Every Indian can be called as Hindu

Hindu means Indian in Hindi..!!
I think it is high time.. that we should have clarity in the way... we use some of the words.. in colloquial langugaue...

Hindus are reffered to the people who are following the path prescribed by Vedic dharma... I think this is misleading .....!!

The word Hindu has basically originated from the river Sind... as people from foreign country used to refer those who live on the eastern banks of river Sindh as Sindhus.... Sindhus has become Hindus...

I urge one and all to understand this aspect and use Hindus as analogus word to Indians... Like we use Hindustan is India...

Please do not belittle the people of other faiths.. by saying... Hindustan.. is for only those people who follow Vedic dharma.... Today we have very few people around... who actually follow... the real vedic dharma... All the principles and rituals and customs got diluted.... Today... an average Indian is not someone who actually follows vedic dharma... (there is no compulsion that one should follow.. also)

I think these rules/ rituals/ customs were made for happy leading of life... It is upto individuals to preserve them and follow them to lead happy life...

Now considering that so many people in India themselves disowned... the Vedic dharma... it will not fair.. to coin word for that dharma as HINDU and say every person.. who has that affliation.. is HINDU and at the same time it is not fair for those people... who follow other faiths.. like Islam, Christianity, Sikh etc.. to say that they are not HINDUs...

So.. please understand the scuttle difference in the way the word HINDU is used today to what it actually means...

Address all Indians as HINDUs.... HINDU is not a religion... it is a national identity!!