The other program with an alternate view on the Independence Day was a panel discussion on the Indo-Pak peace process. The discussion titled "We Refuse to Be Enemies" took place on August 14, at the spiffy office of Global Fund for Women (GFW).

The panelists included Admiral (Retd) L. Ramdas, former Chairman of the Pakistan -India People's Forum for Peace and Democracy; Lalita Ramdas, Board Chair of Greenpeace International; Nosheen Ali, a scholar at the Stanford University, visiting from Pakistan; and Samar MinAllah, a Pashtun independent filmmaker based in Islamabad. The discussion was moderated by Anu Mandavilli of the Friends of South Asia (FOSA) and Anasuya Sengupta of GFW.