Unity across borders

Almost sixty years ago, the British divided India and Pakistan. And now, an Englishman has brought some of them together again. More than a hundred old students, from India and Pakistan came together recently to celebrate the centenary of their teacher- Hugh Catchpole - an Englishman, who taught at the Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) in Dehradun as well as at schools in Pakistan. What made this gathering unique was that most of these old boys are either serving or retired officers of their respective country’s armies. I interacted with a few of them and the following story resulted.

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