha]

That was the point - to humanise the conflict rather than the news we all constantly hear and read. I want the Pak military to stop those abuses as well, but we miss the human factor of this.

I don't. I can pretty much see a news of a cross border terrorist killing a civilian or an army man and think of the loss for the family and how hard it hits them personally. It never gets 'oh 2 number dead..oh well' for me...that I have to "humanise" it with some pappi jhappi ad from google.

[Vareiln]

So because NSG's Saiwania hates dem Ebul Muzlims and godless commies, India and Pakistan shouldn't be working towards peace. This makes perfect sense from a geopolitical standpoint.

I'd also like to point out that India is quite close to Russia, politically.

Aren't they collaborating on making a 5th gen jet fighter?

[Arumdaum]

i'm a sucker for cheesy stuff

[Darwinish Brentsylvania]

Long waited for