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The India-Pakistan conflict runs deep, spanning decades since the partition of British India in 1947. Among its recent heightened episodes was India’s Operation Sindoor airstrikes on May 7, 2025, following the deadly Pahalgam attack a few weeks prior. After the strikes, a TV crew went outside to conduct street interviews about people’s celebratory thoughts on the retaliation, not knowing they would instead come across a teen boy who put peace and humanity first.
A viral clip shows a teenager who identifies as Muhammad Kaif from Bihar, India, shutting down war talk against Pakistan, despite the repeated attempts from the reporter. When asked, “Long live Pakistan?” Muhammad calmly replies, “Long live,” shocking the person behind the camera.
The reporter then asks if he thinks Pakistan shouldn’t be destroyed, and if he supports both India and Pakistan. “Long live India and Pakistan in their own space. You too long live in your own space,” Muhammad says. The reporter then tries calling him out, asking if he feels even a little ashamed of supporting Pakistan even though he lives in India. “Oh, so you’re making the news. Aren’t you ashamed about it? Aren’t you ashamed making news and spreading it everywhere?” Muhammad strikes back, catching on to the reporter’s search for an incandescent headline.
“There are people over there too, here too, Muslims there too, Hindus there too, Hindus here too. Everyone is human, then why kill everyone? Tell me! Tell me why everything should be destroyed. Everyone has a right to live. Everyone has that right. Then why destroy them?”
Confounded by the boy and wondering if there are some opposing forces at play, the reporter ends the interview asking Muhammad, “Who taught you this?” Which the boy sharply shuts down by replying, “I have a brain, man,” before disappearing into the crowd. This episode shows that peace is never an imposed ideology, but war and violence always are.
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