Expanding my boundaries
Yesterday evening, while I had got a small gift for the muslim mother-son family in our block, with whom most block people keep fighting, I was not being able to gather courage to go and give it to them, in face of possible arrogance and snobbish attitude that I might face, given that I have had one of the worst fights with them some years back; and also the fear that they may think that I am dishonouring their religion - then among this clutter of thoughts - I quietened my mind, and asked it a question ’should I go and give this gift’, and the answer was a resounding ‘yes’, and the immediate thought of Sikhs sharing gifts with Hindus (while I do not see much difference between a Sikh and a Hindu, it has somewhat creeped into our society a bit) came up, and then a "why not with Muslims? Share your joy and festivities and love with them too".
Kumar Suresh Singh - Pioneer in documenting religious and cultural sects in India
An article appeared in Tehelka 17/June/2006. Some excerpts from the same for helping me record information about this great person for my own sake and that of the readers of this blog.
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Kumar Suresh Singh discovered the legendary tribal Birsa Munda for the world, and India. But the recent death of this pioneering intellectual went completely unmarked.
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Beyond the above I could not type, and then the Tehelka edition, probably, found its way into the Kabadiwala’s bag. 
Why the hell doesn’t Tehelka free access to it’s past issues online?
Think Gaia! - the new mantra for Sanyo’s resurgence
Sudhir Kulkarni is certainly one of my favourite writers. His articles on Islam in relation to India, more recently, the issue of ‘Vande Mataram’ made ‘optional’ to sing because of protests from Muslims, and how he believes Communists and Islamsists in India concieve India - as a Civic territorial body, without bringing its oldest in the world, living culture and tradition, I thought were quite well articulated backed with facts from other Islamic countries.
Now this article on the CEO of Sanyo, Tomoyo Nonaka, who is redefining Sanyo, by focussing its energies on ‘Thinking Gaia’ a theory promoted by Dr. James Lovelock, which claims that (Mother) Earth is a living being, shows that his thinking is diverse, deep and inclusive.
Here is the link to the article in Indian Express:
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/13741.html?
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