Hi all,
The biggest concern, currently in front of Indians, are the attacks on places of worship. Let us not delve on who, where, why and how! Mere attacking on places of worship and writing & publishing ill about GODS are evil enough...
Let us first stop 'politician bashing' from the comforts of our residence / office... Let us not be lead by print and electronic media frenzy...Let us not jump into conclusions and join hands with extreme elements...
Instead, let us try and understand the root cause for this...
The first and foremost reason is that majority of us, wear our religion, up our sleeves and this attitude is exploited by vested interests...we end up attacking each other on caste / religious grounds...
Do our religions have principles, wherein, these kind of atrocities are recommended?
Do our epics decree that all should believe and be in only our own religion, thereby encouraging us to indulge in conversion?
Do our religious elders have preached hatred among one another?
The only answer is noooooo...
Let us first learn to respect others, be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of a battle...
Once this is practiced and accepted as the minimum norm for living then we shall automatically respect and even appreciate each others religions.
This shall only pave way to us living and enjoying our region / states cultures and traditions...
Which means, the annual harvest festivals (like Onam in Kerala and Pongal in Tamil Nadu etc..) can be truly celebrated in spirit by one and all of the state rather than by a particular religion alone.
Finally, it all culminates, to the fact and truth that we are all Indians and in front of our 'Mother Land' nothing else, even state-hoods and religions, shall not matter.
Only, then we shall not fight among ourselves, let alone, allow external forces to harm us.
Let us serve this great Country by being united as Indians and live in harmony.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Hi to all,
My maiden post and i appropriately select for discussion our 'Father of the Nation'...
Yesterday being 2nd Oct'08, the 139th birth centenary of 'Mahatma Gandhi' and i had the opportunity to watch the movie 'Gandhi' on television.
Going back on nostalgia...way back to 1983, period which we shifted to a new town bcz my father got promotion with transfer, me being a teenager, saw two, just released, film posters - one, Mr.Kamal Hassan's 'Salangai Oli' and the other 'Gandhi' in english.
Being a Kamal fan, my heart wanted to see that film first but may be - my father holds 'Mahatma' in awe and respect - this fact must have influenced me to watch 'Gandhi' first.
At that age, I was awestruck and almost after 25 long years, yesterday i felt the same. May be i struggled to hold tears now...
...for i feel that it is unrealistic, non-practical and impossible for a human being to live so...when viewed from yesteryear,today, tomorrow's perspective...but to the benefit of human race, the great man had actually lived so...
The words of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru "the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light..and a thousand years later that light will still be seen and the world will see it"
I shall reiterate the fact that we and our generations to come, shall try atleast to understand the 'Mahatma' for our..our nation's..our human races betterment and this stands true given the happenings of today, around the globe.
I shall sign off by registering 'Mahatma's' words and i conscienciously try to follow since 1983...
"I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed,
I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible,
But, I refuse to be blown off my feet by any".
My maiden post and i appropriately select for discussion our 'Father of the Nation'...
Yesterday being 2nd Oct'08, the 139th birth centenary of 'Mahatma Gandhi' and i had the opportunity to watch the movie 'Gandhi' on television.
Going back on nostalgia...way back to 1983, period which we shifted to a new town bcz my father got promotion with transfer, me being a teenager, saw two, just released, film posters - one, Mr.Kamal Hassan's 'Salangai Oli' and the other 'Gandhi' in english.
Being a Kamal fan, my heart wanted to see that film first but may be - my father holds 'Mahatma' in awe and respect - this fact must have influenced me to watch 'Gandhi' first.
At that age, I was awestruck and almost after 25 long years, yesterday i felt the same. May be i struggled to hold tears now...
...for i feel that it is unrealistic, non-practical and impossible for a human being to live so...when viewed from yesteryear,today, tomorrow's perspective...but to the benefit of human race, the great man had actually lived so...
The words of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru "the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light..and a thousand years later that light will still be seen and the world will see it"
I shall reiterate the fact that we and our generations to come, shall try atleast to understand the 'Mahatma' for our..our nation's..our human races betterment and this stands true given the happenings of today, around the globe.
I shall sign off by registering 'Mahatma's' words and i conscienciously try to follow since 1983...
"I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed,
I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible,
But, I refuse to be blown off my feet by any".
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