Power to influence comes from the choice to be influenced.I neither seek to purvey nor purport anything in particular. Just to be,and share being. I've been fortunate to travel extensively around India and the world , as I changed professions and they changed me.The greatest of journeys, I find, happen when you plumb of your own insides. So.....come on in, I love to listen.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

What is right with our world - why do we shy from talking about it?

It is clear that the only real weapon against terror is liberalism.
Nothing embodies liberalism better than our proud nation.
Eight thriving religions, that co-exist, mostly with respect for each other.

Mutual respect is the prescription that lets a thousand flowers bloom and sorely missing in today’s world.
The fact is that the Indian muslim population represents a significant number of the global muslim population.
Also that side from perhaps Turkey, the only muslims that have experienced life in a liberal democracy.

This is a model that needs to be seen heard and experienced by the rest of the muslim world.
Often people living in closed environments cannot envision another paradigm, since they know no other than their own.
The best bet perhaps is for the world to hear from Indian muslims about the fundamental freedoms that they enjoy under the Indian constitution.
No matter how flawed they may look, it is more than any of the others have know or believed possible.
Let us not forget to talk about what we have done right , there are anyway enough people who wont let you forget what went wrong.
As they say nothing can stop an idea.
Its time has come.

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