No more divide and rule


Haunting history: The installation of a giant saw cutting a brick wall at the Partition Museum in Amritsar conveys the pain of forced separation, says the writer. — Amritsar Tourism

LAST Wednesday, I finally broke my three-year travel drought and arrived in the city of Amritsar, in Punjab, India, together with some dear friends and colleagues from Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (Abim).

I was fortunate enough to be invited to join a delegation visiting His Holiness the Dalai Lama, as part of the Islam-Buddhist Eco Dialogue.

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