This is a very beautiful reply. This is not a surprise but it feels good when I meet people and they feel that its their country. History has spoken over time how much patriotism has been shown by the Muslim brothers. But these things seem to have faded with time, and found it place only on the pages of our Social Studies book. The main responsible for this cause is the education system. Make people understand the content in a book and not just pass the exam by securing a minimum of 33% marks. Be it Hindu, Muslim, Sikh- We are one. This should be our motto. When one dies probably the god doesn't take care of the Hindus and the Muslims separately. We need to change the mentality of the people. Mine is a family which makes no such difference. My friend Abdul comes and stays with me at my home. He eats with me and enters my kitchen too. I visit his home and I spend time happily with his family. I love this spirit and I carry every time with me the values of my family with me. Once while at Delhi I went to R.K. Puram to seek for a house on rent. The land lady asked me, "Kaunsaa Jaat ke ho tum?". I told, "Hindu". She asked,"Hindu main kaunsa jaat. Brahmin ho??". I said ,"Nahin. MainBrahmin nahin hoon. Par mujhe pata nahin mera jaat. Par main Brahmin hota fir bhi aapke ghar rehnee nahin aataa." Honestly, way back in my hometown I did not know the importance of my "Jaat" or caste. So, I did not know my one even. As my parents never told me this thing. So, in efect I would
