Last week, an amazing picture of a Pakistani female commando guarding Indian Sikhs as they arrive in Pakistan for a religious tour has gone viral on social media. Captured at Wagah railway station on Friday, this picture reflects many things apart from ‘respect’. Also, it is a happy sight for the peace lovers. At a time when India is grappling with the menace of intolerance, this photograph shows how humanity knows no communal discord.

Hundreds of Indian Sikh pilgrims arrived in Pakistan by a special train to participate in the three-day festival on the auspicious occasion of ‘Gurupurab,’ birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikh religion, at Nankana Sahib near Lahore. And to make sure they were safe, this woman stood guarding them at the Wagah Railway Station. She was armed with a Heckler and Koch MP 5 and made it possible for Sikh pilgrims from India to celebrate Guru Nanak’s 547th birth anniversary.

So much power in one picture! The picture is serving two big purposes. On one hand, it is dissolving the religious differences between the two countries while on the other it is burying the stereotypes about Pakistan, religion and women on many levels. This woman has set up the greatest example of religious tolerance in the recent times. If not for these little incidents, humanity would have been long dead.

India and Pakistan have always been on different sides of the table when it comes to ‘religion’. Today it is amazing to see devotees from India visiting the religious shrine in Pakistan, which is providing them security, especially by a woman commando. Hats off to Pakistan for taking a giant step towards upholding communal tolerance.