Attari (Punjab), Jan 12: It's a military ceremony that never fails to arouse nationalist emotions as Indian and Pakistani flags are lowered at sunset at the Attari-Wagah border gates amid much pomp and jingoism. And so it has been all these past days despite the tensions along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
In fact, the Retreat has been as intense as the outrage generated after the killing and decapitation of two Indian solders by the Pakistani Army in the Mandher sector of the Jammu region and the exchanges of fire between rival soldiers.
On Friday evening, and even earlier in the week, things were no different.
Every seat on the Indian side of the border was taken by a nearly 10,000-strong crowd which watched the synchronised drill by India's Border Security Force (BSF) troopers and their Pakistani counterparts, the Pakistan Rangers.
