Be the change you want to be.
So one fine morning you wake up fresh, happy that Lalu Prasad will finally go to jail after whatever he did in his days.As you brush your teeth you have a doubt in mind, whether he'll be jailed in Ranchi or Patna. But you shrug it off..who cares? That jolly old man is now done.You take your breakfast and head outside. At your door stands a man, young, tall, looking dapper. You think-salesman;oxford dictionary. But to your surprise he just has a question for you. He asks you your favourite potato chip. You say fine, just a question, Lay's Blue. He takes out a .22 callibre mauser gun from his shirt-pocket and shoots you down at point blank.
Now you think, what the hell...you can't think, you are dead.
This is what happened in Kenya last week. A country many knew only for its bright cricket jersey and its fielding and its cockroach bearing flag; this was a surprise. People were killed for not knowing answers to questions related to Islam. Means seriously? I have upcoming vivas (gulp). This can happen anywhere, anytime to anyone.
Religion is just a checkbox on some forms you have to fill. Beyond that its just inside you. As a support system, in explaining unexplained events, as a checkdam for the wrongs you may think of doing in life or whatever. I don't say religion has no importance in our life .It has stuck to us for milleniums, it must be something important. But WHY MAKE SUCH A FUSS??
Figure This-
We eat so that we live. We eat whatever we feel like. Religion is like food, you don't live for it..rather it exists because you live. Imagine what happens if non-veggies wage a war against vegetarian people.
I hope that atleast all people of my generation have this mentality, this because I know that my generation has probably been brought up in different surroundings than other previous ones. But its just a hope.
Its a hope that after 50, or 500 years, whenever the change comes, the people of those times have a laugh thinking how their ancestors fought over trivial matters.
Now you think, what the hell...you can't think, you are dead.
This is what happened in Kenya last week. A country many knew only for its bright cricket jersey and its fielding and its cockroach bearing flag; this was a surprise. People were killed for not knowing answers to questions related to Islam. Means seriously? I have upcoming vivas (gulp). This can happen anywhere, anytime to anyone.
Religion is just a checkbox on some forms you have to fill. Beyond that its just inside you. As a support system, in explaining unexplained events, as a checkdam for the wrongs you may think of doing in life or whatever. I don't say religion has no importance in our life .It has stuck to us for milleniums, it must be something important. But WHY MAKE SUCH A FUSS??
Figure This-
We eat so that we live. We eat whatever we feel like. Religion is like food, you don't live for it..rather it exists because you live. Imagine what happens if non-veggies wage a war against vegetarian people.
I hope that atleast all people of my generation have this mentality, this because I know that my generation has probably been brought up in different surroundings than other previous ones. But its just a hope.
Its a hope that after 50, or 500 years, whenever the change comes, the people of those times have a laugh thinking how their ancestors fought over trivial matters.