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rahmatullahnoor: Lonliness knows me by my name.......

rahmatullahnoor: Lonliness knows me by my name.......

rahmatullahnoor: "Diversity in Salad Bowl preparation"

rahmatullahnoor: "Diversity in Salad Bowl preparation"

rahmatullahnoor: Bored!!

rahmatullahnoor: Bored!!

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Its almost six months passed to be laid off from my job. All my hours merging to doomsday, counting a conspiracy for me…What next? As no one around left, all had luring jobs to do, in this old season of mine I got one single girl friend who left for further studies ,so it was jus’ me . . First there was the requisite whining about how bored I was, but Ink didn't seem too impressed by that. Then there were the desperate attempts to lure friends out for coffee or something, but everyone already had plans and couldn't entertain me.

So I had no choice but to do the work that I'd been procrastinating on, but not before I attempted to procrastinate further by doing some household chores. I'm no fan of vacuuming or wiping down cupboards, but on a long, empty Sunday noon, so I gone off to sleep.

As evening inched upon us, I had some grubs with puffs, but again, the Force was not strong with me. So the only person that I spoke to and interacted with in person, between noon and bedtime, was my Chotu - who is my soul care-taker here.

I think Ink got tired of me harassing him, though, because he flopped down to sleep a good bit earlier than usual and didn't even stir when I nudged his head.

Lonliness knows me by my name.......

I've felt this way before . Most of the time I'm fine...most of the time I enjoy myself. But every once in a while this profound loneliness comes over me.

Today I can understand some of it. My friends are away and I'm somewhat isolated so I think lonliness takes on a greater role than it should in my life. I'm a great believer in taking action...if things aren't good, then doing something to make it better.

But right now I can't. I'm limited because of some residual effects of nerve pain...can't work at a decent job that pays enough to support what I need to do. This particularly hurts because I was recently kicked out from my job coz economic downturn and totally in cash trap as if world bank jus' belongs to me. Soon i got an an offer from MNC...it's a real offer... It would take a lot of financial pressure off me and unfortunately i'm not that lucky to grab the job I had to turn them down because my inside docs said no.... and I know they're right. I've tried forcing things before and I always get much sicker. I've learned I need to accept where I am but it sucks. Sorry but sometimes it just does. I'll get over this...I always do but right now that's how I feel.

And the loneliness is not just missing my friends and having pain...it's more.

An existential angst...a longing for love...probably both. I used to live in a big world...my world has become smaller and I have struggled to do more than stay afloat. I have struggled to change...to adapt...dare even to thrive. Sometimes I can be a star. Sometimes, like now, I fail.

I am overwhelmed with longing and I'm not completely sure what would fill that void.I want to touch the stars...I want to ride the ocean's waves...I want to be a wild horse running along the ocean's shore. I want someone to see me and love me for what they see. And I want to do the same for them. Dosh!!!So Terribly lonely I could just sit here and cry...

I'm not even sure why I'm writing this or if I will have the courage to post.

"Diversity in Salad Bowl preparation"

Diversity is the key idea in science, business, arts, literature and as well as cultures. On every scale, at every level and from every perspective, we find an amazing diversity in life, diversity in flora and fauna, diversity of races and cultures, diversity of faiths and practices and diversity of personal life styles and cultural preferences, the idea of pluralism tries to accommodate the reality of this divergent, multifaceted amazing kaleidoscope.

I’m fully aware that in all religious traditions, in all major strands of political thoughts, in every region’s ethos, there is some clear or explicit recognition of this fact. Coming from an Islamic background, as I do. I see an affirmation of the Holy Quran’s observation that “ Had God wanted so He would have created everybody alike as adherents of a single religion”. That means God wanted a plural world, a multi-colored world instead of a monochromatic one. If we need religious sanction for forging a multi-cultural world, this should suffice. I’m sure all major and minor religious traditions must have something of this sort.

On a practical plane, things are more complicated. They need a more hard-nosed, practical approach to be sorted out. What kind social, economic and political structure and what kind of a bureaucracy would be needed accommodate this diversity and to make flourish and nurture? Questions like this are pertinent today. We have an idea of the kind of struggle that is required to attain this goal from gigantic efforts being made in the preservation of diversity of species of plants and animals.

Political structures that suit the goal of promotion of multi-culturalism and pluralism, have to be basically democratic and secular. By being democratic we ensure that nobody is excluded because of his/her social and economic status, race or gender and by being secular we make sure that somebody’s religion does not become his/her undoing.

Federalism is another tool for accommodating regional and ethnic diversities. Luckily, we have a political setup which is both democratic and secular and federal too.

We have lot of mechanisms in place that guarantee the working of this arrangement on executive, legislative and judicial Levels as well as on the levels of statutory organizations and civil bodies. Earlier, we had American model of a melting pot which envisaged all kinds of people and all kinds of cultures mixed together in an American personality and an “ All American” world view.

We are talking more often of a salad bowl model where the white radish, the red carrot, the pinkish onion and the blood red beet-root pieces are placed along with green salad leaves and bit hues of lemon. All of them retain their color, texture and taste.

They are placed together in a bowl where their identity is recognized, but they are of a larger scheme of things, and components of a single salad preparation.

Last but not least, we are free to have own recipes, but we have to stick to the rich experience of diversity and shun all monochromatic ideas in favor of a full-bodied, multi-textured idea of India…