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Thursday, December 30, 2010

A Christmas Greeting From a Muslim Daughter

By: Kari Ansari
The Huffington Post @ IslamiCity 12/22/2010

Extract:
When I became a Muslim thirteen years ago this month, I left behind the Christmas traditions my family celebrated every year of my childhood. My mother was able to transform our Southern California home into a Winter Wonderland as soon as we walked in the door; it may have been 75 degrees and sunny outside, but inside we felt we were in a Currier and Ives world of red velvet beribboned pine boughs, twinkling lights and beautiful music. I loved it. The Christmas season and our small traditions remained the same no matter how many years passed. My mother worked extremely hard to build warm, and loving holiday memories, and I sincerely cherish them.Like many American homes, there wasn't much Christ in my family's Christmas. There would always be some discussion surrounding the reason for our celebration, but we didn't attend church services or talk too much about what my parents believed. The beautiful nativity on the mantle, hand-painted by my grandmother, was flanked by tasteful, secular decorations. This led to a kind of vague confusion between the miraculous birth of Jesus, and the magical feat of Santa Claus zipping around the world in one night.

Nostalgia not withstanding, thinking about Christmas is now far more meaningful to me on a spiritual level than it was when I was young. The fact that Muslims accept and believe in the virgin birth of Jesus has been a golden thread that links my childhood Christmas memories to my very fulfilling adult life as a Muslim. continue reading @ IslamiCity

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Give Respect and Get Respect - Excellent insights

Here is what I found on the subject of Respect [image courtesy: www.slumdogging.com]:
“Hey you! RESPECT Me!!!” …(No! It doesn’t work that way now)
Kinds of Respect:
  • RESPECT FOR CULTURE
  • RESPECT FOR THE NATION
  • RESPECT FOR SUPERIORS
  • RESPECT FOR RELIGION
  • RESPECT FOR PARENTS AND ELDERLY
  • Thursday, December 02, 2010

    Can spirituality control scams?

    by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, Hindustan Times Blog

    Bottom line (extract):
    If we have to fight this out as a nation, I think we’ll have to do with our spirit. The spirit will infuse our minds with a force that we once carried. It will dust off the ennui our bodies have been steeped in for decades now and perhaps open new doors to freedom.

    Earlier this month, I was tailing the Dalai Lama as his shadow for the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit. Among the many things he said, I pick up one here. Buddha was a great soul, he said, and Buddhists have a great religion. But the Buddha could not protect Tibet from China, he said. Action was needed, we need to act.

    In the deep silence of his presence, I found his words hugely inspiring. Could the spiritual destiny that once belonged to us, be the vehicle for India’s redemption?

    On the same shelf:
  • Google for more on spirituality & scam
  • Corruption needs to be uprooted: Baba Ramdev, DailyIndia.com - Vipul Kumar Shah - 23 Nov 2010

  • Seven big Indian corruption scandals
    REUTERS - India has been rocked this year by a series of corruption scandals that have embarrassed the ruling Congress party, rattled markets and delayed reform bills as the opposition stalls parliament.

    The country, 87th in Transparency International's rankings based on perceived levels of corruption, is no stranger to scandals.

    Here are some of the biggest in the last two decades:
    1. 2010 -- LOAN BRIBERY CASE
    2. 2010 - TELECOMS LICENCE ROW
    3. 2010 - COMMONWEALTH GAMES
    4. 2010 - HOUSING SCAM
    5. 2009 - SATYAM
    6. 1992 - SECURITIES SCAM
    7. 1986 - BOFORS GUN DEAL [also @ Deccanchronicle.com ]
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