AN online survey was conducted with respondents from India and Pakistan, aged mostly 18-35, to assess what factors influence public perception of the `other` across generations.

• Of the 1,340 responses generated, 45 per cent of the participants were Indian while 55pc were from Pakistan.

• 60.6pc people believe they are more involved with current affairs than their parents were at their age.

• 57.1pc people contest that faith-based conflicts drive individuals into violence but at the same time 76.5pc respondents maintain that inter-faith harmony is achievable.

• 47.8pc of Indians relate terrorism with Pakistan, while only 13pc Pakistanis relate India with terrorism.

• 58pc of respondents think the present generation is more intolerant than their forefathers were.