Showing posts with label Religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religion. Show all posts

Jan 6, 2010

Better teach Humanity than going Green

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Today as I was leaving from home to office in my Blue Pulsar bike. As usual I was cruising down the road. My heart always cries when I cross this main road where the construction of Bangalore Metro Rail is going on at the expense of thousands of green trees. After crossing this road there is one more road to cross which isn’t the main road but is normally busy because of the construction of the Metro Rail. I always slow down at this point and then proceed.

Today as I was slowing down I saw few people gathering on the other side of the road. I stopped for a while and wondered why the crowd? Then I saw a yellow Karizma bike lying on the road and just next to it as if touching the bike was the New Activa. I realized there was some sort of accident. Then I saw a person lifting a lady who was in her 20s, who was wearing a dark pink T-Shirt and a blue Jeans. The scene was as if she was dead. Her head was down, her hands had no strength. The person who was lifting could not lift her completely. Her legs were touching the ground but were not firm. Suddenly someone told to bring water.

I thought for a while should I go or wait and see what happens. I parked my bike and went there, where this entire scene was going on. At this time water was brought and was given to her. I do not know whether she drank it or not. The guy was still holding her in his both hands. The first thing I did was to check if she was breathing. And ya she was breathing and there was hope. An Auto Rickshaw was called and ready to take her to hospital. The guy was helpless, he could not lift her and nobody was even trying to help him. Then I went and caught the other hand of the girl and her leg and we both tried to lift her and take her in the Auto. Again it was difficult for both of us to put her into the Auto. I told the guy to get inside the Auto (Thinking that he might be related to her), he went inside but left hold of her, now I had to lift her alone into the Auto.
All were giving different instructions, but nobody even bothered to help. At last we could put her into the Auto. I don’t know who the guy was but he went with her to the hospital. The way his expressions were telling I think he was just another passerby. Might be he was having better humanity than me.

Then I made myself relaxed and was about to leave, I saw people gathering there again by the roadside. I was curious to see what the matter is. There I saw 2 elderly couples sitting on the pedestrian. They were having few bruises on their skin. By the discussions I came to know that the young couples hit this elderly couples. The elderly couples were coming from the cross road and these couples were coming from the other road. One Auto Rickshaw stopped making way for the elderly couples to go. The young couples who were speeding in the Karizma bike overtook this Auto from the left side not knowing that the elderly couple is coming on the Activa and hit them. Might be they were in a hurry.

From this incident I was wondering if people really have humanity in them or not. Nobody was ready to even give a hand to help. All were having strong hands and they are making no use of it to help anyone? The whole world is crying about GREEN GREEN. Instead of crying Green Green why can't they teach the whole world about Humanity? If Humanity is there people will be concerned about Green and how to save other humans or animals and how to save this planet! If there is no Humanity there is nothing you can do.

No Humanity? No Green!!!

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Nov 24, 2009

Vande Matharam and Islam

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As usual after lunch I go to my afternoon prayers to a nearby mosque. But yesterday I was bit late in having my lunch and hence was late for the afternoon prayers. I reached the mosque only to see that the gates were locked. I was wondering where to go for the prayers. Then suddenly my mind said me that there is a small hall in the top floor of the nearby Mall named Forum. So I went there and had my prayers.
While I was returning I was gazing into the various show rooms in the Mall. Thought of going into Landmark just to see some books. I straight away went to the "Religion" section and started to flip a book on Islam. Within few seconds a person came near me and started telling-
"You seem to be a religious person and I feel you have some sound knowledge of Islam"
I kept mute. Then he continued asking-
"Is reciting Vande Matharam against the tenets of Islam?"
I again kept mute thinking that I saw this question somewhere. Later I realized it was a poll question asked by the Times of India newspaper. By seeing my question-marked-face he stated to behave as if he did a big mistake by asking me that question. He made a guilty face and was about to leave from that place. I interrupted him by telling-
"I am not a mufti or a person who has a sound knowledge of Islam to give Fatwas. But with the limited knowledge I have about Islam I will try to answer your question with a small Hadeeth of prophet Muhammed"
I asked him- "Do you know what Hadeeth is?" to this he replied in affirmative. So I dint had to explain him what a Hadeeth is? (To know what Hadeeth is you can check this link)
So I continued with the Hadeeth saying-
"Once the companions of Prophet Muhammed asked Prophet Muhammed that 'suppose if we happen to pass by some unknown place and suppose if the people of that place make us captive and keep their swords on our neck and tell us to say so and so is our Lord which is other than Allah what should we do?' to this Prophet replied 'to save your life you can say whatever they ask you to say'. For this again the companions asked Prophet 'if they ask us to bow in front of their deity?' to this the Prophet replied 'No, one cannot bow in front of anything or anyone except Allah - the Almighty'"
This is the end of the Hadeeth. I told him -  "Hope you understood the answer to your question from this Hadeeth?" His face was giving me answers that he was doubtful. So I continued -
"Look, Vande Matharam means to 'Bow to Mother', so if someone threatens a Muslim with life and asks him to say Vande Matharam, he can say so. As I am saying it in front of you, without the intention of doing it. But if one has his free will to say or not to say then he should not say such sentence whose actions are against the tenets of Islam. And if someone says a Muslim to Bow in front of the Mother India he should not do so even if he gets killed."
After listening carefully, he thanked me saying - "Thanks for the wonderful explanation, now I know why actually you people stick to your principals. Thanks once again"
To this I told - "Your welcome brother. This isn’t the end. Since India is a Democratic country, we have our individual rights to say it or not. Nobody can force anyone in this country to SAY a particular sentence. Whether he is a Muslim or a Hindu or a Christian or even if he does not believe in God. And since India is also a Secular country these kinds of sentences cannot be issued as a Law to say in public. And one cannot say that a person is an Indian only if he recites so and so words in front of everyone. So making an issue out of nothing is also not good for anyone. Not even for our Mother India."
For this he smiled and we shook our hands we introduced ourselves and departed.

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