1) The author recalls fond childhood memories of traveling with his father through the hills of Nainital and Mukteshwar, where they would stop at an ashram led by Swami Ji. 2) Swami Ji would offer the author's father a hot drink during the cold weather, which the curious young author also tried and enjoyed - a mixture of coffee and tea that Swami Ji called "cof-tea". 3) Years later, when enrolling his son in a science institute, the author remembered Swami Ji's message that mixing different things, like cultures and religions, can create something good, just as the "cof-tea" blended coffee and tea. The author accepted