Beating Retreat ceremony at Attari-Wagah border scaled down amid India-Pak tensions

India Today

The Beating the Retreat ceremony at the Wagah-Atari border has resumed after a 12-day pause, but with significant changes. The scaled-down version eliminates handshakes and the opening of gates. This modification comes amid ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan, raising questions about the relevance of such ceremonials during conflicts, especially in light of reported shelling of Indian villages along the border.

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00:00Our image of the day, the beating the retreat ceremony on the Vaga-Atari border has been scaled down.

00:07No handshake, no opening of gates.

00:10The ceremony resumed after 12 days.

00:12The question therefore is, do these ceremonials really matter when two countries are in a bitter conflict of the kind we've seen?

00:21And how does one respond when Pakistan shells our innocent villagers along the border and then expects the ceremonies to take place on Vaga-Atari?

00:32Think about it.

00:34We need to move beyond optics on both sides.

00:38Bye for now.

00:51Bye for now.

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