Real South Asia Politics - India PM invites Pakistan leaders

[malaise]

to watch the cricket world cup semi-final.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12864679
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India's PM has invited Pakistan's leaders to join him in watching next week's cricket World Cup semi-final game between the South Asian rivals.

The hugely-anticipated match is due to be hosted in the northern Indian city of Mohali.

Earlier, Pakistan's cricket team arrived for their first visit to India since the 2008 Mumbai (Bombay) attacks.

Relations between the nuclear-armed rivals are still tense after Pakistan-based militants targeted the city.
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Mike Marqusee wrote a classic book years ago - War Minus the Shooting

and here is a good article by him about cricket between these two. Mike is a Bostonian who left the US during the Vietnam War.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/mar/10/india.pakistan