> Yesterday, on 1-10-2007, I visited library of North Central College,
> Naperville, Illinois and was surprised to find a hall exhibiting
> posters of Gandhi and his various movements and ideas. One the
> posters says, Gandhi got the idea of civil disobedience or
> developed a firm conviction of it after reading an article titled
> "Civil disobedience" by Thoreau who refused to pay an American tax
> to fight a war in Mexico and went to jail.
>
> I also read a latest book on Sociology published in 2007, which mentions in the
> chapter on religion that Hindus in America number around 2 million
> and therefore this religion is a part of multireligious secular
> society of America.

I came across a very old issue of a local paper
that had a poem on friendships. The meaning of the poem is

If you lost a friend
due to a hasty word
Go immediately and make him friend once again
Don't stand for any pride
Friendship is more valuable
Than imagined issues