One of Aiyer's earlier quote: "If only the Muslims and the Christians weren't here, we would not have been Hindus. We would have been Kshatriyas, Brahmins, Vaishyas, Sudras, Saivites, Vaishnavites, Madhawas and the list goes on. There would have been no question of the Hindu-Rashtra that Bal Thackery talks about everyday."