Guys, ask yourself these questions and seek answers for yourselves
What is that which is dividing us?
Its religion, its caste, its poverty, illiteracy, ignorance.
What is ideal for our progress?
That we are united, educated, literate, self-reliant, progressive, open-minded.
What should we do?
Forget religion and work united for our nation and countrymen and women.
Who should be our role models?
APJ Abdul Kalam, Mahatma Gandhi, NR Narayan Murthy etc
Who should not be our role models?
Especially religious leaders
What should we not do?
Dig out our past and history becuase it is full of hatred, blood and loot.
What should be teach our childern?
That we are Indians first and anything else later. We should work for the progress of our motherland and brother and sisters.
Teach them Maths, Physics, Science, Enviromental Science
What not to teach our childern?
To hate hindus, to hate muslims, to hate jews, to hate cristians.
What about my religious books and their teachings?
Dont follow them blindly, they are thousands of years old and hence might not be immediately relevant today. Use your brains and choose what is right and what is wrong. If in doubt - discuss with elders, if still in doubt, discuss with others till you reach a conclusion. Be curious and always ask questions. Dont accept anything as fact.
United we stand and divided we fall. If India is peaceful and progressive , we all move ahead, if not, we all move back. This is our nation, our people, our land and here diversity exists- languages, cultures, religions, races. Love diversity. It will be very unstable if all world was Men only, or Mulsims only , or Hindu only. We need hetrogeneous societies for exchanging ideas and growing together.
RE:Religion Divides , India Unites
by Rasheed on Mar 18, 2007 07:19 PM Permalink
Bang on target, Pranat, I am with you. Well documented. I only hope everyone here gets that spirit.
RE:Religion Divides , India Unites
by Rasheed on Mar 18, 2007 08:03 PM Permalink
Bang on target, Pranat. I am with you. Hope your thoughts are taken in a positive light by all here.
RE:RE:Religion Divides , India Unites
by wada pav on Mar 19, 2007 01:41 AM Permalink
Pranat has not read the koran, hadiths, so he does not know how much hatred these books speak against jews , christians, idol worshippers.
Pranat is a product of a pseudosecular/marxist syllabus taught in our schools.
RE:Religion Divides , India Unites
by Secular Indian on Mar 19, 2007 02:55 AM Permalink
In general, there will be few who will disagree, however I don't share your optimism.
RE:Religion Divides , India Unites
by Perv Sharma on Mar 19, 2007 04:22 AM Permalink
Pranat - good views but ideas. You want peace, progress. For these two elements you have to be powerful in Arms otherwise idiots like you who ignore history will again become slave for another 1000 years. You have to read history to realise why and how you became slave. Come and live in a Kashmir village with your mother and sisters. A grand welcome awaits U.
RE:RE:Religion Divides , India Unites
by Secular Indian on Mar 19, 2007 05:00 AM Permalink
Sad but true, individuals like Rasheed are the silent majority, good intentioned and I would wager patriotic Indians. However they lack a voice and are fearful of taking on the deadly (obscurantist/literlist) muslims that are far too powerful and secondly are well funded by Saudi money.
