The history of India's ancient civilization is a tapestry of cultural diversity woven over ten thousand years. Its 'invasions' outside its borders have been overwhelmingly through ancient knowledge, science, architecture, philosophy, trade and fine arts. The most farflung religion spread from India is Buddhism, not Hinduism. This message is for and on behalf of India's 28 million Christians.

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Not everyone in today's India is consumed by religious supremacy. This moving picture sends you more than ten thousand words on this day of celebration of peace.

As does this poignant message of hope:

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.

-- J R R Tolkien, 'The Fellowship of the Ring'

Authors Bio:

Economist and retired UN staff, disillusioned equally with the corruption of economics as a profession and the impotence of the UN in preventing the supreme crime of war.