New Delhi, May 11 -- People in Gurgaon were wondering what they must do if a Pakistani missile reached them. We would have run, surely. To what end, I don't know. That moment when I ran, I would have been somewhat embarrassed. That Pakistan made me run. Normally, Pakistanis cannot make me do anything-not even emotionally prepare for a cricket match anymore. But maybe we didn't have to worry after all. On Saturday, India and Pakistan announced that they had agreed to a ceasefire. It was chiefly because of us-we the 'innocent' civilians of the world.

A principle of modern war is that I should not be killed. As a civilian, I am 'innocent.' Only a war would call me that, though. It is somehow odd that the official position of Pakistan is tha...