Giving his daughter a lesson in optimism, Ahsan Jafri, the former Member of Parliament who was killedduring the last Gujarat violence, had often said: "There is animosity in the world, but there is alsobrotherhood and love; there is pain and misery in the world, but there is also happiness and progress; thereis fighting and brutality in the world, but there is also peace and tranquility. It only depends upon whereand how you look at the world".