27 November, 2008

Car 4 U......

What an animation technique is used in this video!

 

There is nothing permanent except change.              ---Heraclitus


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26 November, 2008

Lamborghini....

What a car !!!!!!!!!! JJJJJ

 

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
- Martin Luther King, Jr


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Effort never fails...

See the attached video… JJJ

 

Procrastination:

"Hard work often pays off after time, But laziness always pays off now."


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Subject: Fw: Effort never fails...

 

Gr8!

 

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Technical Info: Microsoft Launches Live Search Maps for India

Dear Friends,

You may like to read this:

 

Microsoft Launches Live Search Maps for India:

For more details:

http://www.enterpriser.in/India/Know_It/Microsoft_Launches_Live_Search_Maps_for_India/551-94686-449.html

 

Here is the URL for viewing MAP, it is too good… Microsoft is trying to compete Google Earth; let’s see the technology war between Google & Microsoft…

What ever they will do, one thing is confirm we will get something more useful for our day to day life… JJJ

 

The Drive From çè Drive To feature is quite Good, also it is showing all major street of your city. As the development is going on, we may see some more useful / interesting features which are not available in Google Earth…

 

http://mapindia.live.com/

 

Regards,

Chirag

21 November, 2008

true reason for economy crash

May be a repeated one …

 

One of the dumbest things you can do with money is spend it.
- Robert Wilson


Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:14 PM
To: Chirag Gandhi
Subject: true reason for economy crash

 

 

20 Tips for Career Survival

This one is good for all…

 

"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."

- - - Arthur C. Clarke


From: terrafirmapune@yahoogroups.com [mailto:terrafirmapune@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of www.terrafirmajobs.com           
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 11:37 AM
To: terrafirmapune@yahoogroups.com
Subject: 20 Tips for Career Survival

 

Greetings!

This week's article-' 20 Tips for Career Survival' gives tips to
prepare yourself for recessionary phase in global economy. But it is
also practical and relevant in any kind of business environment.

20 Tips for Career Survival

Preventive and Preemptive Moves

Lots of people are jittery about their jobs these days,and given the
constant stream of bad news about the economy, who can blame any
employee for being nervous? Below are 10 tips that might help you
keep your job, and 10 tips for being prepared if the ax falls and you
have to start a job search.

Show Up

Now is not the time to take ad hoc vacation or ask for a virtual-work
arrangement if it hasn't been in the plan thus far. Being present is
a key element of being kept on the payroll. If your job involves
working from home and occasionally showing up to a regional office,
now's the time to swing by.

Make Your Boss Look Good

Your boss is under pressure, too. Now is the time to become your
manager's trusted adviser and go-to person, not to tussle with him or
her over things that aren't critical.Establish yourself as a key
value producer and fully on-board player.

Cut Costs

Yes, there's a cost of doing business, but there are times it's
appropriate to go all out and times it's not. Now is the latter. If
you entertain clients, do so on a more modest scale. Don't put your
employer in the awkward spot of having to explain (to the media, an
analyst, a customer, or a board member) why that lavish off-site
couldn't be postponed.

Stand Out for the Right Reasons


That means for your accomplishments, positive attitude, and for going
the extra distance—not for being a whiner, a problem, or a pain. Now
is not the time to pursue an agenda beyond "helping the company make
money." Be known companywide or divisionwide as someone who looks out
for the organization.

Let People Know What You've Done

You'd need to start assessing your achievements for the year anyway
for a performance review. Work some of them into conversations,
memos, etc., where appropriate. The idea isn't to steal credit or to
be seen as trumpeting your own fabulousness but to remind your boss
of the difference that your work makes to the team and to the bottom
line.

Let People Know What You're Doing

Be transparent about your projects and how they're progressing. If
things aren't working, now is the time to drop them and go on to
productive ones. Many a staunch worker has been laid off due only to
the noncritical nature of his or her projects. Don't assume that your
boss is managing your projects with an eye toward your longevity.
It's up to you to learn what's important and what's not.

Finish Things Up

Having lots of loose ends won't make anyone think you're too
important to get rid of. It's easy to rely on being the most
experienced, busiest, or most battle-scarred player on the team and
believe that status will protect you. It won't, so make it your
business to be seen as efficient and as someone who accomplishes
things.

Be Flexible

Your stature on the team is hard-won, but if the company needs a
Chief Cook and Bottle Washer right now, you'd be wise to step up.
Flexibility in role, in title, and in tasks is a big deal when layoff
short lists are being written and reviewed. If you're the team's
usability guru but the campaign has fallen victim to the need to stay
afloat, be humble enough to write code and/or documentation if need
be.

Don't Be a Defeatist

If your time is spent on Monster because of your fear of imminent
layoffs, that will be evident to your co-workers. Keep your mind in
the game until you've been told not to. Confidence and hope for the
future are traits that employers look to in their team members during
challenging times.

Be Realistic

You deserve more money, a bigger title, and an office with a view—
agreed. Now may not be the time to push for them, nor is it the time
to talk to your boss about your five-year plan in the organization.
His or her mind is on immediate concerns like making the payroll and
keeping the company's stock listed. Managers pay attention to who
gets it in times like this and who's oblivious.

Firm Up Your References

Part of being realistic is accepting that your job may not survive,
so among the things you should do just in case is firm up your
references. Many employers limit managers to just-the-facts
references, and what you need is a hearty endorsement with plenty of
savory details. Cultivate two or three references before you need
them. A great lineup: one lofty (vice-president or higher) reference;
one direct-supervisor reference (from a former job, or a boss from
your current employer who's no longer working there); and one from a
co-worker.

Get Your Name Out

If you don't have one already, you'll want to get a LinkedIn profile
and begin inviting your business friends and colleagues—past and
present—to connect. Basic membership is free, and having a LinkedIn
profile will make it easier for recruiters and hiring managers to
find you. Once your profile is set up, ask a few managers, clients,
and/or vendors to write LinkedIn endorsements for you—a virtual
reference that doesn't require reaching someone by phone.

Assemble Your Tool Kit

If a job search is in your future, you'll need a grown-up, personal e-
mail address (jane.r.sm...@gmail.com is great.
janeloveschnauz...@gmail.com is not), and an outgoing voicemail
message that sounds like a person you'd want to hire. If you may be
laid off soon,invest a few dollars in job-search business cards from
Vistaprint.com. Those will include your name, e-mail address and
phone, a few bullet points about your skills and desired position,
and the URL to your LinkedIn profile

Get Your Contacts Together

Way too many taken-by-surprise layoff victims leave their offices
without taking their valuable contacts with them. Now, while you have
time, scour your e-mail address book and workplace files for contacts
you'll take with you in electronic form if your job should disappear.
(Of course, don't take any proprietary information with you.

Refresh Your Résumé

Most of us have out-of-date résumés sitting in a forgotten corner of
our hard drives. Find that lost puppy, then update it to make sure it
represents who you are now. Add your current position and your
pithiest accomplishments in bullet form, plus a clear and human
summary that tells employers at a glance what you've done and what
you're seeking.

Check In with Your Search Pals


If you don't know a management recruiter, now is a good time to
befriend one. Ask friends or use an online community for recruiter
recommendations in your functional area and region. Make time to chat
with one or two local search pros to bring them up to date on your
skills and career plans. If you need a recruiter down the road,
you'll be glad you made the connection ahead of time.

Go for the Résumé Fodder

Every day on the job look for résumé fodder that will make you more
appealing to prospective employers. Taking on a mission-critical
project is an obvious way to build your résumé's heft, but there are
others: cross-training with a peer to learn what he/she does and vice
versa; creating a high-stakes presentation for an upcoming leadership
meeting. You won't be able to enrich your résumé once you leave your
job. Do it now!

Survey the Market

Do you know how desirable your experience is on the local job market?
Most of us don't. Use a jobs aggregation site like Indeed.com or
SimplyHired.com to learn how badly employers need what you're
selling. Set up an e-mail jobs alert to tell you when new jobs
fitting your specs show up on the site. If you find that your skills
aren't in demand, now's the time to shift your résumé and your story
in the direction of what employers are looking for.

Know Your Price

If you may be job-hunting, you'll want to know what your skill and
résumé will fetch on the market. Use sites like Glassdoor.com and
Payscale.com to gauge your salary level and create a compensation
target for your next job search, whenever it happens.

Pare Expenses

Our last tip is to create a fund to tide you over during a job
search. Unemployment compensation will not cover your bills and
severance is unpredictable, as is the amount of time you'll be out of
work. Look at your household expenses to see what you could eliminate
or reduce to build a cash reserve. If the rug is pulled out from
under you, you'll be glad you put off the Hawaii vacation or the
intensive Italian language lessons.

20 November, 2008

parents V/s. Kids

Very very funny video…

 

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

~~~  Charlie Chaplin


From:
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 3:53 PM
Subject: parents V/s. Kids

 

 

 Hi,

 

Just have a look and enjoy it.

 

 

Did you know this ???? Gujjus R Gr8! !!!

Jai Jai Garvi Gujarat.

 

Few more from Wikipedia:

Gujarat controls some of the largest businesses in India. Major Agricultural produce of the state include cotton, groundnuts, peanuts, dates, sugar cane, milk & milk products. Industrial products include cement, and petrol.

  • 19% of India's Industrial Output[citation needed]
  • 10% of its Mineral Production
  • 20% of its exports
  • 25% of its textile production
  • 40% of India's pharmaceutical products
  • 47% petrochemical production
  • Largest Sea shore, 1670 km.

The worlds largest ship breaking yard is in Gujarat near Bhavnagar at Alang. Reliance Petroleum Limited, one of the group companies of Reliance Industries Limited founded by Dhirubhai Ambani operates the oil refinery at Jamnagar which is the world's largest grass-roots refineries. The company has also planned another SEZ(special economic zone), in Jamnagar.

Gujarat ranks first nationwide in gas-based thermal electricity generation with national market share of over 8% and second nationwide in nuclear electricity generation with national market share of over 1%.

Over 20% of the S&P CNX 500 conglomerates have corporate offices in Gujarat.

As per RBI report, in year 2006-07, 26% out of total bank finance in India was in Gujarat.

For more details:    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarat  

 

"The way to get started is to quit talking & begin doing."

- - - Walt Disney


From:
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 5:37 PM
Cc: 'Chirag Gandhi'
Subject: Did you know this ???? Gujjus!!!

 

 

Did you know this ????

 

August 8 report of the

National Council of Applied Economic Research, says

  • the richest city in India is now Surat, ahead of Bangalore and Madras, with an average annual household income of Rs0.45 million (over $11,000 per year).
  • 80 per cent of all diamonds sold anywhere in the world are polished in Surat's 10,000 diamond units.
  • The only non-Jews in the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem diamond bourse are Gujjus.
  • Between 2004-5 and 2007-8 Surat's middle class doubled in size and its poor reduced by a third.
  • The fifth richest city in India is now Ahmedabad, ahead of Bombay and Delhi, and miles ahead of Calcutta.
  • The percentage of man-days lost in Gujarat due to labour unrest is 0.42 per cent, the lowest in India.
  • Of Gujarat's 18,048 villages, 17,940 have electricity.
  • Under Chief Minister Modi, the face of industrial Gujarat is changing.
  • The world's largest oil refinery is coming up in Jamnagar. Owned by Reliance, it already refines 660,000 barrels of oil a day and will double that this year.
  • Thirty per cent of India's cotton is grown in Gujarat, 40 per cent of India's art-silk is manufactured in Surat, employing 0.7 million people.
  • The world's third largest denim manufacturer is Ahmedabad's Arvind Mills.
  • A KPMG report says 40 per cent of India's pharmacy industry is based in Gujarat, with companies like Torrent, Zydus Cadila, Alembic, Dishman and Sun Pharma.
  • The state of Gujarat's GDP has been growing at 12 per cent a year for the last 12 years, as fast as China's.
  • India's wealthiest man, Mukesh Ambani of Reliance, is Gujarati. Forbes says he is the world's fifth richest man, worth $43 billions.
  • Azim Premji of Wipro, is Gujarati. He is the world's 21st richest man, worth $17 billion.
  • Ten of the 25 richest Indians are Gujarati.
  • Some of the best business communities in India -- Parsis, Jains, Memons, Banias, Khojas and Bohras -- speak Gujarati.
  • The two great leaders of the subcontinent, the Mahatma and the Quaid, were both Gujaratis from trading communities. One a Bania,the other a Khoja.
  • Gujaratis number 55 million, five per cent of India's population living on six per cent of surface area, but hold 30 per cent of all Indian stock.
  • Gujaratis account for 16 per cent of all Indian exports and 17 per cent of GDP.
  • Around 3500 festivals are celebrated in Gujarat. - the state is known as the land of fairs and festivals.

Way to go, Gujjus.....! !!!

Haalat ...

Very Funny one…

 

"The way to get started is to quit talking & begin doing."

 - - Walt Disney


From:]
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 11:00 AM
Subject: Haalat ...

 

 

Chacha kaise ho ??? ??


Chacha: ab kya batau....

Bada beta share broker hai...
Bombay Stock Broker

 


  Doosara beta Jet Airways mein hai
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Aur
    
Teesara  software mein

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Sabse chhota PANWALA hai...  
   

 
 

Bus Wohi ghar chala raha hai.... !!!! LOL  

 

19 November, 2008

BECOMING HAPPIER BY FOCUSING ON HAPPINESS!!! ---> 100 ways

Too too too good…. Think for happiness & become happy…

 

"Happiness is like a butterfly which when pursued, is always beyond our reach but which, if you sit down quietly, may alight upon you"


Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:39 AM
Subject: BECOMING HAPPIER BY FOCUSING ON HAPPINESS!!! ---> 100 ways

BECOMING HAPPIER BY FOCUSING ON HAPPINESS!!!

While this list is somewhat repetitive, reading through the statements occasionally will help you tune into and remember the kinds of thoughts that will make you happier.  Don't be overly concerned if some of the statements do not ring true; the more you repeat them the truer they will feel.  Creating your own personal list is also very helpful.

 1.  Thinking about happiness makes me very happy.

  2   Not comparing myself with others keeps me very happy.

  3.  Realizing that I have everything I need keeps me very happy.

  4.  Getting better at feeling happiness makes me very happy.

  5.  Meditating on happiness makes me very happy.

  6.  Loving and caring for others makes me very happy.

  7.  Being happy about other people's happiness makes me very happy.

  8.  Stopping my unpleasant thoughts makes me very happy.

  9.  Being good makes me very happy.

10.  Thinking about my friends makes me very happy.

11.  Imagining the world getting better and better makes me very happy.

12.  Admiring everyone and everything around me makes me very happy.

13.  Liking myself makes me very happy.

14.  The better I remember that happiness is the POINT of my life, the more I'll work on it.

15.  Being courageous enough to be happy keeps me very happy.

16.  Helping others become happier makes me very happy.

17.  Not feeling angry, sad, or afraid about anything keeps me very happy.

18.  Remembering that happiness is a skill motivates me to work on being very happy.

19.  Staying relaxed keeps me very happy.

20.  Spending time with others makes me very happy.

21.  Making lots of plans keeps me very happy.

22.   Seeing happiness as an art to be refined makes me very happy.

23.  Pretending to be happy makes me very happy.

24.  Constantly striving to make new friends makes me very happy.

25.  Not overworking myself keeps me happy.

26.  Everything happens for the best.

27.  Appreciating everything I have keeps me very happy.

28.  Being considerate of the feelings of others keeps me very happy.

29.  My happiness is entirely dependent on my thoughts.

30.  Forgiving others makes me very happy.

31.  Using spare time to work on getting happy makes me very happy.

32.  Not becoming disturbed by others’ sadness, anger, and fear makes me very happy.

33.  Loving my work keeps me very happy.

34.  Thinking of ways to become happier makes me very happy.

35.  Working to correct my mistakes makes me very happy.

36.  Noticing the wonderful things in life makes me very happy.

37.  Seeing the best in others keeps me very happy.

38.  Getting enough sleep and exercise, and eating well, keeps me very happy.

39.  The more happy thoughts I will myself to have, the happier I'll be.

40.  Spending a lot of time with family and friends makes me very happy.

41.  Thinking about God or goodness makes me very happy.

42.  Minimizing misfortunes keeps me very happy.

43.  Seeing the bright side of everything keeps me very happy.

44.  Seeking out people to be with makes me very happy.

45.  Reading these self-statements daily makes me very happy.

46.  Bearing pain well makes me very happy.

47.  Not wanting what I can’t reasonably have keeps me very happy.

48.  Helping others with their problems makes me very happy.

49.  Pleasantly evaluating everything I see, hear, feel and think makes me very happy.

50.  Understanding that sadness, anger, and fear are unnecessary keeps me very happy.

51.  Not needing others to like me keeps me very happy.

52.  Expecting my life to keep getting better and better keeps me very happy.

53.  My sense of humor makes me very happy.

54.  Quickly forgetting past unpleasantness keeps me very happy.

55.  Understanding what makes me happy keeps me very happy.

56.  Sharing my happiness with others makes me very happy.

57.  Not being afraid to die keeps me very happy.

58.  Visiting with friends and family as often as possible makes me very happy.

59.  Talking about happiness with others makes me very happy.

60.  Never feeling sorry for myself keeps me very happy.

61.  Seeing other people as a great source of happiness makes me very happy.

62.  Feeling like a lucky person makes me very happy.

63.  Not expecting us all to be perfect keeps me very happy.

64.  Making the conscious effort to be very happy makes me very happy.

65.  Praying that everything keeps getting better makes me very happy.

66.  Pleasantly telling my problems to others keeps me very happy.

67.  Remembering past pleasures keeps me very happy.

68.  Not fearing other people keeps me very happy.

69.  Laughing makes me very happy.

70.  Considering myself a good person makes me very happy.

71.  Being kind to others keeps me very happy.

72   I never find it necessary to worry.

73.  Being polite keeps me very happy.

74.  Helping the less fortunate makes me very happy.

75.  Feeling love makes me very happy.

76.  Not judging others keeps me very happy.

77.  Hobbies and other personal interests keep me very happy.

78.  Going to spiritual services makes me very happy.

79.  Finding things that I have in common with others makes me very happy.

80   Not being disappointed when life takes things from me keeps me very happy.

81.  Working on, or distracting myself from, my problems makes me very happy.

82.  Smiling as often as possible keeps me very happy..

83.  Doing a lot of what I love to do keeps me very happy.

84.  Imagining the future as very pleasant makes me very happy..

85.  Meditation makes me very happy.

86.  Feeling grateful for the good things in my life keeps me very happy.

87.  Doing everything as well as I can makes me very happy.

88.  Working on, short, and long, term goals keeps me very happy.

89.  Practicing wisdom makes me very happy.

90.  Staying in touch with my feelings keeps me very happy.

91.  Always seeking more happiness makes me very happy.

92.  Having many friends keeps me very happy.

93.   It is never useful for me to worry.

94.  Being in touch with the wonder of existence makes me very happy.

95.  Enjoying the time I spend alone keeps me very happy.

96   Not considering myself better or worse than others keeps me very happy.

97.  Understanding that my feelings are dependent on my thoughts keeps me very happy.

98.  Having people over to my home as often as possible makes me very happy.

99.  Not expecting the world to be perfect keeps me very happy.

100.  VALUING MY HAPPINESS KEEPS ME VERY HAPPY!

One of the better ways to reach home faster !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Too good TVC…

 

"The way to get started is to quit talking & begin doing."

- - - Walt Disney


Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 6:51 PM
Subject: One of the better ways to reach home faster !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

New Japanese Chair

Too good…

 

"The way to get started is to quit talking & begin doing."

- - - Walt Disney


From:]
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:53 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Fw: New Japanese Chair

 

17 November, 2008

"Hindu Terror" --- Francois Gautier

Too good…

 

Forgiveness is all-powerful. Forgiveness heals all ills.
--Catherine Ponder


Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 6:38 PM
Subject: "Hindu Terror" -- Francois Gautier

 

If you are a conscientious Hindu, read on

The Hindu Rate of Wrath

When the Mahatma's cowards erupt in fury, it hurts. It isn't terror.

Francois Gautier

 

Is there such a thing as 'Hindu terrorism', as the arrest of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur for the recent Malegaon blasts may tend to prove? Well, I guess I was asked to write this column because I am one of that rare breed of foreign correspondents—a lover of Hindus! A born Frenchman, Catholic-educated and non-Hindu, I do hope I'll be given some credit for my opinions, which are not the product of my parents' ideas, my education or my atavism, but garnered from 25 years of reporting in South Asia (for Le Journal de Geneve and Le Figaro).

In the early 1980s, when I started freelancing in south India, doing photo features on kalaripayattu, the Ayyappa festival, or the Ayyanars, I slowly realised that the genius of this country lies in its Hindu ethos, in the true spirituality behind Hinduism. The average Hindu you meet in a million villages possesses this simple, innate spirituality and accepts your diversity, whether you are Christian or Muslim, Jain or Arab, French or Chinese. It is this Hinduness that makes the Indian Christian different from, say, a French Christian, or the Indian Muslim unlike a Saudi Muslim. I also learnt that Hindus not only believed that the divine could manifest itself at different times, under different names, using different scriptures (not to mention the wonderful avatar concept, the perfect answer to 21st century religious strife) but that they had also given refuge to persecuted minorities from across the world—Syrian Christians, Parsis, Jews, Armenians, and today, Tibetans. In 3,500 years of existence, Hindus have never militarily invaded another country, never tried to impose their religion on others by force or induced conversions.

You cannot find anybody less fundamentalist than a Hindu in the world and it saddens me when I see the Indian and western press equating terrorist groups like SIMI, which blow up innocent civilians, with ordinary, angry Hindus who burn churches without killing anybody. We know also that most of these communal incidents often involve persons from the same groups—often Dalits and tribals—some of who have converted to Christianity and others not.

However reprehensible the destruction of Babri Masjid, no Muslim was killed in the process; compare this to the 'vengeance' bombings of 1993 in Bombay, which wiped out hundreds of innocents, mostly Hindus. Yet the Babri Masjid destruction is often described by journalists as the more horrible act of the two. We also remember how Sharad Pawar, when he was chief minister of Maharashtra in 1993, lied about a bomb that was supposed to have gone off in a Muslim locality of Bombay.

I have never been politically correct, but have always written what I have discovered while reporting. Let me then be straightforward about this so-called Hindu terror. Hindus, since the first Arab invasions, have been at the receiving end of terrorism, whether it was by Timur, who killed 1,00,000 Hindus in a single day in 1399, or by the Portuguese Inquisition which crucified Brahmins in Goa. Today, Hindus are still being targeted: there were one million Hindus in the Kashmir valley in 1900; only a few hundred remain, the rest having fled in terror. Blasts after blasts have killed hundreds of innocent Hindus all over India in the last four years. Hindus, the overwhelming majority community of this country, are being made fun of, are despised, are deprived of the most basic facilities for one of their most sacred pilgrimages in Amarnath while their government heavily sponsors the Haj. They see their brothers and sisters converted to Christianity through inducements and financial traps, see a harmless 84-year-old swami and a sadhvi brutally murdered. Their gods are blasphemed.

So sometimes, enough is enough. At some point, after years or even centuries of submitting like sheep to slaughter, Hindus—whom the Mahatma once gently called cowards—erupt in uncontrolled fury. And it hurts badly. It happened in Gujarat. It happened in Jammu, then in Kandhamal, Mangalore, and Malegaon. It may happen again elsewhere. What should be understood is that this is a spontaneous revolution on the ground, by ordinary Hindus, without any planning from the political leadership. Therefore, the BJP, instead of acting embarrassed, should not disown those who choose other means to let their anguished voices be heard.

There are about a billion Hindus, one in every six persons on this planet. They form one of the most successful, law-abiding and integrated communities in the world today. Can you call them terrorists?

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(The writer is the editor-in-chief of the Paris-based La Revue de l'Inde.)