Between opponents who will not physically fight, a punch line is equivalent to a punch. - Shashi Tharoor

Every Hindu may not be conscious of the finer points of his faith, but he has been raised in the tradition of its assumptions and doctrines, even when these have not been explained to him. His Hinduism may be a Hinduism of habit rather than a Hinduism of learning, but it is a lived Hinduism for all that.

In debate he thought high and aimed low.

हरि स्तुति’ में एक स्त्रोत है, जिसका अर्थ है — “तीनों लोकों के स्वामी विष्णु, जिन्हें शैव शिव के रूप में, वेदान्ती ब्रह्म के रूप में, बौद्ध बुद्ध के रूप में, नैयायिक प्रधान के रूप में, जैन महावीर के रूप में और कर्मकाण्डवादी धर्म-सिद्धान्त के रूप में पूजते हैं, हमारी कामना पूरी करें।