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Reading this news welled up my eyes, what a beautiful news it is for this
Monday. Maryam Siddiqui becomes a role model for generations of children to
come not only in India, but across the world.
What an inspiration she is!
I have added three three YouTube videos – absolutely inspirational! She is the
kind of role model we need for our kids. The interviews were conducted in Hindi/Urdu
language she and her parents talk about the inclusive language that I grew up with?
Please note, I hope to spend time in understanding Maryam and work on getting it translated into English. She is worth spending the time!
She is blessed to have great parents! Indeed, she inspires me to know that more
and more and more Muslims parents have raised their kids to be pluralistic. I
cannot thank enough to my parents for giving me and my family similar education
– to respect the otherness of others, all of us are God’s creation and respecting
each one amounts to respecting God. My
Parents never ever said one negative thing about Hindus, Christians, Jains and
others in our town. Even during communal
riots, my father said, it was between two idiotic individuals that flared up
into communal thing, he never let us believe that religion is the problem, he said problems always start with individuals so do the solutions. He was clear for us not to be prejudiced towards any
one.
I thank my Mom and Dad for that education,
and thank Maryam and her parents for assuring me that, that is how parents
should raise their children. Now, I ask you, if you were raised with similar values, that is no prejudice towards other people, please share it in one powerful short sentence to be included as your quote in the article I am compiling. We have to encourage what is good and multiply it.
parents, who poison their kids, and mess up the lives of their children with
ill-will and hatred for others. To those men and women who are biased towards the others, please
wake up, and don’t pass that on to your children. Don’t mess
with their future, and don’t make them unfits to live in a pluralistic society.
Very soon, you will find people of different faiths, cultures, ethnicities,
races, nationalities and social backgrounds working, eating, playing, marrying,
and doing things together. Prepare them for it, rather than poison them and make their life difficult, you may have lived with fear and hate, but don’t give them the same…
Bill Gates is the first known human being in the
last 100 years to encourage other wealthy individuals to invest their monies in
human development – education, eradication of diseases and skills to support
themselves. What was he going to do with
his Billions? Then Warren Buffet and others followed the suit. It is good to see the fruit of your
contribution while you’re alive, than leaving it for others to decide what to
be done with it. If you got the money, donate it to causes that bring people together for building safer and securer communities than divisive elements that create anxieties for all, and do it while you are alive.
Malala is another first teen to set the example to consider the whole world as
her family, a concept embedded in all religious teachings and now Maryam! There are many more like them, if you know some one, put them on the pedestal, it is your responsibility to do that.
said, “I, however, have the means to lead a reasonable life because the
Almighty has been kind to my parents. But there are many children who are not
as lucky as me. So, I have decided to return the cash award to the state
government so that it can be used for the betterment of children in need,”
she said.
story:
by kracktivist in Human Rights
from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai for pursuing the cause of education for
all, a 12-year-old Muslim girl Maryam Siddiqui who was on Saturday given Rs 11
lakh by UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav for winning the Gita Champions League
has returned the award.She wants the state gov ernment to use the money for the
“betterment of children in need“. Maryam had won the Gita Champions League
contest organised by International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon)
in January in which over 3,000 students had participated. Akhilesh felicitated
her on Saturday at an official function in Lucknow, where he gave her the cash
award and a plaque.
unusual for a 12-year-old, Maryam also contributed two cheques of Rs 11,000
each to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund and said she would like to see the
funds being used for educating orphaned and needy children in the state.
ambassador of peace, Maryam told TOI she is now on a mission to promote the
cause of education for the poor.“Education is the only route to change their
destiny ,“ she said. “I’m grateful to the UP government for conferring this
honour on me. I, however, have the means to lead a reasonable life because the
Almighty has been kind to my parents. But there are many children who are not
as lucky as me. So, I have decided to return the cash award to the state
government so that it can be used for the betterment of children in need,“ she
said.
Asif Siddiqui confirmed that they had submitted an official letter to the Uttar
Pradesh government requesting them to use her cash award for educating
children, instead.
More about Maryam: Good interviews – Pluralism is in their hearts.
Thank
you
mike
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Ghouse is a public speaker, thinker, writer and a commentator on Pluralism, Islam, India, Israel-Palestine, Politics and other
issues of the day. He is a human rights activist, and his book standing up for
others will be out soon | He is producing a full feature film ” Sacred” to be released on 9/11
and a documentary “Americans
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