I am too young (perhaps by some standards) to comment on secularism, caste, creed, color and religions, but I am open to learning from people of some competence like Mahatma Gandhi and Dalai Lama. By religion I am a Buddhist, but my mother named me Sudarshan, which is a typical word from Hindu mythology. During my formative years (In Darjeeling) I developed a notion that Jesus Christ was also one of my gods while I was doing plus two from a Christian school (St. Robert’s High School). As a consequence, by the time I completed graduation from St. Joseph’s college I had become irreversibly close to all the three religions. I still recall those moments as vividly as one from yesterday. I would go to Monastery, Church, and Temples with equal devotion. Even though the turn of the events in my life did not introduce me to Islam or Sikh, I had some close Muslim and Sikh friends with heart of gold. I still solemnly believe that a religion is not a criterion for one’s identity.A new born child has no idea of what religion, caste, creed and color are. It is perhaps the upbringing by the parents and judicious preaching by teachers that will decide whether the child will grow on to become Mahatma Gandhi or someone else with arms/power in hand waiting to use/strike innocent people of so called different caste, color, creed, religion and region. Moreover, whatever might be the translation of the word PAIN in different languages of the world, it feels the same..doesn't it?