"A Country of the Two Faces": This episode starts with the trip through no man’s land between India and Pakistan aboard the Samjautha Express, also known as the Friendship Express. This train connects two age-old enemies, Pakistan and India. From Lahore the train continues on to Islamabad and Peshawar, and from there to Kabul, Afghanistan. There the bus and train goes to Quetta, Pakistan and the voyage ends in Taftan, a Pakistani border town by Iran. In the train there are portraits of liberal and fundamentalist Muslims. Outside and aboard the train there are discussions about the future directions of the two countries.
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Trails from the East is a 13-part documentary series that chronicles a train voyage from the East to the West, through fast-changing societies, along the birthplaces of five world religions. The series tackles some of the great questions of today’s globalizing world. How do people cope with the continuing globalization? Is it a threat or an opportunity?
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