WATCH: Google Shows Us How To Unite India And Pakistan In Just Three Minutes

For years, tensions between India and Pakistan have remained hostile. It seems that the people of both countries have entirely erased from their memories a time when they were one – no boundaries, no conflicts, just one country where everyone – Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, – all lived peacefully amidst each other. Sure, there were problems, but overall we were one big happy community.

After the partition and all the bloodshed that came with it, the once harmonious community has been violently split into two very angry and bitter neighbours. Having been born and brought up in India, I’m familiar with these emotions and often experienced them myself, but I’ve found myself wondering just how justified these emotions are. Had it not been for a series of unfortunate incidents that led to the partition of India, wouldn’t the people of Pakistan be our brothers and sisters? Wouldn’t we feel the same sense of comradeship that we feel for the rest of our fellow Indian citizens? It hurts me to watch how even children have been sucked into the hatred in an almost subconscious understanding that India and Pakistan are not friends, and most definitely not “brothers” – we’re enemies.

Somewhere along the way we lost a part of our country that we will now never be able to get back. Many have forgotten and refuse to accept that Pakistan is part of us in any way, shape or form. But there are some people who haven’t forgotten and some people for whom the wounds of losing our brothers and sisters are all too fresh.

In a truly tear-jerking advertisement, Google briefly erases the boundary that now separates India and Pakistan. The two may never be united in a way that some would hope, but Google shows us how the age of information and technology can transcend boundaries, politics and hatred and transport us back to a time when things were much easier.