[AnotherUnixGeek]

I get my facts from Indian friends in Pune and Bangalore, perhaps the south is more Muslim than the rest of the country. And they do beat the hell out of each other all the time.

I believe southern India has fewer Muslims than the northern portions - the Muslims invaded India from the northwest, through what are now Afghanistan and Pakistan. But the Indian Muslims take Diwali off too - I had a conference call to Bangalore rescheduled because they're off next Monday and Tuesday lol.

[SupplySider]

I lived in Pune for a few months in the eighties. It was a pleasant city with more educated people, and more green space, than most places in India. My impression was that the population was ninety percent Hindu.

The locals would often say, with pride, that they were "the Bangalore of the West".