While God waits for his temple to be built of love, man brings stones.’ Or - Shashi Tharoor

The naval expansionism of the southern Chola and Pallava empires took Indian influences directly to Thailand, Malaya, Indonesia and Cambodia. Later,

We brought up our sons to ‘eat everything’, but their mixed genetic inheritance prevailed: one twin took to meat-eating with relish, while the other, at age seven, with no persuasion whatsoever from his father, turned staunchly vegetarian.

Hinduism as a faith might espouse tolerance, this does not necessarily mean that all Hindus behave tolerantly.