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World Service,1 min
The spectacle that happens each day on the India Pakistan border
The Cultural FrontlineAvailable for over a year
Novelist Kamila Shamsie and writer Urvashi Butalia discuss the daily flag lowering ceremony at the Wagah border and reflect on what it can tell us about Indo-Pak relations. This year will mark 70 years since the partition of India and the creation of the new state of Pakistan. (Photo: soldiers at the Wagah border between India and Pakistan Credit: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)
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