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