A brilliant ad by Google which touches the India Pakistan partition in a very nice way.
Partitions divide countries, friendships find a way
The India-Pakistan partition in 1947 separated many friends and families overnight. A granddaughter in India decides to surprise her grandfather on his birthday by reuniting him with his childhood friend (who is now in Pakistan) after over 6 decades of separation, with a little help from Google Search.
Transcript of the video:
0:04
This is me…
0:06
and this is Yusuf…
0:07
my childhood best friend
0:09
In front of our house in Lahore…
0:12
there was a big park…
0:14
with a gate that was constructed in the Stone Age.
0:17
Every evening, we would fly kites there…
0:21
then go to Yusuf’s sweet shop…
0:23
steal ‘Jhajariya’s’ and eat them
0:25
Jhajariya?
0:26
Hello Mr. Mehra…
0:29
Meet my grand-daughter…
0:30
Hello, how are you?
0:31
Hello
1:10
Hello salaam alaikum…
1:11
Fazal Sweets?
1:12
Yes…
1:21
Granddad, a call for you from Delhi
1:25
Hello,
1:26
Yusuf Uncle?
1:27
Who’s this?
1:28
Hello, I am Suman from Delhi…
1:30
your childhood friend Baldev’s grand-daugther
1:33
Do you remember, when you were kids…
1:34
you used to get together and steal ‘Jhajariyas’?
2:07
When the partition happened…
2:10
we had relocate to India overnight
2:12
Granddad…
2:14
I miss Yusuf a lot…
2:46
Can you hurry up please?
2:55
Yes?
3:00
Who?
3:03
Happy Birthday my friend…
3:08
Yusuf…
3:11
Yusuf oh…
3:12
Oh Yusuf…
3:14
Oh Baldev…
3:16
Oh…Yusuf… my friend