I was listening to a tamil speech by a woman lecturer. She is a Muslim woman. In her speech she said, "Seetha and kannagi are my great grandmothers". She insisted that she found her heritage from them. She added that religion is a matter of past few hundred years, but heritage is a treasure passed down every generation, for past thousands of years.
I, till now, strongly believed that heritage and religion are plaited with each other and can never be differentiated. But the view that, 'I own the heritage of my country and will gladly appreciate and pass it on, irrespective of the religion I follow and God that I worship', breaks up the taboo that has been clinging onto the religion. I feel that an elevated perspective like this only, can make people come out of their ignorance and embrace and cherish the diversities. If we can look at an aged Masjid and a temple as our heritage, we won't let any harm, even to a single stone in it.
When a little Muslim girl can learn Bhagavad Gita by heart, why am I reluctant to learning Bible? Seriously, I felt ashamed. An easy solution, that I felt, to end wars on the name of religion is to stop holding only to our faiths, but to acknowledge and absorb the best from rest.
A fear raged in my head, when i started writing this article, that this is a sensitive topic and I might earn dislikes. But every religion is about love and peace and it's a shame, if we are scared to talk about them. I feel enlightened today and I am going to talk about this to my family. I am happy that, soon the world will be a lovely and beautiful place to live. Cherish the heritage of the land and love the God you trust in, without mixing them and complicating.
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