
It was a short meeting between people separated by different sizes and shapes of headgear — differences, though, that were shaping thousands of lives, not just hairstyles. And it didn’t get particularly written about either. If anything, it may even be remembered by hardliners on both sides, attacking its attendees for ‘compromise’ or talking to untouchables. But it was the most spiritual thing I sat through in a long time, and which saw the ‘religious’ and ‘secular’ merge very comfortably — except that the message may just be too ‘peaceful’ to get carried, far too simple to be understood, let alone followed.