Laughing – even at Jokes and utterances that hurt – is a good for health .

“Being a Muslim on India , a secular one , is trying” , Ziua Us Salam says after reading ‘Being a Muslim in South Asia ‘ edited by Robin Jeferry and Rononjoy Sen . A Bengali in Chennai , a Tamil in Kolkata. a Oriya in Bengal , a Sardar in Lucknow, a Bihari ( Harry) in Delhi would also be so inclined if the incidents that Salam narrated and took so much to heart. Jokes and utterances that hurt are common in India and else where. One has to laugh it away.