My Journey to Switzerland

it. Instead, it unilaterally established good relations with its neighbouring countries. It made benefitting others, not harming them, its policy. In contrast, Iraq adopted just the opposite policy. The results clearly show us which of these two policies proved more beneficial. BENEFITS OF KEEPING A POSITIVE MENTALITY O n our visit to Switzerland, we met with an Indian Muslim. He was travelling to Europe for some work. One of my companions excitedly told the Muslim gentleman that an international organisation in Switzerland had invited Maulana to give him a peace award. The man remarked, ‘The Indian Muslims are being ruined, so why this joy on this award?’ This negative thinking regarding the conditions of the Indian Muslims is not some isolated or individual case. Instead, this thinking is found among almost all the Muslims of India. All Muslim writers and public speakers write and speak in the same vein. Therefore, it has made the mindset of all Muslims a complaining one.